Radiation protection personnel shall demonstrate the ability to trend radiation protection-related information/data.

DOE-STD-1174-2003

26.

Radiation protection personnel shall demonstrate the ability to trend radiation

protection-related information/data.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Trend and analyze operations information and discuss its relationship to radiation

protection activities.

Given a list of performance indicators, determine what type of assessment should

be performed and in what areas.

Given DOE Order 231.1, Ch. 2, Environment, Safety, and Health Reporting, discuss

the key elements of the Order and provide examples of its application.

Discuss the analysis and trending of radiological data available in the DOE

Occupational Radiation Exposure Report or the Radiation Exposure Monitoring

System (REMS) for the Department and contractor Employees (see Web site

http://rems.eh.doe.gov/ for this information).

27.

Radiation protection personnel shall demonstrate the ability to effectively

communicate the hazards associated with exposure to ionizing radiation.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Discuss the essential elements of effective hazard communication.

Explain the health physicist's mission of protecting workers, the public, and the

environment from unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation.

Describe how an explanation of the following can be used to effectively

communicate hazard:

Comparing occupational dose limits to natural background radiation

Develop comparisons to commonly accepted hazards that puts radiation

exposure at a site in perspective

Explain how excessive hazard avoidance can be dangerous, costly, and wasteful.

Discuss other job related mortality statistics and how they compare with the risk of

mortality from jobs which have occupational exposure to radiation.

Explain how to use the following techniques in the context of radiation hazard

communication:

Listening skills

Tone of voice

Body language, eye contact

Analogies, illustrations, demonstrations

Real-life experiences

Participate in hazard communication activities with peers, Department management,

or contractor personnel.