4 August 2009
From 6 October 2009 to 18 December 2009 and 18 January 2010 to 2 April 2010, the project RER/9/101 Building Competence through Education and Training in Support of Radiation Protection Infrastructures, will hold Post-Graduate Educational Training Courses on Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources
PURPOSE OF TRAINING COURSE: The purpose of the training course is to meet the needs of professionals at the graduate level, or an equivalent, for initial training to acquire a sound basis in radiation protection and safety of radiation sources. The course also aims at provide the necessary basic tools for those who will be recognized as qualified expert in radiation protection in the later years and be involved in education and training in radiation protection in their home countries. It is designed to providing both theoretical and practical training in the multidisciplinary scientific and/or technical bases of international recommendations and standards on radiation protection and their implementation.
PARTICIPANTS QUALIFICATIONS: The target audience is young professionals needing to acquire a sound basis in radiation protection and knowledge of related safety fundamentals in order to become, in the course of time, leaders and trainers in the protection of health and safety of workers and the public from the hazards that may be caused due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The participants will not be over 35 years of age. They should have a formal education to a level equivalent to a University degree in physical, chemical or and/or biological/health sciences or engineering, and should have been working, or selected to work in the future, in the field of radiation protection and safety of radiation sources in their country.
As the course will be conducted in Russian, only candidates with a proficiency in verbal and written Russian are eligible to be considered for selection.
NATURE OF THE COURSE: The course will consist of lectures and tutorials, practical exercises, laboratory exercises and demonstrations, technical visits and field exercises, and examinations. It is designed to provide both theoretical and practical training in the multidisciplinary scientific bases for international recommendations, development of radiation and waste safety standards and their implementation. The overview of the IAEA Standard Syllabus is attached.
LOCATION: Minsk, Belarus
MORE INFORMATION: see attached Prospectus
