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Senior Health Physicist                  David James Ferguson

3535 S. Ball St.
Arlington, VA 22202
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WORK EXPERIENCE          Oak Ridge Associated Universities,                                5/2010 – Present
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Arlington, Virginia US
Salary: 109,000 USD Per Year Hours per week: 45
Senior Operations Planner, Health Physics

Currently performing contract work with FEMA, Response Directorate, Planning Division, CBRNE Branch

Primary duties include Health Physics related planning for the Federal response and recovery to an Improvised Nuclear Device event in the United States

Subject Matter Expert for research and development and training

Serves as contract support and facilitator for the Scientific Support Working Group

Florida Department of Health,                           1/1990 – 5/2010
Bureau of Radiation Control, Orlando, Florida US
Salary: 60,000 USD Per Year Hours per week: 45
Environmental Manager

Deputy Radiation Safety Officer and Radioactive Waste Manager

Portable Radiological Instrument Maintenance and Calibration Laboratory Manager and Manager of state wide environmental dosimetry program

State expert for Radiation Dosimetry and photon spectroscopy Florida Department of Health coordinator for exercise planning with the DNDO and Secondary Reach Back Lead for the state of Florida

I also have duties providing training, writing procedures, purchasing and budgeting for infrastructure and equipment, regulatory enforcement and participation in the state's radiological emergency response team.

Nuclear Support Services                                   10/1988 - 11/1989
Hershey, Pennsylvania US
Salary: 38,000 USD Per Year Hours per week: 60
Senior Health Physics Tech
Monitor personnel exposure to radiation hazards, approve work permits, perform radiological surveys and decontaminate areas, devices or personnel.

US Navy                                                               6/1980 - 10/1988
FPO Miami, Florida US
Grade Level: E-6 Salary: 35,000 USD Per Year Hours per week: 60
Electronics Technician First Class , Navy
Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician, Engineering Supervisor, Radiological Controls Supervisor, Division Leading Petty Officer, Supervised and Performed maintenance, operation, decontamination and chemical analysis of Reactor Plant.

EDUCATION                      Thomas Edison State College
Trenton, New Jersey US
Graduated - 9/2009 - 135 Semester Hours Completed
Major: Nuclear Engineering Technology GPA: 3.761 out of 4.0

Relevant Coursework, Licensures and Certifications:
Health Physicist – Associate Member of the American Academy of Health Physics
Nuclear Engineering -
Graduate of the Navy Nuclear Propulsion School
Radiological Health - Graduate of Naval Radiological Controls School (6 weeks) and ORISE Health Physics and Radiation Protection Course (6 weeks)

JOB RELATED                    4/25/2003 ORISE REAC/ TS Management Rad Accident Victims

TRAINING                         3/16/2004 US FEMA Basic Incident Command System
8/02/2004-8/05/2004 US FEMA Radiological Accident Dose Assessment
5/20/2006-5/24/2006 TMS, Inc. Radiation Detection and Measure
5/03/2006 US FEMA Nat’l Incident Management System
10/02/2006-10/06/2006 US NRC Root Cause Incident Analysis
4/20/2008-4/26/2008 DNDO Secondary Reach Back Radionuclide Identification
6/15/2009-6/19/2009
RESRAD - OFFSITE
7/20/2009-7/23/2009 BRC PRND Training
1/24/2011-5/15/2011 Colorado State University Health Physics Exam Review

Quarterly Nuclear Power Plant Site Accident Exercises

Annual Bureau of Radiation Control Training

 

AFFILIATIONS

American Health Physics Society

Associate Member

 

American Academy of Health Physics

 

Associate Member

REFERENCES

Jonathan Lifland

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

 

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Dale Whitehead

DoD Contractor

 

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William Passetti

FL Dept. of Health Bureau Chief

 

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John Williamson

FL Dept. of Health Environmental Administrator

 

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(This résumé was posted on 19 November 2011.)

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