Noise

Educational, motivational and training materials

Hearing protection device: Training, Awareness and Selection (HPD TAS) Tool

The objective of the HPD TAS Tool Leading Practice is to assist the South African mining industry with the elimination of NIHL by improving the effectiveness of mine hearing conservation programmes. This leading practice will lessen the risks of damage to mineworkers' hearing.

Educational, motivational and training materials for trainers, comprising:

• A script for induction talks on the noise hazard, with a demonstration of the benefits of using HPDs in noisy areas and their correct use and care, with four supporting overhead transparencies
  • Guidelines for Trainers Volume 1
• Use of the video programme "To Hear or Not to Hear: The Choice is Yours" Educational/motivational module and HPD training module
  • Guidelines for Trainers Part 2
• Addressing typical concerns raised by individuals who are resistant to using hearing protection devices
  • Guidelines for Trainers Part 3
• Use of the handout for trainees "Make Safe Your Ears"
  • Guidelines for Trainers Part 4

Other materials available

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hearing Loss Simulator

This is a software training and communication tool for promoting hearing loss prevention by demonstrating the effects of noise exposure on hearing without actually experiencing noise-induced hearing loss.

Industry-wide Buy and Maintain Quiet Initiative (IBMQI)

This is an industry-wide arrangement whereby mining companies procure equipment and maintain existing equipment that conforms to specific noise emission requirements.

• IBMQI – Purchasing procedure – workshop draft 1
• IBMQI – SAIMM Journal Publication
• IBMQI Story A3 Low res

YouTube Videos

Educational/motivational (15 minutes long), which conveys the message that loud noise is hazardous and illustrates the potential consequences of exposure to it.

Booklets/handouts

Handouts for trainees in the form of a 16-page, A-5 self-cover booklet illustrating the risks of excessive noise exposure, as well as the correct use and care of HPDs, produced in English and Zulu.

• Make safe your ears (English)
• Make safe your ears (Zulu)

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