WHO NEEDS THIS COURSE?

You do if your workplace includes loud noises; and as we know, noisy workplace are very common. Noise can be generated from a whole range of sources including loud machinery, equipment or operations. Even traffic and voices can produce noise that is harmful to us. Regardless of the source, the effects or noise are predictable and the consequences preventable.

To effectively protect you from the harmful effects of noises that might be present in your workplace, OSHA requires that each employer evaluate the workplace and determine if high noise levels are present. The safe level of noise is 85 decibel (8 hour Time Weighted Average), which is about the level that you would produce as you raise your voice to talk to someone close by. If you are exposed to these levels, OSHA requires that you have training on the effects of the noise, and in the ways to properly protect yourself from the effects that it can have on your ability to hear.

Additionally, the course is full of useful information to apply to your home. Common noise sources such as lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners can also produce harmful effects on us if we are not careful.

This self-paced course is designed to provide training for workers that are exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in their workplace. The training program covers the issues identified by OSHA in the regulation. Successful completion of the program will result in a certificate documenting compliance with the OSHA training requirements.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/WHAT'S COVERED?

Upon completion of this training course you should be able to:

• Describe the OSHA requirements for control of noise exposure
• Identify the effects of noise on hearing
• Describe the purpose of hearing protection equipment
• List the advantages and disadvantages of various types of hearing protection equipment
• Understand how to select, use, care and correctly use hearing protection equipment
• Define the purpose of audiometric testing and its' procedure

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Students will complete 4 self-paced lessons, review questions at the end of certain sections, and take a final test via electronic format. All course materials are available online. The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete. Upon registration, you will receive a password via email, giving you access to the course contents at http://classes.hazmatschool.com/ .

What do you need to take this class at Hazmat School?

GRADING POLICY

Passing this course requires completing end-of-section review questions and completing the final multiple-choice test with a grade of 75% or better. There is no passing grade required for review questions but you must answer and submit them. If you do not receive a grade of at least 75% on the final quiz, you may take the quiz again up to a total of two (2) times.

COURSE SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES

The course is designed to be self-paced. You may stay enrolled in this one-hour class for up to two weeks. After two weeks, you will need to re-enroll. Upon successful completion of the course, click on the Send Certificate button, fill out the form, we will verify your work, and you will receive a certificate as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file via email. You will need the FREE Acrobat plugin to print out your certificate. If you do not have one, you may download your plugin here.

ENROLLING

You may submit, at any time of day or night, an electronic registration form to take this course. Once you have registered and paid your fees, you will be issued a receipt from our payment processor, followed within minutes by an email with login/password instructions for entry into the course.

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