[BC] [AF] OSHA AND RF IMPORTANT

[Mike McCarthy]

There is no annual requirement that I'm familar.  Anyone spouting that as
a marketing hook is not acting reputably.

HOWEVER, with regards to the way the FCC and OSHA interpret the rules on
Controlled V. Uncontrolled areas and those who are in them, training is
the sole threshold which they use for determining whether a person is a
"qualified person" under OST-65 to be in the Controlled area.  Whether
something gained 10 or more years ago is an open issues as far as I'm
aware.

This is why there is such a push by the SBE, et al. on RF safety training.
 Even if you are a CPBE with 50 years experience, the FCC and OSHA don't
recognize those types of certifications as being properly trained for
working in a high RF environment.

MM

> If it is the one I am thinking of, they are a complete fraud, according
> to our consulting engineers.
>
> Bill Boyd wrote:
>> alright,, I have been contacted by a company to train me annually for RF
>> under OSHA rules...
>> has any one heard of this and is this really mandatory for  me to go
>> through this kind of training???
>> of course the company will do this for nominal fee...
>> is it real or a scam of some sort and have any of you engineers have had
>> this kind of training????
>> i had some what of RF training when i was in the AIR FORCE, but that was
>> many moons ago.
>>
>> bill
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> Chuck Lakaytis
> Director of Engineering, Alaska Public Broadcasting
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