Radiation Protection Expert
The overarching radiation protection training.
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Radiation Protection Expert
The RPE course (formerly known as Level 3), educates you to be a radiation protection expert at the level of coordinating expert. After this course you are well-equipped to:- Estimate radiation risks and communicate those
- Apply for Dutch nuclear licenses and to comply with them
- Draft and assess radiation risk assessment (RRA)
- Adequately respond in case of an incident with radiation
- And more!
- Radiation protection experts
- Managers of, or those who are responsible for, radionuclide laboratories
- Clinical physicists
- Radiation physicians
- Radiation protection officer (RPO) dispersible radioactive substances level B
- Radiation protection officer (RPO) accelerator level B
Required prior knowledge
NRG recommends a preliminary education at HBO level (bachelor level), preferably in a technical field. You will also need a good basic knowledge of mathematics and physics. Besides contact hours, you will spend about 20 days on self-study.
Program
- Atomic and nuclear physics
- Radioactive decay and types of ionising radiation
- Interaction of ionising radiation with matter
- Detection
- Biological effects
- Dosimetry and dosimetric quantities
- Laws and regulations
- Practical radiation protection
- Communication
- Radiation Risk Assessment and Nuclear Energy Act license application
- Ethics
Refresher course mathematics
The following mathematical skills are required for this course:
- Logarithmic arithmetic
- Integrating exponentials
- Differential calculus
- Statistics
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Available start dates
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Refresher course mathematics
If you want to refresh your knowledge, sign up for a mathematics refresher course. This course takes two mornings, after which you will be ready to become a radiation protection officer.
Selfstudy
Besides contact hours, you will spend about 20 days on self-study.
Learning outcomes of the course
The course adheres to the standards of the course as set by the Dutch government. These standards can be found in Appendix 5.1, section C of the “regulation on basic safety standards for radiation protection [Dutch law].
Structure of the RPE-CE course
The RPE course consists of 20 contact days, including an exam and follow-up discussion/diploma presentation. In addition to the contact hours, you will spend about 20 days on self-study. The various forms of work can be found below.
- Theory classes consisting of a mix of:
- Lectures
- Homework discussions
- Multiple-choice practice tests
- Discussions
- Practice with small assignments
- Exercise classes:
- Practice with larger exercises
- Permit applications
- Drawing up Job Safety Assessments (JSAs)
- Communication training
- Exam training:
- Performing practice exams with extensive review of the questions
- Practical work, where theory is applied and brought to life
- Exam
- Review of the exam (optional)
Also relevant
RPO DRS-D
- Recognised diploma
- Practically aimed training
- Popular training for radioactive substances
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