Radiation Safety
Radiation Protection and Safety for Industrial and Medical X-ray Equipment (RXF)
A programme for users of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instruments and industrial and medical X-ray equipment: correct safety information, operator responsibilities and regulatory compliance requirements. It has been delivered for the laboratories of major companies in Jeddah and Yanbu.
Overview
About the programme
A programme for users of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instruments and industrial and medical X-ray equipment: correct safety information, operator responsibilities and regulatory compliance requirements. It has been delivered for the laboratories of major companies in Jeddah and Yanbu.
Duration
2 days
Training hours
10 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Ensure compliance with safety requirements and understand the operator's responsibilities.
- Prevent accidents and incidents that could cause deterministic radiation injuries.
- Minimise occupational and public radiation exposure by keeping doses below regulated levels.
- Understand the role of legislation, regulation and licensing procedures and their application to XRF equipment.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1
- Objectives and scope.
- Radiation fundamentals and X-ray generation: atoms and elements, radioactivity, X-ray production, and dose and exposure levels.
- Radiation protection fundamentals: exposure situations, the system of radiological protection, health effects, the quantities used, and the principles of justification, optimisation and dose limitation.
- Overview of XRF equipment, and open discussion.
Day 2
- Legislation, regulation and licensing: a review of the regulations, and the licensing process from application assessment through renewal, amendment and revocation.
- Fundamentals of radiation detection and measurement.
- XRF equipment safety: the primary beam, scattered and leakage radiation, shielding and safe operating procedures.
- Open discussion and evaluation.
Who for
Target audience
XRF instrument and analyser operators in laboratories and inspection sites, their supervisors, and safety officers at facilities using industrial or medical X-ray equipment.
Method
How it is delivered
Short lectures with an open discussion at the end of each day; it can be delivered at your facility.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.