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Report on activities of Standards Committee prepared by Society representatives for the November 2005 Council Meeting

AV/3 Acoustics - Human Effects

Ken Scannell

The AV-003 Committee met twice within the year 2004/5 and finalised the second edition of Australian Standard AS/NZS 1269.

The second edition of the standards (set of 5) were published on 4 July 2005.

The AS/NZS 1269 Set provides an integrated approach to establishing, implementing and evaluating an occupational noise management program. It assists organizations in reducing the affects of noise within the workplace. The standards are also available on CD. We hope the standards play a part in the reduction of hearing loss in industrial environments.

This Set includes the following titles:

• AS/NZS 1269.0:2005 Occupational noise management - Overview
• AS/NZS 1269.1:2005 Occupational noise management - Measurement and assessment of noise immission and exposure
• AS/NZS 1269.2:2005 Occupational noise management - Noise control management AS/NZS 1269.3:2005 Occupational noise management - Hearing protector program
• AS/NZS 1269.4:2005 Occupational noise management - Auditory assessment