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Noise Measurement, Prevention, and Protection

Corporate
Digital Skills

Compliance, Quality, and Occupational Health and Safety

Duration

35h

PRESENTATION

Training in «Noise Measurement, Prevention, and Protection» is a training program designed to comprehensively address the issue of Noise and Its Impact in health and well-being. This course provides participants with an in-depth understanding of concepts related to noise, as well as the measures y strategies effective to prevent it and protect yourself from its negative effects.

Through this training, participants also gain knowledge about the nature of noise, its sources, and how it is measured. In addition, the training explores the implications of noise on the physical and mental health, as well as in work and residential settings. The course also covers the rules and regulations related to noise control and how to apply them in various contexts.

Objectives

  1. Internalize knowledge solid information on the various sources of noise in workplace and residential environments.

  2. Learning to Identify high-risk situations to assess hearing and evaluate noise exposure in different settings.

  3. Acquire skills to apply preventive strategies, such as noise management in the design of spaces, the selection of hearing protection equipment, and the implementation of engineering controls.

  4. Become familiar with the local regulations and rules and international regulations related to noise control, and know how to comply with them.

  5. Contribute to Healthier Environments.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. NOISE.

  1. The physical phenomenon.
  2. Sound and noise.
  3. Parameters and physical units.
  4. The sound field.
  5. Parameters that define exposure.
  6. Operating vehicles.

TEACHING UNIT 2. EFFECTS OF NOISE.

  1. Mechanisms of Hearing.
  2. Hearing loss.
  3. Other effects of noise.

TEACHING UNIT 3. LEGISLATION. SCOPE OF APPLICATION.

  1. Exposure limits and action limits.
  2. Requirements for the Measure and the Evaluation.
  3. Other requirements.
  4. Preventive action.

TEACHING UNIT 4. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS.

  1. Types of equipment.
  2. Calibration and verification.
  3. Team Selection.
  4. Terms of Use.

TEACHING UNIT 5. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES. MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES.

  1. Assessment Approach.
  2. Preliminary study. Data collection.
  3. Measurement Strategy.
  4. Measurement conditions.
  5. Measurement of the most unfavorable condition.
  6. Measuring the most favorable condition.
  7. Selection of the workers to be assessed.
  8. Duration of the measure.
  9. Type of measurement.
  10. Other requirements.
  11. Control of the measurement process.

TEACHING UNIT 6. RISK ASSESSMENT AND RESULTS REPORT.

  1. Calculation of exposure for a homogeneous group.
  2. Calculation of daily exposure.
  3. Calculation of weekly exposure.
  4. Earnings Report.

TEACHING UNIT 7. PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

  1. Action at the source.
  2. Performance during transmission.
  3. Organizational measures.
  4. Action at the receptor.

TEACHING UNIT 8. PERSONAL PROTECTION

  1. Selection and Requirements.
  2. Usage.
  3. Maintenance.
  4. Calculation of the Attenuation of an Acoustic Shield

TEACHING UNIT 9. SECTOR-SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

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