Radiation safety training courses

It is a licence condition that any person who uses a source or facility must have appropriate training in radiation safety. To assist licence holders comply with this condition ARPANSA recognises radiation safety courses approved by the state and territory regulators.

The list of courses that was formerly provided on this site has been replaced with links to each jurisdiction so information will be as current as possible.

State	Provider
Queensland	Queensland Health
New South Wales	Environment Protection Authority
Western Australia	Radiological Council
Australian Capital Territory	Currently there are no radiation safety courses approved in the ACT Please contact: ACT Health Locked Bag 5005 WESTON CREEK ACT 2611 E-mail: hpsact.gov.au Telephone: (02) 6205 1700 Fax: (02) 6205 1705
Victoria	Approved radiation safety courses yet to be posted on Victorian Health Website Department of Health and Human Services  GPO Box 4541 Melbourne VIC 3001 E-mail: radiation.safetydhhs.vic.gov.au Telephone: 1300 767 469 Fax: 1300 769 274
Tasmania	Currently there are no radiation safety courses posted on DHHS website. Please contact: Dept of Health and Human Services GPO Box 125B HOBART TAS 7001 E-mail: radiation.protectiondhhs.tas.gov.au Telephone: (03) 6222 7256 Fax: (03) 6222 7257
South Australia	Currently there are no radiation safety courses posted on the EPA website.  Please direct course enquiries to (08) 8463 7826  (Licence Enquiry) Environment Protection Authority GPO Box 2607 ADELAIDE SA 5001 E-mail: radiationprotectionepa.sa.gov.au Telephone: (08) 8204 2000 Fax: (08) 8124 4671
Northern Territory	Currently there are no radiation safety courses approved in the NT. Please contact: Department of Health and Families GPO Box 40596 CASUARINA NT 0811 Email: envirohealthnt.gov.au Telephone: (08) 8922 7152 Fax: (08) 8922 7334

In addition, there are the following laser safety courses:

1/2 day Operator Laser Safety | Level 3 5 day Laser Safety | Level 1 1 day Laser Safety | Level 2

University of NSW at Australian Defence Force Academy

Contact: (02) 6268 8040 Email:  ProfEdCoursesadfa.edu.au

Additional information on radiation safety training may be available from following websites:

• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
• Australasian Radiation Protection Society (ARPS)