3M Hearing Loss Prevention Seminar

  •  February 12, 2019
     7:30 am - 4:15 pm

Administration of a comprehensive and effective hearing conservation/hearing loss prevention program consists of more than merely purchasing and dispensing hearing protectors. Noise monitoring, sampling strategies and employee training are but a few of the additional important aspects of an overall program. This seminar will review these issues and others in a practical and realistic manner, providing state-of-the-art recommendations to promote effective protection of the worker and compliance with the law.

Emphasis will be placed upon an understanding of how hearing protectors function, how they are tested and rated, how they perform in the real world, and how they affect employees’ ability to function on their jobs.

Commercially available products will be discussed with respect to their performance and selection, fit, use, and care. New evidence supporting the benefits of individual fit testing will be presented.

Attendees will learn about best practices for monitoring noise exposure and using noise exposure data to make key decisions related to noise controls, hearing protector selection and determination of work-relatedness The importance of worker training and motivation will be emphasized along with interactive techniques that can be used to make annual training programs more engaging and memorable.

Who Should Attend

The program is designed for industrial, government, and military personnel who are involved in, or responsible for hearing conservation and the dispensing of hearing protection devices. Attendees normally include: industrial hygienists, health and safety personnel, nurses, audiologists, consultants, engineers, medical staff.

Applicants should possess a basic understanding of noise measurement terminology and existing noise legislation, although attendance is open to all who are interested.

Continuing Education

Requirements  Full-day attendance and completion of a course evaluation form is required.

This program offers up to 6.5 contact hours (1,0 CEU) from the Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach of participation in a structured continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship and qualified instruction.

Participants are expected to claim contact hours only for actual time spent in this learning activity. This activity is co-provided by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

This program is designed to meet the criteria for ABOHN recertification

This program has been designed to meet the criteria for 1.0 COC as specified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.

This program contains 6.5 hours of technical content which can be claimed for ABIH CM credit (1.0 CM Point).

Registration

Enrollment is limited. Acknowledgement of your registration will be made. We recommend you submit your registration promptly. For more information contact Kelli Betz at 651 331-0455 or k5betz@mmm.com.

Please let us know in advance if you have special needs or require an assistive listening device.

This Hearing Seminar is offered at no cost to attendees. Expenses, including breaks and lunch, are paid by 3M (a $300 value!). To adequately plan for food and material costs of our attendees, we ask that you only register for seminars that you are able to attend. Should a need for cancellation arise, notify us as soon as possible, so that others may attend in your absence.

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Venue:   Hilton Kansas City Airport

Address:
8801 Northwest 112th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 64153, United States