Nevada Technical Associates, Inc.

Phone 702-564-2798
P.O. Box 90748, Henderson, NV 89009

($1190)

Arlington, Texas (Dallas - Ft. Worth area)

January 26 - 30, 2009-- online registration.

June 15 - 19, 2009

The course is designed to provide the technical and practical information needed to prepare a person to be an effective radiation safety officer. It will also be useful as general introductory training for anyone who works with radioactive materials or who may be required to be an alternate radiation safety officer.

This course differs from our other RSO courses in that it has a mild medical emphasis. Approximately 20 percent of the course deals with the duties of an RSO in a medical setting. However, the medical emphasis is not so strong as to make this course unsuitable for non-medical RSO training.

Topics to be covered include atomic structure, properties of ionizing radiation, shielding, radiation and biological effects of radiation exposure, radiation detection and measurement, state and federal regulations, dosimetry, emergency procedures, records/documentation and transportation regulations. The course outline is available below in PDF format.

Those who have no prior experience in radiation safety are encouraged to take our CD-ROM course before attending this course. The cost for the CD is $99. For more information and to order, scroll to the bottom of this link.

The Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites in Arlington, Texas, will be the location for this Radiation Safety Officer course. The hotel is convenient to many area attractions including Six Flags and downtown Dallas and Ft. Worth. More information can be found at this link: Holiday Inn Express

If you would like to receive a course outline by fax, please call us or see the Outline in PDF format.

Is this course what I need to become a Radiation Safety Officer?

We are often asked a question similar to the following. "Does your Radiation Safety Officer course fulfill the training requirements of my state for becoming an RSO?" In many cases it will, but for reasons that will be explained below, there is no simple answer to this question.

The responsibilities of a Radiation Safety Officer vary enormously from very slight as in the case of a business with one or two sealed sources, to a hospital that uses x-rays and nuclear medicine for treatment of patients. Obviously the training requirements of the latter will be far greater than for the former. The best source of information about training requirements for a particular case will be the regulatory agency that oversees your organization. In general, the regulatory agencies look at education and experience as well as considering short training courses such as ours. Also, the training requirements are not uniform in the various states.

It is also important to note that the federal government and most states do not review, approve or evaluate radiation safety courses. However, the state of New Mexico does have a approved list and our course has been approved by the State of New Mexico. Perhaps the best way to evaluate a Radiation Safety Officer course is to consider the qualifications of the instructors and also recommendations from those who have previously attended the course. Our instructors are well qualified and have either Certification as a Health Physicist or have an advanced degree in that or a closely related field. Nevada Technical Associates, Inc., has been offering this course for 12 years.

C.E.U. Credit - This course has been granted 32 Continuing Education Units by the American Academy of Health Physics. The American Board of Industrial Hygiene has awarded this course 5 CM points. The course is also approved for 30.5 continuing education credits by ASRT, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.