RADIOGRAPHY TESTING

Level I:  40 hours

A. Radiographic Equipment Operating and Emergency Instruction

• Personnel monitoring
  

• Survey instruments
  

• Leak testing of sealed sources
  

• Radiation survey reports
  

• Radiographic work practices
  

• Exposure devices
  

• Emergency procedures
  

• Storage and shipment of devices
  

• State and Federal regulations
  

B. Basic Radiographic Physics

• Introduction
  

• Fundamental properties of matter
  

• Radioactive materials
  

• Types of radiation
  

• Interaction of radiation with matter
  

• Biological effects of radiation
  

• Radiation detection
  

• Exposure devices and radiation sources
  

• Special radiographic sources and techniques
  

C. Radiographic Technique Course

• Introduction
  

• Basic principles of radiography
  

• Radiographs
  

• Radiographic image quality
  

• Film handling, loading and processing
  

• Exposure techniques
  

• Fluoroscopic techniques
  

Level II:  40 hours

A. Film Quality and Manufacturing Process Course

• Review of basic radiographic principles
  

• Darkroom facilities, techniques and processing
  

• Indications, discontinuities and defects
  

• Manufacturing processes and associated discontinuities
  

• Radiological safety principles review
  

B. Radiographic Evaluation and Interpretation Course

• Radiographic viewing
  

• Application techniques
  

• Evaluation of castings
  

• Evaluation of weldments
  

• Standards, codes and procedures for radiography