Category: Job Samples, Tags: Radiation, Monitor
Basic Job Responsibilities of Radiation Monitor Employees
Monitor personnel, plant facilities, and work environment to detect radio-active contamination, using radiation detectors other instruments. Measure intensity identifies type of radiation in working areas, using devices, like beta-gamma survey meter, gamma-background monitor and alphabeta-gamma counter. Collect air samples for defining airborne concentration of radioactivity and collects & analyzes monitoring equipment worn by personnel, like film badges pocket detection chambers, to measure individual exposure to radiation. Take smear test of suspected contaminated area by wiping floor with filter paper placing paper in scaler to obtain contamination count. Inform supervisors when individual exposures area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits. Recommend work stoppage in unsafe areas, posts warning signs, and ropes off contaminated areas. Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrates use of protective clothing equipment. Monitor time intensity of exposure of personnel working in radiation-waste disposal areas. Inspect shipments for contamination, using counter, and tags shipments in which radiation count exceeds specifications. Make periodic urinalyses of personnel notify supervisors when overexposure to radiation is indicated. Log data, like status of areas being decontaminated, rate of radiation exposure to personnel, and location intensity of radioactivity in contaminated areas. Test detection instruments against standards to make sure their accuracy. Recommend decontamination procedures.
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Category: Job Samples, Tags: Radiation, Monitor