Training

PIRSDG RADIATION PROTECTION SUPERVISORS COURSES
These courses are run six times a year for member organisations of the Pharmaceutical Industry Radiation Safety Discussion Group, PIRSDG, which includes GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and MRC institutions. The course content corresponds to requirements placed on the RPS in the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 and clarified in the associated ACOP, Guidance Notes, HSE advice together with other relevant legislation. Over thirty courses have been successfully delivered and monitored by safety officers at nineteen major UK sites. University researchers are able to join the courses if spare places are available.
Course Programme:  The courses last two days, normally 9 a.m. to 4.45 p.m..
Course Format: Lectures are supplemented by interactive practical exercises and syndicate exercises.
Assessment:  A 35 minute written, open-book, assessment is given at the conclusion.
Course Notes:  Comprehensive course notes are provided outlining the statutory requirements and scientific basis of protection and detection.
Pre-course Pack: Delegates are provided with a pre-course questionnaire based on the contents of "Work with Ionising Radiation", the IRR99, ACOP and Guidance.
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SAFE WORKING PRACTICES COURSES 
(BASIC USERS OF RADIOACTIVITY)
These one day courses impart knowledge and encourage the practising of skills to enable the laboratory research worker to use unsealed radioactive materials safely. The worker is required to demonstrate safe working practices.

By the end of these training courses, the delegates should be able to:

1. Discuss the particular properties of the main radionuclides
2. Identify the specific hazards from particular radionuclides
3. Demonstrate practical safe working practices in a laboratory scenario
4. Handle and unpack a package of radioactive material
5. Perform effective contamination monitoring
6. Demonstrate safe disposal of radioactive waste products
7. State the local rules and relevant regulations which apply when working with radioactive materials
8. Take correct action in the event of a spillage

A short multiple-choice paper is set at the end of the course.
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RADIATION REFRESHER COURSES
These half-day courses are aimed at research workers who have not undergone training in the past five years. The topics include:
  • Fundamental Properties of Ionising Radiations
  • Dynamic Stock Management 
  • Radionuclide Properties 
  • Working Safely with Radiation 
  • Radiological Quantities Units and Prefixes
  • Laboratory Incidents
  • Calculating Doses 
  • Monitoring: Radiation Contamination
  • Package Handling 
  • Personal Radiological Emergency Kits 
  • Legislation
  • Evaluation and Assessment
A short assessment is given at the end of the course.
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RADIATION PROTECTION SUPERVISORS' COURSES
(X-RAY USERS)
Course Aims: The courses cover the legislative and practical requirements of work with X-ray sets. Typically these are used for crystallography, spectrometric and diffraction and life sciences research. The courses are also suitable for veterinary researchers and engineering X-ray set users. 
Duration: One day
Delegates:  Researchers from universities, research institutes and companies using X-rays for molecular, protein, crystallography and imaging work. 
Course Format:  Formal lectures and syndicate group activities supplemented by discussions and practical work at X-ray sets to illustrate key aspects of radiation detection and protection.
Course Notes: An original Study Guide, containing important practical and legislative aspects, is provided for each delegate. 
Certificates: All delegates successfully completing the course receive a certificate detailing the statutory obligations which have been met. 
Assessment: A short assessment is given at the end of the course.Assessment results are notified to the identified Booking Officer for training records. 
Assessment Results: Results are not otherwise released, nor are they shown on candidates' certificates.
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IR(ME)R2000 COURSE FOR DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
These courses meet the requirements specified in the Dental Guidance notes for adequate training in Radiology and radiation protection.
They are run at several centres in East Anglia.
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