Safety Training Information
Introduction
With Covid-19 travel challenges for all industries, we've tried to bring a new source of distant learning to the RF industry. We have taken our extensive experience in RF Safety training classes and content and put that into our new online courses.
Our new RFSO course has been months (or years) in the making. After 30 years of teaching in-person classes, we have gone online. See the details below or contact us for a more detailed outline. Of course, we still teach in-person courses for our clients who want to learn that way.
Our classes are kept up-to-date by our IEEE membership in TC95 and our FCC affiliation. You can rest assured that our classes have the most accurate information and that we pass that information along to our students.
Courses are designed to be viewed on mobile devices as well as computer screens.
New RFSO Course
Introduction
What are the duties of an RFSO? What information should be learned in a course designed to educate persons on this important topic?
Basic Terms and Concepts
How do we get from the International System of Units to V/m? Introduction to Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Power. Relationship between Electric and Magnetic constants and the speed of light.
Electromagnetic Radiation
The EM Spectrum, Ionizing and Non-ionizing spectrums and the inverse square law of radiation. Significant sources of Non-ionizing radiation.
Radio Frequencies
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), free space impedance, relationships between voltages, currents and power.
Antennas
Basic concepts, terms, types of antennas, and field areas around antennas. Antenna beamwidths, patterns, and typical applications.
Biological Effects
Define the effects that vary by frequency and depth of penetration. Learn about thermal and non-thermal effects. Relate the effects to Standards.
RF Safety Standards
Learn about major standards and their basis for limits. Learn about whole-body and partial-body limits and specific FCC regulatory requirements.
RF Safety Programs
Learn about the elements of an effective RF safety program and the pending new IEEE C95.7 standard. Learn about engineering and administrative controls, documentation, and record-keeping.
RF Measurements
Learn about types of survey equipment available and when to use them. Common sources and magnitude of measurement errors, measurement types, and techniques. Tips to improve your accuracy.
RF Site Surveys
Learn about signage, barriers, and safety at transmitter locations. Learn about new FCC signage and OSHA fall protection requirements.
RF Computational Assessments
Learn about the types of calculations, from manual to software-based, and when to use them—also using a combination of measurements and calculations in survey reports.
Communication of Health and Safety Issues
Identifying and dealing with cognitive biases, using effective communication practices, and coping with common misunderstandings of RF health and safety issues.
Other online RF Safety Training courses
"5G Safety in the City"
General RF Safety Awareness
General RF Safety Awareness
Our class is designed to train workers in the basics of RF Safety without getting too technical and wasting their time with unnecessary details.
General RF Safety Awareness
General RF Safety Awareness
General RF Safety Awareness
Basic RF Safety Awareness training for general industry employees that includes common sources of RF energy and important safety concepts.