Radiological Operation Support Specialist (ROSS) PER-388

Mobile PER-388 trains radiological specialists to become candidates for the position of Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS). A ROSS is a state and local Subject Matter Expert tasked with identifying and providing critical information pertaining to radiological/nuclear incidents to Responders, Key Leaders, and Decision Makers in an Incident Command System environment. The ROSS will assist the Incident Commander and Key Leaders by making the technical aspects of a coordinated response clear and understandable to all state and local stakeholders.

It is expected that candidates are radiological subject matter experts with experience and training that goes beyond standard Hazmat training. Practical experience working with and making measurements of radioactive material or radiation-generating devices is required. A typical candidate would be a radiation safety officer with emergency response experience who has worked with federal or state radiological response assets.

As part of the course, the assigned read ahead must be completed for Module 5. Upon
registration, the Participant will be notified of the location and access to the course
material.

Participant should be familiar with the RadResponder application, which is available at, https://www.radresponder.net

IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command
IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
IS - 200 for Single Resources and Initial Action (Any Version)
IS - 800 An Introduction to National Response Framework

This is a dual registration course. Students must register with CTOS to receive pre-course correspondence with instructors and credit for this course. Use the below link to create an account and to register with CTOS.

https://ctos.acadisonline.com/

As part of the course, the assigned read ahead must be completed for Module 5. Upon
registration, the Participant will be notified of the location and access to the course
material from CTOS.

Participant should be familiar with the RadResponder application, which is available at, https://www.radresponder.net