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ETRAP
2005
23 - 25 November in Brussels, Belgium
3rd International Conference on Education and Training in Radiological Protection
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The UK’s experience of setting up a recognition system for Qualified Experts |
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Evans, Laurence |
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Health and Safety Executive, Nuclear International and Radiation Protection Policy (UK ) |
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Authours:
P. W. Dickenson, N. J. Higham and L. F. Evans
Abstract:
The Basic Safety Standards Directive (96/29/Euratom) requires Member States to recognise Qualified Experts in their ‘capacity to act’ in specified tasks relevant to working with ionising radiations. In the UK, the Qualified Expert in relation to occupational radiation protection is the Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) in the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRR99)
In order to meet the requirements of the BSS Directive, the UK introduced a new recognition system for RPAs in 2000 to give employers confidence that anyone meeting the IRR99 definition of an RPA has core competence in giving advice on radiation protection and on compliance with the IRR99. The Health and Safety Executive has drawn up Criteria of Core Competence for RPAs which individuals must meet before being able to practice as RPAs in the UK. Employers can then select from a pool of ‘core competent’ RPAs an RPA who has the necessary knowledge and experience to make them ‘suitable’ to give advice in relation to that employer’s particular line of work.
This paper describes how HSE successfully implemented its new recognition system which has produced over 400 RPAs in the UK, the difficulties that were encountered and future developments to improve the UK’s RPA recognition system.
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Full paper |
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Evans.pdf (44 KB - 44,727 bytes) |
Presentation |
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Evans.pdf (64 KB - 65,680 bytes) |
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