Hearing conservation program
A hearing conservation program sets out ways to achieve goals for noise exposure levels such as:
- nominating a person to be responsible for overseeing the program
- carrying out preliminary noise checks to assess if problems with noise exposure exists
- choosing the type and detail of noise assessments to be carried out
- developing a program to choose new or replacement plant to reduce noise exposure
- choosing suitable noise control measures
- choosing, providing and maintaining personal hearing protectors
- identifying hearing protection areas
- giving induction and ongoing training to workers
- providing audiometric testing at the beginning of employment to establish base level hearing and during employment to determine any hearing loss
- maintaining records in an easily understood form and available for inspection by certain persons
- check that noise control measures are maintained and operating effectively
- check noise levels to identify any hidden defects in machinery and ensure they do not cause excessive noise levels
For detailed information on the hearing conservation program, check section 4.3 of the Noise Advisory Standard 2004 (now known as a Code of Practice) .
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