Legal requirement for Hearing Conservation Program :
As per the Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines Hearing Conservation Programme Rev 2014 as part of the company’s workplace safety and health (WSH) programme, when a person is exposed to 85 dB(A) or more over an eight-hour workday it is mandatory for his employer to implement a comprehensive Hearing Conservation Programme (HCP) to protect the workforce from exposure to excessive noise. The purpose of the Hearing Conservation Programme is to minimize the noise level that the workforce is exposed by following the elements mentioned in the hearing conservation and thereby prevent their workforce from the occupational disease – Noise Induced Deafness.
Qsafe Pte Ltd provide most experienced and competent noise consultants to assist the employers in preparing a comprehensive Hearing Conservation Program for various type of industries ranging from Manufacturing industry, factory, petrochemical industry, construction site. The noise consultants from Qsafe Pte Ltd not only prepare the Hearing Conservation Programme for the clients but also guide the occupiers or owner of the factory premises in every step and elements of the Hearing Conservation Programme.
Elements of Hearing Conservation Programme :
The basic seven steps (but not limited to) of a Hearing Conservation Program are:
Step 1:
Perform noise mapping to identify the high noise zones within the workplace and personal dosimetry to the required number of workforce as per the Workplace Safety and Health (Noise) regulations 2011.
Qsafe Pte Ltd and services provide the most experienced noise consultants to perform the noise mapping and personal dosimetry in the client premises as per the legal requirement and prevailing guidelines in practice.
Step 2:
On identifying the high noise zones, based on the noise mapping report implement the noise control measures as per the hierarchy of control measures.
Qsafe Pte Ltd shall advise the occupier or factory license holder of the premises on the high exposure noise zones and feasible noise control measures as per the hierarchy of control measures. Our Consultants shall discuss with the occupier or factory license holder and advise the most feasible control measures to prevent the workforce exposure to high noise levels in-line with the legal requirement.
Step 3:
This step involves in selection of the most suitable Personal Protective Equipment (ear plug or ear muff) based on the required Noise Reduction Rate (NRR) to bring down the workforce noise exposure level less than 85 dB(A) or more over an eight-hour workday.
Qsafe Pte Ltd and services provides the most experienced and competent noise consultants to not only select the hearing protector based on Noise Reduction Rate but also shall select the hearing protector based on the ease and comfort of the workforce to be in-line with the legal requirement.
Step 4:
This step involved in preparing Hearing Conservation Programme Training slides and educating the workforce involved in working with noisy work activities.
Qsafe Pte Ltd and services provides the most experienced and competent noise consultants to prepare the Hearing Conservation Programme Training slides based on the noise mapping report.
All the noise consultants in Qsafe Pte Ltd and services are certified and competent trainers in conducting Hearing Conservation Training programme. On successful Hearing Conservation Training of the workforce, a training record shall be created and submitted to client for their recordkeeping for authorities verification.
Step 5:
This step involves the following
- Conducting audiometric examination at least once a year for the existing workforce (who are exposed to high noise levels within their workplace)
- Conducting audiometric examination for the new joined workforce within three months of their employment
- Submitting the Audiometric examination to Ministry of Manpower through online portal
Qsafe Pte Ltd and Services provide most experienced and competent audiometric technician to conduct the air conduction audiometric examination and bone conduction audiometric examination, preparing the audiometric examination report in the approved format by Ministry of Manpower and submit the report online on behalf of our clients.
Step 6:
This is an administrative step which involves maintaining the documents such as
- Actions taken by the occupier or factory owner of the premises to control the noise
- Maintaining the PPE (Hearing Protection) issue record
- Recordkeeping the noise mapping reports
- Recordkeeping the audiometric examination report
Qsafe Pte Ltd and Services provide the most competent and experienced noise consultants to assist our client / client representative in the most appropriate filing system that suits the clients job scope and in-line with legal requirements.
Step 7:
This step involves the following
- collecting the feedback from the workforce involved in various steps of Hearing Conservation Program
- Analyzing the collected feedbacks and find the room for continual improvement
Qsafe Pte Ltd and Services provide the most competent and experienced noise consultants to assist our client / client representative in the preparation of feedback forms, analyzing the collected feedback and in the planning and implementation of continual improvement in the Hearing Conservation Programme.
