Radiation and thermal enviroment-Syllabus

• Radiation physics
• Non–ionising radiation
• Ultra violet
• Visible light
• Infra red/microwaves
• Lasers
• Risk control strategies
• Ionising radiation
• Effects on the body
• Dose-response relationships
• Radiation detection

• Units of radiation
• Methods of measuring ionising radiation
• Principles of protection
• Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999
• Radiation Protection agencies
• Thermal environment – extremes of temperature
• Effects of the thermal environment on the body
• Hot working
• Working in low temperatures
• Measurement of the thermal environment
• Assessment of exposure to thermal environment extremes