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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #75 on: Jun 22, 2012, 02:31 »
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In the lower division baccalaureate/associate or upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours in Introduction to Radiological Science; 8 semester hours in Radiation Detection and Measurement; 8 semester hours in Radiation Protection and Control; and 8 semester hours in Applied Health Physics Internship (6/10).
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #76 on: Mar 18, 2022, 06:59 »
This a long time between posts....but I finally did it.  After 2yrs and three tries, I finally passed the NRRPT in Feb. 2022.   Thank you to Dr. Tom!  Now, I've done my share for power plants and what not. I'm sticking with the hospitals.  I guess the next logical step is CHP (part 1).   Thoughts???
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #77 on: Mar 19, 2022, 07:09 »
watt will nrrpt qualify yew fore in a hospital?
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« Reply #78 on: Mar 19, 2022, 01:00 »
watt will nrrpt qualify yew fore in a hospital?

"Qualify"? Nothing, really.

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« Reply #79 on: Mar 19, 2022, 11:03 »
This a long time between posts....but I finally did it.  After 2yrs and three tries, I finally passed the NRRPT in Feb. 2022.   Thank you to Dr. Tom!  Now, I've done my share for power plants and what not. I'm sticking with the hospitals.  I guess the next logical step is CHP (part 1).   Thoughts???

I just want to say congratulations to you! I hope you hold onto that sense of accomplishment; you worked for it. Dr. Johnson prepared me for my exam in 2018, and it was a great course.
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #80 on: Mar 20, 2022, 06:58 »
"watt will nrrpt qualify yew fore in a hospital?"

The NRRPT exam is not a qualification. It is a personal/professional achievement. It is sometimes a preferred prerequisite for getting hired, as well as a future expectation by the company doing the hiring. There are numerous benefits/advantages for a registered RPT in all areas where radiation protection services are required. There are de minimis disadvantages. The NRRPT exam will have little impact on skills required to be a competent/ "good" field operations/job-coverage RPT. If one already has these skills, they will not be diminished on passing the exam. In the pre-TMI time period (76-79), there was a pretty equal distribution between registered medical RPTs and all the rest. Post TMI not so much. Bottom line - your career as a RPT, Health Physicist, and any other category that requires radiation protection services, will be enhanced to some degree by passing the exam.
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #81 on: Mar 20, 2022, 11:36 »
"watt will nrrpt qualify yew fore in a hospital?"

The NRRPT exam is not a qualification. It is a personal/professional achievement. It is sometimes a preferred prerequisite for getting hired, as well as a future expectation by the company doing the hiring. There are numerous benefits/advantages for a registered RPT in all areas where radiation protection services are required. There are de minimis disadvantages. The NRRPT exam will have little impact on skills required to be a competent/ "good" field operations/job-coverage RPT. If one already has these skills, they will not be diminished on passing the exam. In the pre-TMI time period (76-79), there was a pretty equal distribution between registered medical RPTs and all the rest. Post TMI not so much. Bottom line - your career as a RPT, Health Physicist, and any other category that requires radiation protection services, will be enhanced to some degree by passing the exam.

   Well said. When I took it it was more ego than any practical application, rarely got me an extra dime. Every plant or facility I went to as a job shopper defined whether of not I was a technician depending on its needs and requirements. With the NRRPT I did not need someone to tell me if I was a technician/technologist. I haven't worked in rad for a couple of decades but even with other nuclear disciplines it looks good on a resume.

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« Reply #82 on: Mar 20, 2022, 07:56 »
....but I finally did it.  After 2yrs and three tries, I finally passed the NRRPT in Feb. 2022. ...Now, I've done my share for power plants and what not. I'm sticking with the hospitals.

may bee "qualify" gave miss information. aye wondered watt r.p. work wood be at a hospital. eye thought that the nuc med personnel took care of rad pro under the auspices of drs, radiologists, n procedures. sew, i wasn't sure how nrrpt interacted.
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #83 on: Mar 22, 2022, 08:57 »
Actually, a VA Hospital posting for a health physicist will take the NRRPT cert as being qualified....

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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #84 on: Mar 22, 2022, 10:00 »
tanks.
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #85 on: Mar 26, 2022, 11:34 »
Slo-Glo, to answer your question... there quite a few things that an RP can do at the hospital.  Currently, I'm handling all of the radioactive materials functions for the dept.  Shipping, disposal (Rad and Mixed), calibration, X-Ray machine QC's, and stuff like that.  Didn't NEED to take the NRRPT, but it was one of those things that I felt I needed to move into the next phase of my professional development.  So, next up will be things like Laser safety officer, CHP, and maybe RSO.

I'm done with drywells and containment.  Onto the next phase.
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« Reply #86 on: Mar 27, 2022, 11:01 »
understood. no more chutes n ladders. good too here the moving on. thinking that rso could be done wit just the nrrpt. butt, whaddya eye no,?😉
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Re: NRRPT
« Reply #87 on: Aug 29, 2022, 12:58 »
Is anyone else waiting for their Aug 2022 Exam results? That exam was something, I definitely learned a lot preparing for it. I'm hoping for the best!

 


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