Expert advice on RF EMF safety

The management of RF EMF safety presents some special challenges. Standards and regulations governing RF safety are typically long and technically complex, are sometimes open to interpretation, and are usually well outside the expertise of an organisation’s core business. Moreover, the effort to get up to speed on this confusing hazard is often well out of proportion to the scale of physical risk, drawing WHS resources away from less exotic but more important dangers such as slips, trips and falls.

Two Fields Consulting can help you fast track your approach to managing RF safety to meet your WHS obligations in an appropriate and cost effective manner. We stay abreast of new developments through our research and standards activities and can draw on our large network of associates and expert colleagues in this field.

In addition, our team has a long track record in scientific research, extending back to 1989 in the EMF safety area. This academic record, together with our considerable industry and government experience, makes us well placed to conduct high quality reviews on EMF scientific and regulatory matters.

Here’s some of the many RF safety topics we’ve advised on:

  • Assessing the impact of the new ICNIRP 2020 and ARPANSA RPS S-1 RF safety guidelines and standards
  • Reviewing and interpreting RF exposure assessment reports
  • Developing validated spatial averaging schemes for RF compliance assessments
  • Estimating the level of hand SAR compliance in mobile phone users
  • Nominating and managing RF workers
  • Calculating the uncertainty of RF exposure assessments
  • Development of corporate, industry and national guidelines for RF safety compliance
  • Risk assessment of RF exposures from a Magnetic Resonance Imager (MRI)
  • Determining the appropriate exposure limits for RF devices and infrastructure
  • Evaluating claims of electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS)
  • Assessing RF compliance of body mounted radiotranceivers
  • Assessing metallic implants in RF workers
  • Auditing risks of RF hazards in a workplace
  • Clarifying roles and responsibilities for managing corporate RF safety
  • Setting effective and practical safety controls for RF hazards
  • Specifying appropriate content for RF safety documentation
  • Setting key learning objectives for RF safety awareness training
  • Choosing a competent RF assessor
  • Specifying purchasing clauses for the safety compliance of RF equipment
  • Negotiating responsibility of RF sources on shared sites
  • Briefing visitors/talent about RF site and equipment safety