Hearing Conservation Training

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Course Description

The Hearing Conservation Program is designed to protect your employees against potential adverse effects of work related noise and to advise them of non-occupational noise to hearing lost. This program emphasizes the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss and the treatment of it.

Course Compliance Requirements

OSHA 29 CFR 1910. 95 requires employers to implement a format Hearing Conservation Program to protect their employees from work related noise levels above a Time-Weighted average of 85 decibels. The company is required to provide hearing protection, audiometric tests, and training to employees who are required to work in high noise level areas.

Course Outline

Part 1 - Hearing Conservation Program

  1. Purpose
  2. Scope
  3. Training Requirements
  4. Major Components

Part 2 - Hearing Process

  1. Relationship to Sound
  2. Hearing Loss
    a) Types and Causes
    b) Prevention of Noise Induced Hearing Loss

Part 3 - Noise Detected Monitoring

  1. OSHA Approved Methods
  2. Detection Devices
    a) Operations
    b) Individual Hands-on Exercises

Part 4 - Hearing Tests

  1. Types
  2. Purpose
  3. Employee Right of Access to Results

Part 5 - Hearing Protection

  1. Engineering Controls
  2. Administrative Controls
  3. Hearing Protectors
    a) Individual Hands-on Exercises
    b) Individual Hands-on Exercises

Part 6 - Protector Selection

  1. Noise Reduction Rating
  2. Types Available
    a) Advantages
    b) Disadvantages

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