Information and training

Where employees are exposed to noise which is likely to be at or above a lower exposure action value, Regulation 10 requires the employer to provide those employees and their representatives with “suitable and sufficient information, instruction and training”. This should include:

• the nature of risks from exposure to noise;

• the organisational and technical measures taken to comply with the requirements of Regulation 6;

• the exposure limit values and upper and lower exposure action values set out in Regulation 4;

• 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 and correct use in accordance with Regulation 8(2);

• why and how to detect and report signs of hearing damage;

• the entitlement to health surveillance under Regulation 9 and its purposes;

• safe working practices to minimise exposure to noise; and

• the collective results of any health surveillance undertaken in accordance with Regulation 9 in a form calculated to prevent those results from being identified as relating to a particular person.