Competency information
Details
Assist with the safe handling and operation of small sealed sources in the department, including the performance of strontium-90 consistency checks on dosimetry equipment.
Considerations
- Relevant national legislation and associated guidance.
- Local rules, their linkage to the legislation and their relevance in the local department.
- Safe handling and operation of small sealed sources in the department.
- High Activity Sealed Source (HASS) sources and security issues.
- Basic awareness of the quality system and an understanding of its relationship to legislation.
- Concept of justification for medical radiation exposures.
- Duty holders under IR(ME)R and defined roles under IRR99, within the department.
- Programme of personnel and environmental monitoring.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Assist with the safe handling and operation of small sealed sources. |