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The Managing Noise course is offered near Tewkesbury, within 30 mins of Worcester and Gloucester and within 1 hour of Coventry, Bristol, Birmingham and Swindon.

Noise and noise awareness training

HSMC offer two levels of noise training for employers:

Noise Awareness Training
This is a short course (usually around one to one and a half hours) which is required by the Noise Regulations for all employees who may be exposed to an 8hr noise level of 85dB(A) or more.

Managing Noise
Our Managing Noise course is designed specifically for people who are not noise or health and safety specialists but who have a responsibility for noise safety at work. It is a great-value one-day off-site course.

Noise awareness training is something which all employers who have employees working in areas of over 85dB(A) need to carry out. Using a mixture of presentation and practical demonstration of the effects of hearing loss, HSMC ensures employees understand noise risks and helps employers comply with their legal obligations.

Noise awareness training: course content

Module 1 - Physics of Noise

• A short session on how noise works and how it impacts on the ear.

Module 2 - The Ear and Hearing

• Detail of how we hear sounds.
• The aim being to help attendees understand how the ear physically responds to noise and can be physically damaged by it.

Module 3 - Hearing Damage from Noise

• What actually happens to the ear as it begins to be damaged by noise.
• The potential outcomes such as irreparable noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) and tinnitus, the effects this has on the sufferer and a demonstration of the various stages of hearing loss.
• The intention here is to make the attendees aware of the severe yet usually ignored nature of hearing losses due noise and the effect it can have on their life.
• This is a very practical element which clearly demonstrates the effects of various types of hearing loss for the attendees.

Module 4 - Controlling Exposures and Hearing Protection

• How noise is controlled at work, through the use of physical noise reduction measures and the use of hearing protection.
• A detailed look at the types of hearing protection available and the correct use of them.
• This module aims to provide attendees with the knowledge to ensure that now they are aware of what the effect of loud noises can be they use the hearing protection correctly for the maximum benefit.

Module 5 - Audiometry (Optional)

• If the training is taking place following a session of audiometry to measure the hearing ability of the employees a short overview of audiometry can be included to add to the information they will have received in the hearing tests themselves.

Module 6 - Summary

• A summary of the session including verbal test / question and answer session.

Attendance certificates are issued following the course.

Managing Noise

Presented as an off-site (public) course at the HSMC training centre, Managing Noise is aimed at anyone with a responsibility for controlling noise in their workplace, including production managers, safety reps, health and safety officers, team leaders or supervisors, or anyone else whom the employer is looking at to oversee the noise safety and control issues.

Download pdf of the Managing Noise course

Managing noise: course content

Introduction

• What noise is, the scale of noise problems at work.

The legal framework

• The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
• What these mean in English and what you have to do to comply.

Noise and hearing damage

• How the ear works and how noise damages hearing.
• Practical demonstration of the types of hearing loss.

Noise measurement

• An introduction to measuring noise in the workplace.
• How measurements should be approached what to look for when using an external service to provide noise assessments for you.*

Noise reduction measures

• A guide to noise available reduction techniques.

Audiometry

• Part of the new Noise Regulations - what it is and the benefits to the employer.
• Demonstration of audiometry on willing (or unwilling) volunteers.

Hearing protection

• Selection, available types, uses and limitations of the styles of hearing protection available.

The course includes practical elements throughout including demonstrations of noise measurement, real-time simulation of hearing damage and audiometric testing of volunteers to demonstrate the process.

* This module is not aimed at enabling you to carry out your own noise risk assessments using your own measuring equipment. For that you would need at least a week-long intensive course such as those offered by the Institute of Acoustics or the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

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