Director : Alex Rankine
The Professional Standards Directorate ( PSD ) is responsible for setting and maintaining the professional standards required for membership and professional recognition . PSD is the interface with the Radiation Protection Council ( RPC ) and the Qualifications and Professional Standards Committee ( QPSC ) is responsible for setting and maintaining the standards to meet their requirements and works closely with RPC and with RPA2000 to ensure consistency . The Registration Approval Committee ( RAC ) assesses applications for professional registration against the standards and also audits registrants ' CPD records . The Awards and Sponsorship Committee ( ASC ) has a role is assisting and encouraging members in their professional development . This past year has been challenging for us , as we have implemented the new professional registration scheme during the pandemic when people have been understandably less focussed on their careers . In the year ahead , we plan on having a campaign to encourage more applicants for the new designations , IRadP and TechRadP once things return to a more normal state . Another role of the Directorate is working together with the Engagement Directorate to encourage a wider range of people in the profession to apply for membership . Plans are currently being developed to have a membership drive both to get more involvement of those at the more practical end of Radiation Protection and to address the aging demographic and the diversity of the current membership . Membership applications are assessed by the Membership Committee ( MemCom ).
Awards and Sponsorship Committee Chair : Lorna Galbraith , Secretary : Philip Clewer
The Committee organises the judging for prizes awarded for best presentation and poster at the Annual Conference , including the biennial Young Professionals Award , and oversees the Society ' s sponsorship schemes .
As in other areas of life , the pandemic caused some uncertainty for the committee with conferences being postponed or cancelled . However , ASC was able to contribute to the Charter objectives by granting sponsorship for four students attending post graduate courses and for a research study at the University of Surrey .
The Committee supported ad-hoc awards to overseas applicants from low income countries to support payment of SRP membership fees . Further applications will now be considered by Membership Committee and SRP Admin . We have recently welcomed Becky Varns to the Committee and we look forward to being able to award prizes for presentations at SRP ' s conference in 2021 , as well as supporting more conference and course attendance .
Membership Committee Chair : George Sallit , Secretary : Phil Tattersall
The Committee continues to run efficiently with all the work done via the forum . Due to Covid restrictions , the annual face to face meeting was held on 30th November 2020 via Teams .
There has been a reduced flow of new applications for membership and at the end of 2020 total membership stood at 1598 , a decrease from 1633 over the year . The net decrease in membership was 35 with 61 new members joining and 96 members leaving the Society through death , resignation or lapsed subscription . Of concern was the reduction in the number of people applying for membership from 84 and 85 for 2019 and 2018 to 61 for 2020 . The majority of members are still from the nuclear , defence and regulatory sectors . It is with deep regret that the Society has learned of the deaths during the 12 months prior to the publication of this report of Hugh Christie , Robert Clark , Frank Collins , John Collins , Mohan Francis , Peter Heaton , Bob Lock , Mike Longden-Thurgood , Tim Randles and John Westmoreland .
Qualifications and Professional Standards Committee Chair : Mike Nettleton , Secretary : Joanne Stewart
QPSC has stabilised following retirements and new recruits in 2019 . The Committee can boast good representation across academia , medical , industrial , nuclear , veterinary and environment sectors .
We have revised and updated guidance on level 4 City & Guilds in Radiation Protection .
The Committee has actively engaged with regulators about potential changes to recognition requirements for Radiation Protection Advisers .
The Course Assessment Working Group completed its report on course recognition and passed this to the Professional Standards Director and Council .
Registration Approval Committee Chair : Roger Collison , Secretary : Scott Kinnear
The Registration Approval Committee ( RAC ) is appointed by Council under the Professional Standards Directorate to develop , maintain and implement SRP ' s arrangements related to applications for , and maintaining Registration as , Chartered Radiation Protection Professional ( CRadP ), Incorporated Radiation Protection Professional ( IRadP ) and Technical Radiation Protection Professional ( TechRadP ).
Following significant work by the new Committee , and others , application was made and a Licence re Registration of CRadP and the two new grades was granted by the Radiation Protection Council ( RPC ). The application process is now available on the SRP ' s website for prospective candidates . Secretaries from the three schemes have been appointed from within the RAC ' s membership .
A presentation outlining the application process has been produced and is available . A spreadsheet to track applicants through the process is being used . New assessors have also been identified to support the extended process along with existing CRadP assessors who have also agreed to assess TechRadP and IRadP applicants .
The Committee ' s focus going forward is management and processing of new applicants and the annual audit process for those awarded membership grades .
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