Technical Training for Radionuclide Station Operators with SPALAX NG Equipment

Objectives:

Participants Profile

Station operators who will be responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of SPALAX NG noble gas monitoring systems at IMS stations.

Invited State Signatories should nominate participant(s) who are station operators involved in the operation and maintenance of the following stations:

CAX16, CAX17, DEX33, FRX29, FRX31, MNX45, PAX50.

To ensure that relevant technical training is provided to the appropriate persons, individuals who will be directly responsible for your IMS SPALAX NG noble gas system facilities should be nominated

Candidates must be proficient in English.

Application Procedures

Nominations together with the registration forms should be submitted only through established official channels (the Permanent Missions to the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO or Ministries of Foreign Affairs) to the PTS point of contact above, not later than 31 August 2025. However, pending the official nomination, the participants may email the registration upon its approval by a director of the institution or firm, to allow timely travel and accommodation arrangements by the PTS.

Please note that applications, which are not supported by the registration form, won't be considered!

Registration Form

Applicants are requested to use the attached registration form, which is also available at http://www.ctbto.org/the-organization/workshops-training-and-exercises/.

Financial Information

In accordance with the staff regulations and rules and Administrative Directives, the PTS will provide a Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) and financial support to cover travel costs.

• A DSA that is sufficient to cover related expenses during the training programme;
• The PTS travel agent will reserve, issue and send the flight tickets to the participants for the most direct and economic route;
• Funded participants are not allowed to purchase their own tickets unless, under exceptional circumstances, they are authorized to do so and only if this proves to be the most cost effective way for the PTS;
• The PTS will make the hotel reservations and participants will pay the hotel themselves using their DSA which they receive upon arrival in Vienna; and
• Health insurance will be provided for the duration of the training.
• Requirement: Scanned passport copies.

Other pertinent information

• Participants should apply for visas, if needed, at the corresponding Embassy upon receipt of an Acceptance Note Verbale from the PTS, in order to ensure timely processing.
• The training program is open only for station operators from invited countries.