Courses and resources

Theme:

Personal Effectiveness

Category:

Health, Safety and Environment

Course overview:

This course will help you understand the risks posed by exposure to noise at work, and what the parameters are for identifying dangerous noise levels.

You will also learn about how to control noise levels at work, and how to identify any early symptoms of noise induced hearing loss.

Learning outcomes:

As a result of attending this course, you will be able to understand:.

- When noise exposure poses a risk (including action and limit values), and how it can be controlled and reduced.

- The main duties of the employer and employees under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations.

- When hearing protection should be worn, how to use it correctly, and how to care for it.

- How to recognise the symptoms of noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus and what steps to take.

Audience:

This course is aimed at those who either work with noisy equipment/machinery or work in a loud environment for all or part of the day.

This will include but is not limited to, those who use power tools or machinery for more than half an hour a day, those surrounded by intrusive noise for most of the working day, those working in environments where you have to raise your voice or shout to be heard by someone just 2 metres away, those working around high impact noise, or those working alongside powerful/industrial local exhaust ventilation (LEV) systems.

https://universityofexeteruk.sharepoint.com/sites/HealthandSafetyHub/SitePages/Noise-at-Work-Standard.aspx .

Presenter(s):

Rachel Rollinson.

Course Administration:

This course is administered by People Development; please contact peopledevelopment@exeter.ac.uk for more details.

Please add yourself to the waiting list and we will contact you once dates are available.

Book your place or add your name to the waiting list