Re: Required Training

[John Pickering <johnjp@email.sjsu.edu>]

Denny,

Here at San Jose State University our technicians and the RSO must meet the
same requirements for training as the rest of the Radiation Workers.  If
they will be working without direct supervision, they must have documented
training of 20 hours or more.    If they are going to work with a research
project and direct supervision, they must have at least 8 hours of training.
Once this requirement has been met, they must have at least 1 hour of
training to continue as an active Radiation Worker.  If they are going to
have access to our Nuclear Science Facility and not working with radiation
sources, they must have one hour of training.  

We offer a 20 hour academic course for anyone who wishes to obtain the full
training course.  I teach the course and wrote the textbook.  It is a one
unit course.  It was designed to meet State and Federal training
requirements for general laboratory workers such as Rad Worker II in the DOE
system.

The University has asked me to consider putting the course on the internet
to attract other students and allow more flexibility of our Radiation
Workers.  This would be both the full course and the refresher course.  I am
uncertain about the market for such a course and the rights to the material.
Currently, I own it because I wrote it on my own time. 

Budget issue are difficult here as well.  We are moving into a zero based
budget as well. 

John Pickering, RSO
San Jose State University (California)
johnjp@email.sjsu.edu


At 08:16 AM 11/9/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Good Morning,
>
>With regard to university rad safety programs under either an nrc or 
>agreement state license.....
>
>What would be "regulatory based training requirements", if any, for the 
>rso and staff?
>
>What would be considered "nice to have training" for rso and staff?
>
>What would be considered continuing training at the rso or staff members
>expense?
>
>In this day and age with tightening of purse strings at universities,  
>as well as other companies, it is becoming somewhat difficult to budget 
>for and obtain monies for professional courses to stay proficient in 
>performing assigned tasks.  
>
>My university is moving to zero based budgeting (no previous spending 
>history can be used for budgeting) next fiscal year and I must prove 
>that training is necessary and/or required.  
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>thanks,
>S.,
>denny
>
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