Course Overview
IIRSM Approved
Approximately 17,000 people in the UK suffer from deafness, tinnitus, or other ear issues due to excessive noise at work. Luckily, these conditions can be avoided if the proper steps are taken but once you’re hearing has been lost, it cannot be restored.
This Noise awareness Training course outlines the risks of loud noise exposure in the workplace – what safety issues to take into consideration and what limits should be followed. It also covers the health risks and how to avoid them by creating risk assessments, putting together action plans, and providing necessary Personal Protective Equipment. Finally, this course explains how to provide information to employees and best practices for conducting health surveillance.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain an understanding of the topic of noise in the work environment and its associated issues with excessive noise.
- Be familiar with the laws and regulations in place to ensure safety for those who work in noisy conditions.
- Know where to find additional guidance. Acknowledge the hierarchy of control, and how it should be applied to assessments, risk plans, and action plans to take on jobs that create loud noises or put employees at risk from noise.
- Analyze the use of Personal Protective Equipment.
Advantages
This course is designed to explain the importance of following action points set out in a noise risk assessment. These could include the use of PPE, limited exposure to noise, or other control measures that must be understood and followed. Knowing why these controls are necessary ensures workers take them seriously. Moreover, with approval from International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM), this course meets the industry’s highest standards. Online training is also convenient as it offers flexibility and cost-effectiveness for candidates, allowing them to go through the modules at their own pace and leisure.
Further Progression
Many of our other Health and Safety courses compliment this one includes such as Working Safely,
Abrasive Wheels and Asbestos Awareness.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 55 minutes
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
