Apprenticeship training course
Nuclear health physics monitor (level 2)
Providing radiological monitoring services in the nuclear industry to protect people, plant and the environment from radioactive contamination.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 24 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£13,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Challenge unsafe practices.
- Follow work instructions. For example, risk assessments.
- Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Respond to changes in radiological conditions using safety management systems. For example, As Low As Reasonably Practicable principles (ALARP).
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures. For example, identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply human performance and human factors nuclear culture.
- Identification of radiation sources and materials.
- Apply control measures taken with radiation sources and materials.
- Select and use radiological protection monitoring instruments: for example, smear paper, hand-held radiation and contamination rate meters, installed and portable air samplers.
- Carry out functional tests of radiation protection monitoring instrumentation using calibrated radioactive sealed sources.
- Perform numerical calculations for radiological measurements with SI units.
- Comply with emergency response plans: carry out critical incident monitoring, use forward control points (FCP) and access control points (ACP) to respond and recover from nuclear incidents.
- Comply with legislative regulations and guidance: Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR), Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (REPPIR).
- Record radiation protection monitoring and survey results using required documentation.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate verbally with colleagues and managers using industry terminology.
- Communicate in writing with colleagues and managers.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
Full information on Nuclear health physics monitor (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.