A course that trains you to recognize radiation sources, warning signs, and controlled areas and to act on ALARA — across 19 interactions grounded in real industrial settings like radiography, gauges, and NDT. It builds the exposure-awareness the work demands rather than textbook definitions.
Radiation-safety awareness for everyone who could work near a radiation source — in healthcare and dental imaging (X-ray), industrial radiography and non-destructive testing (NDT), laboratories and research, oil and gas and drilling (naturally occurring radioactive material, or NORM)…
Equip everyone who could work near a radiation source to understand that you can't feel the dose — radiation gives no signal your senses can read, so the control is measured, not…
At a glance
Format: Online, self-paced and interactive
Length: about 1 hour, 5 modules
Pass mark: 80% on the final test
Certificate: QR-verified, valid for one year
Jurisdiction: Manitoba law and standards
Who this course is for
Workers who may be exposed to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation sources, including industrial radiography, gauges, and NDT operations.
Healthcare, dental and veterinary imaging workers (X-ray, fluoroscopy, CT) and the staff who work around imaging equipment and could receive a dose from a source
Industrial radiography and non-destructive-testing (NDT) support workers, and laboratory and research staff, who work near sealed or unsealed sources and need the radiation-awareness layer beneath their site's licensed program
Oil and gas, drilling, mining and water-treatment workers who could meet NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material) in scale, sludge and pipe without any obvious source in sight
Manufacturing, gauging, sterilization, UV, radiofrequency and laser workers who work near an ionizing or non-ionizing source and need to know how to protect by time, distance and shielding
What you will learn
Explain that you can't feel the dose — radiation gives no signal your senses can read — so the control is measured, not felt: protect by the numbers, keep the dose As Low As Reasonably Achievable, and wear the badge that keeps the score
Distinguish ionizing radiation (X-ray, gamma, radioactive material, NORM) from non-ionizing radiation (UV, radiofrequency, microwave, laser) and name the sources a worker could meet on the job
Apply the three protections — TIME (less time near the source), DISTANCE (more distance, the most powerful protection), and SHIELDING (the right barrier) — and place them inside the hierarchy of controls with ALARA over all of it
Explain dosimetry — that the dosimeter badge measures and records the dose you can't feel, is worn and read and never left in the drawer, and that dose limits are the numbers that say how much is too much over time
Course outline
You Can't Feel the Dose — The centre of the radiation thread: you can't feel the dose — radiation gives…
Kinds of Radiation, and ALARA — The kinds of radiation and the principle over all of them.
Time, Distance, Shielding — The three protections — where ALARA becomes something a worker does with their…
The Badge That Keeps the Score — Dosimetry — the badge that keeps the score you can't feel — and NORM, the field…
The Controlled Area, and When Something Goes Wrong — The RADIATION WARNING TREFOIL (magenta or black on yellow) means a radiation…
Laws and standards covered
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210)
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Regulation (MR 217/2006)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) / Nuclear Safety and Control Act
Certificate and renewal
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for one year.
Common questions
How long does Radiation Safety Awareness take?
About 1 hour online, over 5 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
How long is the Radiation Safety Awareness certificate valid?
One year from the day you pass. Orientra’s standard is for radiation-safety awareness training to be reviewed at least annually and whenever the radiation sources, the tasks, the equipment or the workplace's radiation-protection program change — a new source, device or procedure, a change in the type of radiation workers could meet, a move to work involving NORM, a change in the law or the licensed program, or a radiation incident or over-exposure all trigger a refresh.
Which laws and standards does Radiation Safety Awareness cover?
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Regulation (MR 217/2006); Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) / Nuclear Safety and Control Act; and 4 more listed on this page.
Who should take Radiation Safety Awareness?
Workers who may be exposed to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation sources, including industrial radiography, gauges, and NDT operations.