NORM/LSA Scale Awareness

This course is designed to give an understanding of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) and Low Specific Activity (LSA) Scale that is encountered during subsea oil and gas operations. The hazards associated with NORM, the controls that are required for personal protection and the methods for preventing environmental contamination will be taught through an easy interactive elearning course.

1 STUDENTS ENROLLED

Course Content

What is NORM/LSA Scale
Hazards and risks associated with NORM
Detection of NORM
Controls measures for working with NORM
Divers and NORM
Handling of Potentially NORM Contaminated Equipment
Disposal of NORM
Regulations, references and further reading

Target Participants

NORM is usually encountered during decommissioning operations, pipeline repairs and breaking into older subsea assets. It is recommended that all those who are involved in subsea operations complete this course to have an understanding of the associated hazards.

Participants may include but are not limited to the following:

Client Representatives
Offshore Managers
Divers/Supervisors/Superintendents
ROV Pilot/Techs and Supervisors
Field Engineers
Project Engineers
Environmental Advisors
Offshore Representatives
Project Managers
Operations Managers
Vessel Managers

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course

Assessment

Assessment is by a variety of interactive and multiple choice tests which are completed as participant’s progress through the online course.

Certification

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be issued with a certificate from UEL.

All certificates issued by UEL can be verified by searching the online database by entering the certificate number at http://www.underwaterengineering.com/certificate-verification/