Instructor Qualifications

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Course-Specific Information (continued)

Instructors of this course have a major role in making it successful

Instructor Qualifications

and meeting the specified objectives. Instructors must have related

experience and be technically competent. In this course it is

imperative that the instructor have the background and experience of

working with RPDs. Instructors must be able to relate their own

work experience to the workers assigned duties as RPD operators.

Instructors must be able to answer specific questions and use a

variety of instructional material to meet the objectives.

Education:

Minimum of B.S. degree in Health Physics or related

discipline is preferred.

Certification:

Certification by American Board of Health Physics

(ABHP) or National Registry of Radiation

Protection Technologists (NRRPT) is preferred.

Experience:

At least five years of applied radiological protection experience in an

operating radiological facility including experience as a RPD

operator is preferred. The areas of experience should include one or

more of the following:

Analytical (fluorescence or diffraction) X-ray devices

Medical (diagnostic or therapeutic) X-ray devices

Industrial radiography

Electron or low-energy accelerators.

Knowledge of best nuclear industry practices pertaining to

radiological protection with respect to RPDs.

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