Radiation Safety-Texas

Learning Event: eLearning, Self-Paced
Contact Hours: 23.5
Valid for ASNT Level III recertification: No

The course content for this course, Radiation Safety-Texas, and Radiation Safety course are identical. If a learner is working in Texas, please purchase the current course listing as the certificate of completion includes language that is required by the state of Texas. For all other learners who are not conducting business in Texas, please utilize the Radiation Safety course. 

Pricing:

• Member: $699
• Nonmember: $799

Walt Cofer is President of Radiation Control, Inc., a radiation safety consulting firm based in Tallahassee, Florida that specializes in industrial radiation applications. He started out as an industrial radiographer and RSO, then spent 16 years as an industrial health physics specialist/regulator at the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control. In 2004, he returned to the private sector to provide radiation safety training and consulting services to government, education and commercial clients. He has consulted for the International Atomic Energy Agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the World Institute for Nuclear Security. He is an ASNT-certified industrial radiographer (X-ray and Isotope), a certified DOT/hazmat specialist, and a certified trainer. He is also a long-time member of ASNT and the Health Physics Society.

Course description

This course provides an understanding of the basic principles and fundamentals of radiation safety applicable to gamma and x-ray industrial radiography (IR). It addresses all required training topics specified in federal (10 CFR 34.43) and equivalent state radiation control regulations; and topics listed in App. A to ASNT CP-105-2011 (excluding neutron radiography). Learning outcomes are assessed using written quizzes at the end of each lesson and a comprehensive final exam.

Completion of this eLearning course, in addition to employer-sponsored hands-on training, provides 40 hours of training toward the prerequisite for the ASNT IRRSP exam and equivalent radiographer certification exams administered by state radiation control agencies. After completing the NDT Classroom course, the individual’s RSO may require additional hours of site-specific training (addressing employer O&E procedures, state regulations, and hands-on instruction on radiography and safety equipment). It should be noted that site-specific training is required by federal (10 CFR 19.12, 10 CFR 34.43) and equivalent state regulations.

Course content is supplemented with lesson summaries/glossaries (that also serve as certification exam study aides) and a recommended readings list to facilitate use of blended training methodologies. 

The course enables prospective radiographers to master required “body of knowledge” subjects at their own pace and schedule before they undergo site-specific instruction to complete their formal training.