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 in order 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.