ISNet RAVS Documents
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material - Canada Industry Practice RAVS
A Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials RAVS is the written answer document that satisfies the NORM element of the ISNetworld RAVS questionnaire. This Canada Industry Practice version is written to a national standard so it serves contractors working across provinces or for federally regulated hiring clients. You add your company name, confirm the company-specific details, and upload it to your ISNetworld account.
- Pre-written answer aligned with Canadian regulatory references
- Upload to ISNetworld, Avetta, or ComplyWorks
- Word format — add your company name and customise in minutes
- Written by Canadian safety professionals
- Instant download after purchase
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Overview
What this RAVS document does
Naturally occurring radioactive materials concentrate in the scale, sludge, and equipment of oil and gas operations, and workers can be exposed by inhaling or ingesting contaminated dust. A hiring client that configures this element wants to see that a contractor identifies and controls NORM.
This document states your company's NORM program in the structure an ISNetworld reviewer expects: worker exposure, the exposure control plan, monitoring and radiation surveys, education, practices for monitoring and working around NORM, managing NORM-contaminated waste, and the types and health hazards of radiation. It is written to a national standard. The file arrives in editable Word format - add your company name, confirm the company-specific details, and upload.
What the reviewer verifies
What ISNetworld checks
ISNetworld does not just check that a NORM answer exists. A reviewer verifies the document addresses each requirement the hiring client has configured. For this element, that typically means confirming the document covers:
- A written NORM program with purpose and scope
- Safe work practices for dealing with or approaching a radiation source
- An exposure control plan keeping doses as low as reasonably achievable
- Radiation surveys by personnel trained in radiation safety
- Protective equipment and practices for working around NORM
- Managing and disposing of NORM-contaminated waste
What is inside
The document sections
- Purpose, scope, and definitions
- Roles and responsibilities
- Worker exposure and the exposure control plan
- Monitoring and radiation surveys
- Education and working around NORM
- Managing NORM-contaminated waste
- Types and health hazards of radiation
- Reference standards
Regulatory references this RAVS is written to
- Reference framework
- Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
- Federal framework
- Canada Labour Code, Part II - Occupational Health and Safety
- Standard
- Canada Industry Practice - ISNetworld questionnaire
Who it is for
Who needs this RAVS
This RAVS is for contractors whose hiring clients require the NORM element in ISNetworld, Avetta, or ComplyWorks. It applies to oil and gas, well servicing, and industrial maintenance companies whose workers handle equipment, scale, or sludge that may be NORM-contaminated. If a hiring client's pre-qualification configuration flags naturally occurring radioactive material, this is the document the reviewer is waiting on.
Practical guidance
How to pass the NORM review the first time
- Keep doses as low as reasonably achievable. The document states the radiation protection program keeps doses ALARA. A reviewer expects that principle.
- Survey before transfer or reuse. The document states equipment is surveyed for NORM contamination before transfer, sale, descaling, or reuse. A reviewer expects that step.
- Keep survey records. The document states records of NORM screening surveys, contamination, decontamination, and disposal are maintained. A hiring client audit will ask to see them.
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Common questions
Questions about this RAVS
- What does the ISNetworld NORM RAVS include?
- It is a complete, pre-written NORM program written as an ISNetworld RAVS answer. It covers worker exposure, the exposure control plan, monitoring and radiation surveys, education, practices for working around NORM, managing NORM-contaminated waste, and the types and health hazards of radiation.
- Is this a Canada Industry Practice document?
- Yes. It is written as a Canada Industry Practice RAVS to a national standard, so it serves contractors working across provinces or for federally regulated hiring clients.
- Where is NORM found?
- The document states NORM is found in the liquids, gases, and waste by-products of drilling operations, concentrating in the scale and sludge of water separation systems and as thin radioactive films inside gas processing equipment.
- How long does it take to complete and upload?
- Most companies finish in 15 to 30 minutes. You add your company name, confirm a few company-specific details, then copy the content into your ISNetworld RAVS questionnaire.