Noise at Work Assessment - Overview
- On-site Noise at Work survey
- Detailed report with a clear summary
- Qualified and competent noise control engineers
- Professional advice on actions needed
- All work in accordance with EU regulations and HSE guidelines
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A qualified engineer will visit your premises and make a detailed
noise survey in line with the European
Noise at Work Regulations. Personnel and specific jobs will
be assessed for risk of hearing damage and advice given on any
actions that may be needed, such as reducing the noise at source,
changing work patterns or providing the correct type of hearing
protection.
Noise Survey
A typical noise survey will consists of the following:
- Briefing - introducing the engineer to your plant and operations
- Manual noise measurements using a hand-held sound level meter
- Noise dosemeters mounted on personnel who carry out noise
intensive tasks
- Manual Octave Band analysis for particularly noisy
areas (hearing protection assessment)
After the initial briefing, and assuming your site regulations
allow it, the engineer will be happy to work alone, so you can
get on with your day without being interrupted.
For more details of the survey, please visit the Survey
page.
The Report
A detailed Workplace
Noise Risk Assessment Report will be provided, typically
including the following elements:
- Management Summary
- Introduction and Overview
- General Workplace Information, Results Summary and Analysis
- Analysis of Hearing Protection
- Recommendations / Action Plan
- Glossary and Terminology
- Detailed Reports for Selected Results
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You can find more information about the report contents on the
Report page.
Qualifications
The HSE guidelines (Controlling Noise at Work, L108), clearly
state that:
You should ensure that any measurements are carried out by someone
who is competent, ie someone with the relevant skills, knowledge
and experience to undertake measurements in your particular working
environment.
NoiseMeters will only send out engineers who have suitable and
recognised qualifications, such
as the Institute of Acoustics Certificate of Competence - Workplace
Noise Risk Assessment. The engineers also have a great deal
of experience in measuring noise and working out the most cost
effective actions, if any are needed at all.
Read more about the engineers' qualifications at on our Qualifications
page.
Booking a Noise Assessment
You can get a quick quotation for a noise assessment by using
our Online Quote service.
If you prefer to have a formal quotation sent through by email,
or if you need a more complex survey than those covered by the
online quote, then please use one of the following:
We are more than happy to offer advice on the best way to proceed,
or to discuss whether a noise assessment is even necessary.
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