Re: Laboratories Returning Dosimetry

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> While, I agree that researchers who willfully or repeatedly fail to comply 
> with dosimetry requirements should lose their rad material priveleges, I am 
> concerned about the use of training as a form of punishment.  This tends to 
> create a poor attitude toward all training.  Generally, the problem is not a 
> lack of knowledge or skills, so retraining is not needed.  If retraining is 
> given, you should clearly communicate to the individual that the training is 
> being required for a valid reason, not as part of a disciplinary process. 

As Bill has stated, training is not punishment. I agree with that, 
and my intent was not to use training as a punitive measure. 
Training should be used to reinforce requirements, and to explain 
why certain policies are in effect. Training should also be used to 
inform the trainees of current information , since the last training 
session, and to especially include "industry issues" and "Lessons 
Learned."

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1205

"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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