RE: NRRPT and Technician training

[Eva Lauber <laubere@wv.doe.gov>]

>Date: 30-Jan-97 12:50:15 -0500
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>Subject: NRRPT and Technician training
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>  From: Ellen_Hochheiser@RL.gov
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>Earlier I request information from DOE sights on whether they exempt
>RRPT from the core RCT exam.  What happens in the NRC world? Do you
>exempt RRPTs from any RCT training?  If so what type of training to you
>exempt them from?  Please reply privately, I will post a summary on
>RadSafe.
>Ellen Hochheiser
>Ellen_Hochheiser@RL.gov
>
>Anything express in this E-mail is mine and does not represent my
>employers opinions.....


Dear Ellen,

If a site chooses to exempt a RRPT from attending the core training they can 
opt to give a challenge exam or accept the RRPT exam results.  This does not 
exempt them from future training, all technicians should be involved in a 
continual training program.  Also in accordance with 835 all technicians must 
requalify every two years, the RRPT is only given once so a tech would have to 
take another exam at the two year point.  The intent is the reduce the amount 
of time someone with RRPT would have to spend in the class, keeping in mind 
that a comparsion of the learning objectives of the DOE core materials to the 
RRPT exam was conducted.  The results are available through the RPT SIG of 
TRADE.  The point is that someone must have five years of field experience as 
a RCT in order to sit for the RRPT exam, surely they have learned something in 
that time!