Noise & Hearing Conservation trains workers through 11 interactions to recognize hazardous noise, read exposure levels, and choose and fit hearing protection correctly, validating 7 competencies so protective habits form before hearing is lost.
Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common — and most preventable — occupational diseases. It builds silently over years: it is permanent, painless, and gradual, often noticed only once conversations and family life are already affected, and it is frequently accompanied by tinnitus (ringing in the ears). This course teaches every worker exposed to workplace noise to recognize noise hazards and the early signs of hearing damage; to judge when noise is hazardous (Manitoba's 85 dBA exposure limit averaged over an 8-hour day, the action level around 80 dBA, and the practical arm's-length rule); to apply the hierarchy of noise controls (quieter equipment and engineering first, hearing…
Equip every noise-exposed worker to recognize when noise is hazardous, control it at the source, wear hearing protection correctly and consistently, and take part in audiometric testing — so that preventable, permanent hearing loss does not happen.
Workers exposed to hazardous noise on Manitoba industrial, construction, and manufacturing sites.
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for one year. Review training at least annually and whenever noise sources, equipment, or hearing protection change.
This certificate records completion of knowledge training in noise and hearing conservation, and it records the Trained state only. It does not confirm that the holder achieves a seal with the hearing protection issued for their own job. Before the worker relies on that protection, the employer must show them the site noise areas and posted zones, provide the hearing protection and how to fit it, enrol them in audiometric testing, and observe them inserting or fitting it correctly for a proper seal and wearing it the whole time in the noise, and sign that observation off as Competent. The hearing protection manufacturer's fitting instructions and the employer's hearing conservation program always govern. This training is not an audiometric test and confers no hearing-assessment qualification.
About 1 hour 10 minutes online, over 5 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
One year from the day you pass. Review training at least annually and whenever noise sources, equipment, or hearing protection change.
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006; CSA Z94.2 — Hearing Protection Devices: Performance, Selection, Care, and Use; and 2 more listed on this page.
This certificate records completion of knowledge training in noise and hearing conservation, and it records the Trained state only. It does not confirm that the holder achieves a seal with the hearing protection issued for their own job. Before the worker relies on that protection, the employer must show them the site noise areas and posted zones, provide the hearing protection and how to fit it, enrol them in audiometric testing, and observe them inserting or fitting it correctly for a proper seal and wearing it the whole time in the noise, and sign that observation off as Competent. The hearing protection manufacturer's fitting instructions and the employer's hearing conservation program always govern. This training is not an audiometric test and confers no hearing-assessment qualification.