Under Regulation 10 of the Instruction and Training of the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 suitable and sufficient training must be given to all employees who are at risk from exposure to noise.

Such a course would cover such items as:

• the nature of risks from exposure to noise;
• the organisational and technical measures taken in order to comply with the requirements of Regulation 6 Elimination or control of exposure to noise at the workplace;
• the exposure limit values and upper and lower exposure action values set out in Regulation 4 Exposure limit values and action values;
• the significant findings of the risk assessment, including any measurements taken, with an explanation of those findings;
• the availability and provision of personal hearing protectors under Regulation 7 Hearing protection and their correct use in accordance with Regulation 8(2) Maintenance and use of equipment;
• why and how to detect and report signs of hearing damage;
• the entitlement to health surveillance under Regulation 9 and its purposes; and safe working practices to minimise exposure to noise.

This may be tailored to meet the needs of clients’ own sites and include their own noise data