Noise and vibration are two common workplace hazards that can have serious long-term effects on employee health. For instance, excessive noise can result in tinnitus and long-term hearing loss, whereas vibration can lead to musculoskeletal injuries and nerve damage.
Fortunately, with diligent safeguarding measures, employees do not have to endure adverse health effects. In this course, you will learn more about the risks associated with noise and vibration, and how employers and employees alike can play a role in creating a safer workspace.
You will learn
- Why high levels of workplace noise are dangerous
- The legislation that addresses workplace noise and what an employer must do to comply with these laws
- The measures an employer must take to protect their workers’ hearing, including measuring noise levels, providing protective equipment and implementing health surveillance
- The two categories of workplace vibration and their effects
- What employers can do to protect workers from injury caused by excessive vibration, and the health and safety legislation that sets out maximum acceptable vibration levels
Course content
5 modules · 3 hours of learning
- Module 1: Introduction to Dealing with Noise and Vibration in the Workplace (includes quiz)
- Module 2: How Employers can Safeguard their Workers’ Hearing (includes quiz)
- Module 3: Health Surveillance (includes quiz)
- Module 4: Vibration (includes quiz)
- Module 5: What Employers can do, in order to Protect the Health of Employees Working with Vibration (includes quiz)
This course forms part of our Compliance range, alongside our broader CPD Courses catalogue at Skills Pad.
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