ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Position Title:    ARPANSA Graduate

Reports To:    Branch Director/Graduate Coordinator

Security Level:    Confidential (dependent on employment location)

Qualifications:    An undergraduate or postgraduate degree from a recognised Australian educational institution, with a major in a physics, chemistry, environmental science and engineering.

Role Overview:    The graduate will spend two years the theory and practice of radiation protection and nuclear safety. This will include undertaking a specific training program and being assigned tasks in one or more of ARPANSA’s five branches.

First year:    During the first year the graduate will undertake a specific training program and work closely with senior staff. It is intended that the graduate will gain experience in several aspects of environmental monitoring, ionising and non-ionising radiation, standards of medical, public and occupational radiation exposures, the Commonwealth’s regulatory framework as well as financial and policy matters.

Second year:    Subject to satisfactory completion of the first year’s training program, the graduate will undertake a 12 month experiential learning working closely with branch management on project based activities aligned to ARPANSA’S goals and objectives.

Key activities:    The graduate will be expected to undertake a range of assigned tasks in one or more branches in ARPANSA. These tasks may include:

• Contributing to the programme of regulatory assessment and compliance;
• Preparation of policy documentation including ministerial and departmental briefing material;
• Developing laboratory testing methods;
• Researching topics with a high public profile and compiling information resources for distribution to the public;
• Development of calibration facilities relating to electromagnetic radiation issues;
• Calibration of radiation measuring instruments and of exposures traceable to the Australian standards;
• Measurement and analysis for the programme for assessment of background radiation for Australia.

Behavioural attributes:   

• Oral communication;
• Teamwork;
• Written communication;
• Judgement and problem solving;
• Motivation;
• Output management;
• Relationship management.

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