Radiation Safety Setsco Services Pte Ltd
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    Course details

    Radiographers and other radiation workers encounter in their work different situations and potential radiation hazards of varying degrees. It is essential for them to have sufficient experience and practical training to handle cases that may result in excessive radiation exposure. This course is tailored to provide the practical training in radiation safety to the radiographers in particular and to those who have some form of theoretical knowledge but wish to gain further training in the practical aspects of radiation control.

    COURSE CONTENT

    • Units used in radiation work
    • Basic principles of radiation protection
    • Biological effects of ionising radiation
    • Radiation safety standards
    • Principles of radiation detection
    • Survey instruments
    • Personal monitoring instrument
    • General safety requirements for industrial radiography
    • Facilities and procedures for gamma radiography
    • Emergency procedures
    • Safety requirements for X-rays
    • Radiation protection legislation in Singapore
    • The radiation protection inspectorate

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity
    • Radiation detection and measurement
    • Effects of radiation exposure on the human body
    • Control of radiation exposure
    • General concepts of the radiation protection act on the requirements of isotopes or X-ray sources
    • Operating procedures of industrial X-ray equipment and gamma ray exposure devices
    • Transportation of radioactive materials
    • Common faults, emergency procedures and coping with incidents

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND

    • Persons working or associated with the use of ionising radiations particularly industrial
    • radiographers, safety officers in refineries, shipyards, metal fabrication workshops, etc., where
    • radiography may be conducted, welding inspectors, surveyors and quality assurance staff whose
    • encounters with radiation sources are more than occasional.
    Updated on 08 November, 2015

    About Setsco Services Pte Ltd

    We_They history and experience can be traced back to1963 when the services were performed under the Industrial Research Unit (IRU) of the Economic Development Board (EDB).

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