Hearing Conservation Awareness Training
Hearing loss from noise is painless, gradual, and permanent — which is exactly why it is easy to ignore until it is done. This course teaches employees whose noise exposure meets or exceeds OSHA’s hearing conservation action level what that exposure actually does, how to choose and fit the protector assigned to them, why the number on the box is not the whole story, and what to expect from baseline and annual audiometric testing. Three fifteen-minute modules, fifteen checkpoint questions inside the videos, a quiz after each module, and a final exam drawn at random from a 16-question bank.
Who This Course Is For
The standard covers employees whose noise exposure meets or exceeds the hearing conservation action level — an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels. That is a measurement question, not a job-title question. If your employer’s noise monitoring puts a role at or above the action level, that employee is covered, whatever the role is called.
What the Course Covers
Three modules of about fifteen minutes each. Five knowledge checkpoints sit inside every video, and a module quiz closes each one.
Noise, Hearing, and OSHA Program Basics
Noise, Hearing, and OSHA Program Basics; Action level; Warning signs; Noise controls; Employee role.
Hearing Protectors: Selection, Fit, Use, and Care
Hearing Protectors: Selection, Fit, Use, and Care; Attenuation; Proper fit; Use and care; Communication.
Audiometric Testing, Records, and Daily Prevention
Audiometric Testing, Records, and Daily Prevention; Threshold shift; Training updates; Records; Daily habits.
15 in-video checkpoints across the three modules.
A Final Exam Drawn at Random
The final assessment pulls 10 questions from a 16-question bank and shuffles the answer options on every attempt. Module quizzes and in-video checkpoints shuffle their options too, so there is no answer pattern to pass around the break room and no position that is right more often than any other. You need 80% to pass, and you can retake it as many times as you need. Each retake is a fresh draw, not a second run at the same paper.
What This Completion Record Does and Does Not Cover
Completion documents awareness-level hearing conservation training support only. It is not a substitute for employer-specific noise monitoring, audiometric testing, medical review, individual hearing-protector fit instruction, or site-specific selection of protection for actual exposures.
What Your Employer Still Has to Supply
Read this before you assign seats. It is the part of the hearing conservation program the course cannot do for you.
Employers: this course delivers the general awareness-level hearing conservation training component of 29 CFR §1910.95(k) — effects of noise on hearing, purpose of hearing protectors, advantages/disadvantages/attenuation of protector types, selection/fitting/use/care of protectors, and the purpose and procedures of audiometric testing. It does not replace your obligation to provide site-specific noise monitoring, baseline and annual audiometric testing, individual protector fitting, medical review, or program record-keeping for employees whose exposure meets or exceeds the action level.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
One seat, a small team, or the whole shift
Individual
One employee, one completion record
- 3 video modules
- 15 in-video knowledge checkpoints
- Quiz after each module
- Randomised final exam (10 of 16 questions)
- Written to OSHA 29 CFR §1910.95(k)
- Downloadable completion record
- Lifetime access
- 80% passing score required
Team of 5
A small crew or one office
- 3 video modules
- 15 in-video knowledge checkpoints
- Quiz after each module
- Randomised final exam (10 of 16 questions)
- Written to OSHA 29 CFR §1910.95(k)
- Downloadable completion record
- Lifetime access
- 80% passing score required
- Admin dashboard
- Progress tracking
Team of 10
Multi-shift and multi-site operations
- 3 video modules
- 15 in-video knowledge checkpoints
- Quiz after each module
- Randomised final exam (10 of 16 questions)
- Written to OSHA 29 CFR §1910.95(k)
- Downloadable completion record
- Lifetime access
- 80% passing score required
- Admin dashboard
- Progress tracking
- Bulk enrollment
- Compliance reports
Enterprise
Larger employers and multi-state payrolls
Common Questions
Does this replace my employer’s noise monitoring or audiometric testing?
No. This is awareness-level training: recognising noise exposure, using assigned hearing protectors correctly, and understanding the audiometric testing process. Site-specific noise monitoring, baseline and annual audiometric testing, medical review, individual protector fitting and program record-keeping remain your employer’s responsibility under 29 CFR §1910.95.
Who needs this training?
Any employee whose noise exposure meets or exceeds OSHA’s hearing conservation action level — an eight-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels. That commonly includes industrial, maintenance and warehouse employees, equipment operators, and aviation ramp support staff, but the determining factor is your employer’s noise monitoring results, not your job title.
How often does this training need to be repeated?
Annually, for as long as you remain a covered employee, per OSHA 29 CFR §1910.95(k)(2). Training must also be updated whenever equipment, protectors, work processes or exposure conditions change — do not wait for the anniversary if something at your site has changed.
What does it teach about hearing protectors?
Common protector types — foam plugs, pre-molded plugs, canal caps, earmuffs and dual protection — their advantages and limits, how noise reduction ratings work in the real world versus the lab, correct fit and seal, and cleaning, storage and replacement.
Why three modules and forty-five minutes?
The six required topics split naturally into three blocks: how noise damages hearing and the OSHA action level, hearing protector selection and correct use, and audiometric testing with records and daily habits. Fifteen minutes each keeps every module focused and assignable without eating a full shift.
What does it say about audiometric testing?
It explains why baseline and annual audiograms are performed, what a standard threshold shift is, and what typically happens next if one is found — at awareness level. It does not perform the test, review your results or make a medical determination. Your employer’s program does that.
Does watching the videos count as training on its own?
Passive playback is not the point. That is why there are fifteen checkpoint questions inside the videos, a quiz after every module and a final exam, each with feedback on the answer. Seeking forward past a checkpoint is blocked, and playback pauses after a stretch of inactivity.
What happens if someone fails the final exam?
They retake it. Every attempt draws a new set of questions from the bank, so a retake is a real re-test, not a repeat of the same paper.
Do part-time, seasonal and contract workers need it?
Treat them as included if their exposure meets or exceeds the action level. The duty attaches to exposure, not to an employment classification.
Can I buy seats for my team?
Yes. Five-seat and ten-seat bundles are on this page, and there is an enterprise option for larger headcounts.
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