Managing Noise

3 days Luton 27-29 January 2009 £750 + VAT Leeds 17-19 February 2009 £750 + VAT Liverpool 24-26 February 2009 £750 + VAT Belfast 10-12 March 2009 £650 + VAT CITB approved* Dunfermline 17-19 March 2009 £700 + VAT Newcastle 7-9 April 2009 £750 + VAT Milton Keynes 21-23 April 2009 £750 + VAT Birmingham 19-21 May 2009 £750 + VAT

This 3 day course is suitable for safety managers, supervisors, practitioners, occupational health practitioners and nurses. It is designed to provide delegates with an understanding of the physics of noise, the practical and hands on experience of the tools used to measure noise, and noise reduction techniques with the emphasis on control of noise at source.

• Learn the mechanism of sound and hearing, the physics of noise and the associated reduction techniques via a course designed with a practical approach in mind
• You will use the tools necessary to measure noise, and have the opportunity to carry out an onsite noise assessment, and develop a management action plan

• How to be a competent person
• The physics of noise
• The human hearing mechanism
• Noise induced hearing loss
• The decibel scale
• Noise terminology
• The Control of Noise at Work Regulations
• Noise reduction
• Noise survey design
• Hearing loss measurement and protection
• Workplace noise assessment
• Measurement and instrumentation