Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions and exercises where participants carryout surface contamination and dose rate measurements and surveys. Theory learnt in the class will be applied using our state-ofthe-art equipment. This course is designed to provide delegates with a detailed and up-to-date overview of radiation protection officer/qualified expert in accordance with the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulations (FANR). It covers the fundamentals review; the quantities and measurements; the biological effects of ionizing radiation; the principles of radiation protection and the international framework; and the regulatory control. Further, the course will also cover the assessment of external and internal exposures; the protection against occupational exposure; the medical exposures in diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy and nuclear medicine; the exposure of the public owing to practices; the intervention in situations of chronic and emergency exposure; and training the trainers. The course includes a comprehensive e-book entitled ?An Introduction to Radiation Protection?, published by CRC Press, which will be given to the participants to help them appreciate the principles presented in the course

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30