When using an area monitor in a permanent installation, what is the technician not required to do?

In the context of utilizing an area monitor in a permanent installation, the technician is not required to wear a rate alarm. Area monitors are designed to continuously assess radiation levels in a designated space and provide real-time data about the ambient radiation environment. They function independently and do not necessitate the use of a personal rate alarm as a safety measure for the technician in the same way that personal dosimeters or rate alarms would in highly variable or transient environments.

Wearing protective suits, maintaining distance from the source, and calibrating the area monitor are essential practices in radiation safety. Protective suits offer physical protection from contaminants and radiation, maintaining distance reduces exposure risk, and calibrating ensures that the monitoring equipment is operating accurately. In contrast, the area monitor itself is meant to handle the safety measures of monitoring the environment without requiring the personal alerting systems typically associated with direct exposure situations.