COURSE DETAILS
Units of Credit :	3
Assumed Knowledge :	SESC9201 - Safety Risk Management SESC9600 - Occupational Health
Description :	Physical, perceptual and legislative aspects of noise. AS1269. Descriptive properties, propagation, loudness and frequency, types of noise. Measurement, decibels, hertz, octaves, time and frequency, weighting, spectral analysis. Perception, loudness, annoyance, phones, dB(A) Leq. Lbgt. Anatomy of and function of the ear, and noise injury. Audiometry exercise in measuring hearing levels. Management of noise. This course may not run if enrolment numbers are not sufficient
Objectives :	After completing this course, students should: have an appreciation of the properties of noise, and its effects on health, and the means to measure noise injury; be able to outline techniques for the measurement and assessment of noise; be able to conduct a noise survey; understand the range of options for the control of noise at work; be able to develop systems for the management of noise at work.
Reading :	AS1269. Acoustics - Occupational Noise Management. Standards Australia, Sydney, 1998. All students must bring a copy of this Standard to this short course. Worksafe. Noise Management at Work. Worksafe Australia/AGPS, Canberra, 1990.

ASSESSMENT
Details Due Date Weight Preparation of a summary of the applicable noise legislation in the relevant legislative jurisdiction where you work (details supplied in Unit 2). TBC 10% Preparation of a noise management system for a fictitious workplace (details supplied in Unit 6). TBC 50% Submission of post unit review questions for all six units TBC 40%

COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1 :	Structure of the Ear and the Effects of Noise Mr Warwick Williams/Assoc Prof Chris Winder
Week 2 :	Noise and it's Measurement Mr Warwick Williams
Week 3 :	Assessment of Noise Mr Warwick Williams
Week 4 :	Control of Noise Mr Warwick Williams
Week 5 :	Hearing Protection Mr Warwick Williams
Week 6 :	Management of Noise Mr Warwick Williams