HSE inspecting school for radiation
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Nick Mitchener
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I thought it was
actually we do we, follow the Cleapss Ionising Radiations and Radioactive Substances - Standard Operating Procedures template
it say removed from, or returned to so I think you're fine
and
which would be the teachers responsibility if letting students handle them.
In our school, all radiation samples are for demos only, it's a good rule really, a demo is good enough really.
If you do A level physics the students are meant to handle them for one of the core practicals
WJEC board here, they never do during my time here, logs all show demo only.
Which practical is it, if you recall?
Nick Mitchener
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Don't know about WJEC, but both AQA & OCR require it in England as part of the CPAC.
for OCR it's PAG7.2, investigating absorption of radioactive particles and rays. And it's practical skills requirement 1.2.2(l) use of ionising radiation, including detectors
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AQA required practical 12 https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/physics/AQA-7407-7408-SUG-P12.PDF
Sources are demo only in year 10.
Can't find a number but it is one of the required practicals for A-Level Phys called Investigation of the variation of intensity of gamma radiation with distance according to the technician notes I found
Yup, done as a demo here for WJEC
Then they're doing it differently than intended as the skills were written and sent to every exam board to implement as the compulsory practicals
The students have to be signed off as having been watched performing the skills themselves
Most of the skills can be attributed to several different pracs (research, referencing, following instructions etc.) but the ones for this particular practical are specific and only apply to performing the practical themselves
At GCSE they can get away with watching demo's but for A-Level (excepting the 2 years the pandemic made things weird") that's not the case - they have to do the skills themselves
I'll raise this with the HOD then, maybe it's a blunder with WJEC or in the school scheme of work.
They still have them
The Core Practical Assessment Criteria were rolled out to all exam boards, one set that were universal regardless of which board you're taking
You can find the WJEC information on them if you look
HSE will usually use the contact email address that was given on the employers details online when the 'Registration' was completed.
I recommend a specific email address is created for this purpose e.g. radiation@... then key people added to this address e.g., RPS, Head of Science, Business Manager etc.
Thanks
Tony
I recommend a specific email address is created for this purpose e.g. radiation@... then key people added to this address e.g., RPS, Head of Science, Business Manager etc.
Thanks
Tony
that would be me then.
It was sent to our administration team not the person who registered
