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

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

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:

Email your requirements : consult@noisemeters.co.uk Give us a call on 0845 680 0312

We are more than happy to offer advice on the best way to proceed, or to discuss whether a noise assessment is even necessary.