Presidents Review of 2005 Wendy Bines OBE

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Presidents Review of 2005Wendy Bines OBE

• Warwick University, March 2006

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Acknowledgements

• Immediate Past and Incoming Presidents, Hon
  Secretary Hon Treasurer
• SRP Admin, Webmaster
• All Chairmen, Secretaries and members
• committees
• events, membership, strategic planning, finance,
  quals prof stds, Journal, awards,
  international, communications, rules, sectorial
• topic regional groups
• legis. stds, practical rp, NIR, SW, NW,
  Scotland
• Unsung supporters thereof!

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Highlights - domestic

• Progress towards chartered status
• cleared first hurdle (well done, StPlC)
• SRP/IRP merger
• essentially completed
• 7th International Symposium, Cardiff
• incl welcome collaboration of IPEMs RPA Update
  meeting during the week

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Cardiff

• Cardiff Town Hall photo

• photos of Chris greeting Lord Mayor and internal
  view

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More Cardiff

• photo men at work

• photo guest spkr

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Yet more Cardiff!

• photo men at play

• photo guess what!

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Other events

• April 2005, Relationships in radiation
  protection, Exeter
• org by LSTG
• excellent programme, disappointing nos
• November, Source Management, London
• org by RP in non-nuclear ind SC
• wide-ranging programme, well attended
• co-sponsored other mtgs, eg with IoP, SEPR
  (Salamanca)

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Qualifications Professional Standards

• Support for RPA 2000
• quieter year than 2004
• Re-Certification Scheme settling in well
• advised on HSE consultation on revision of RPA
  Statement
• main comment keep experience requirements
• HSE Focus Gp meeting

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Quals Prof Stds cont.

• National Occupational Standards
• being developed by COGENT for nuclear industry
  (also chemical, oil gas, petroleum polymer
  inds)
• Level 2 NOS probably converted to NVQ by Sept, L3
  4 conversion unlikely
• potential for confusion with other NOS!

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Topic Groups

• Legislation Standards
• organised the Exeter mtg
• undertook consultation exercises to prepare
  responses on SRPs behalf
• developed protocol for handling external queries
• updated bibliography of legislation

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Topic Groups cont.

• Practical RP
• producing guidance for dealing with unexpected
  r/a legacies, particularly for non-nuclear users
• NIR
• formed early 2005
• aims to produce info on wide range of issues

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Sectorial Committees

• Non-nuclear industry
• org Source Mgt mtg
• provided article to JRP
• RP in medicine
• contributions to ConDoc responses
• mtg reports to webpage

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Other

• Membership cttee
• thanks to outgoing chairman, John Jackson
• 2.7 inc in membership in 2005
• graduate grade fastest growing
• Rules
• thanks to outgoing chairman Ken Shaw

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International - IRPA

• IRPA 12
• programme cttee UK providing core cttee
  member 2 corresponding members
• IRPA 13
• support agreed for UK bid, at 2nd informal mtg of
  Eur IRPA Ass Socs
• Bid team established
• paper on IRPA governance submitted to IRPA
  Council

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International - other

• SEPR 1st international workshop on stakeholder
  involvement
• planning committee member
• Eur Training Platform
• represented at 3rd Int Conf in Educ Trng ub RP
• possible moves towards Eur competency based system

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Tip of the iceberg

• Busy year, full version in written Presidents
  Review