Qualification descriptors
The Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) requested the field to revise the training system for Radiation Protection Officers. The bottom line of these revisions, which directly derive from the European Basic Safety Standards, is that the training for Radiation Protection Officers (RPO) should be application specific. As a result of this, the University of Groningen formed and led a working group on behalf of ANVS at the beginning of 2016, which was engaged in formulating the qualification descriptors of the training of supervisors of dispersible radioactive substances (RPO VRS). In September 2016, the final report was presented to the ANVS and subsequently submitted by the ANVS to the Advisory Committee on Radiation Protection (ACS). The proposed qualification descriptors have been discussed and approved by the ACS.
The training for RPO VRS has been divided into three levels, partly in consultation with the field. Level D (RPO VRS-D) can be compared with the former level 5b and is also suitable as a basis for the exposed worker. The RPO VRS-D may supervise a radionuclide laboratory at level D. The training for level C (RPO VRS-C) provides sufficient knowledge for supervising a radionuclide laboratory atlevel C. The supervisor for a radionuclide laboratory at level B has followed the training for Radiation Protection Expert (RPE), also known as coordinating expert (CD).
As part of this project commissioned by the ANVS, a second phase has been included in which the new learning outcomes are compared with the current German equivalents. An important aim is to facilitate the mutual acceptance or recognition of diplomas for supervisors. This part of the project was carried out by the University of Groningen in collaboration with the Leibniz University of Hanover. In this context, the final report was translated into English at the end of 2016.
In 2019, on behalf of the ANVS, GARP worked on a recommendation to split the current qualification descriptors for Measurement and Control Applications (TS MR) into two variants: one for those who only supervise simple X-ray devices (TS MR-T) and one for those who only monitor sealed low-risk sources (TS MR-B). The final report was presented to the ANVS in December 2019. The starting point in the advice was that the current TS MR training fully comprises both new variants, so that no adjustments are necessary when the training is offered in combination. The full advice will most probably be accepted by the ANVS and published in the 'regeling basisveiligheidsnormen stralingsbescherming'.
All relevant documents can be downloaded from the links below:
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