Re: Radiation Safety Training Programs

["FS BUSBY BRUCE A" <BUSBBRUC@fs.isu.edu>]

Sue,
    We have over the last year up graded our training from a short 
lecture and a film to a much more lengthly program.  We have had to 
do this because the responsible users (supervisors, professors) 
weren't. 

We do three to four hours of training, specific to the work performed 
by the workers.
Our training starts with atoms, works through definitions, has 
demonstrations of time, distance and shielding, ALARA, Pregenant 
worker, rights and responsibilties, ect.  We end the lectures with a 
pratical exersize, including personnel monitoring, emergency actions, 
rad lab techniques. A test. We grade the test, and review the test 
with each worker.  Each worker gets a study guide to take notes on at 
the beginning of class.  We also are starting an annual up grade 
refressher training.
3 hours is about how long it takes normal users, but with dispersable 
isotope users, almost 4 hours.