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2008 training schedule

Hearing Conservation Technician Training Refresher

GREENSBORO, NC; GREENVILLE, SC; and ATLANTA, GA COURSE LOCATIONS

See also our Hearing Conservation Technican course
This 8-hour course is required every 5 years by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) for Occupational Hearing Conservationist to maintain hearing testing certification. This 8-hour refresher certification training is certified by CAOHC. It is designed to provide updated information and answer questions that may have arisen over the past 5 years.

Topics include:

Review of anatomy, physiology and diseases of the ear
Review of sound measurement and noise exposure
Hearing testing using manual and automatic audiometers
Calibration of audiometer and requirements for test booths
Record keeping and OSHA 300 logging
Standard Threshold Shift (STS) identification and follow-up
Medical referral in hearing conservation program.
Hearing protection attenuation, fitting, dispensing and monitoring
Hearing conservation educational programs
OSHA occupational noise standard
Workers compensation
ADA accommodation

Materials Provided
A course manual with reference and working materials including many useful forms is provided. Practice audiometers and sample hearing protectors for fitting exercises are dispensed and made available to course participants.

There are regularly scheduled 20-hour Certification and 8-hour refresher courses scheduled through out the year. In addition, a number of courses are presented at different locations sponsored by or in conjunction with Nurse’s Associations.

Course Length and Time
1 day (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. )
Course Fee: $325

Scheduled Greensboro and Atlanta course dates for 2008

February 7
(Greensboro, NC)
February 13
(Atlanta, GA)
April 10
(Greensboro, NC)
April 17
(Greenville, SC)
May 7
(Atlanta, GA)
June 5
(Greensboro, NC)
August 7
(Greensboro, NC)
August 13
(Atlanta, GA)
September 4
(Greenville, SC)
October 2
(Greensboro, NC)
October 22
(Atlanta, GA)
December 11

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EXPANDED COURSE LOCATIONS!

Both the 20-hr and 8-hr Hearing Conservation Technician Courses are now offered at several locations in the midwest.

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