Here is the 2021 CAOHC Class schedule from Workplace Integra:
Courses are approved and instructors are certified by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC). This 20-hour initial certification training is referenced in both OSHA and MSHA noise standards. It is designed to train personnel conducting hearing testing; implementing or supervising hearing conservation programs. Topics include: click for more….
Workplace Integra has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 Coronavirus and we are following the recommendations of the CDC and other relevant agencies. As a responsible company, we want to take care of each other as well as our business partners and clients.
We continue to monitor and evaluate the situation constantly to be able to operate the business in the best possible way. This means that we have setup rules for behavior for employees and for people in contact with Workplace Integra. The rules follow the guidance of authorities and the CDC, even sometimes involving stricter precautions.
• We have available written protocols for our associates who visit our clients.
• We have intensified cleaning, disinfection and extra hygiene alertness
•We have applied strict limitation on visitor access.
• We are currently not attending seminars and conferences
• Office to office meetings are being done via virtual meetings as the primary collaborative tool.
• Employees with critical on site and customer-facing tasks are working on sites and in shops following authorities’ guidance and with high safety, health and hygienic alertness.
• Employees who don’t depend on equipment or presence at work, are working from home if possible.
• Any employee with any flu like symptoms (signs of respiratory illness with a fever, cough or shortness of breath) shall get guidance from a medical professional if contagious and/or required to medically stay out of work. I addition, all employees have been given the following directive:
• If you have been travelling (business or pleasure) in the high risk zones within the last 14 days, or
• If within the last 14 days – you have been in close contact with others that are under surveillance for infection or
• If you already have been at work after such incidents/travels, Then you shall stay away from work (work from home if possible) until a period of 14 days passed – and follow health authorities´ recommendations concerning medical help and/or screening.
Our first priority is the health of your employees, your staff and you. We are doing our best to ensure our service to you is maintained to the best of our abilities given the circumstances. We are taking all possible actions to ensure continued reliable service and product delivery. We greatly appreciate your understanding and thank you for your loyalty to Workplace Integra.
We also appreciate the fact that this outbreak affects not only your business with Workplace Integra, but your daily life and that of your family, employees and staff. Please stay safe and know that our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.
If you have any questions, please contact us. info@wpintegra.com, 336 834 8775
The CAOHC Council has generated an updated position statement addressing Resuming Occupational Hearing Conservation Audiometric Examinations during the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic. The CAOHC Council encourages everyone to continue monitoring the situation closely and strictly adhere to Federal, State and local guidelines.
Click here to view the added position statement. Or www.caohc.org
OSHA has weighed in on COVID-19, Hearing Conservation, and enforcement. The following is an example from OSHA that addresses mobile testing:
Annual Audiograms Example-Employer contracts with a service that provides a mobile audiometric testing facility. The service was scheduled to arrive at the employer’s facility on March 27, 2020, but due to on-site visitor restrictions and social distancing protocols, the employer cancelled the arrival of the mobile facility. OSHA will not cite the employer for failing to conduct annual audiograms, provided the employer considered alternative options for compliance, implemented interim alternative protective measures, where possible, and shows a good faith effort to reschedule the mobile facility as soon as possible.
Here is the entire OSHA posting for more information:
Workplace Integra has implemented COVID-19 protocols with our mobile van services. If you are an existing Workplace Integra mobile client you will be contacted to schedule the testing and review the new protocols. If you are interested in using Workplace Integra for mobile testing please contact us: info@wpintegra.com, or 888 974 0001.
Here is a link to ACOEM’s emergency statement about occupational spirometry testing https://myemail.constantcontact.com/ACOEM-Advises-Suspension-of-Routine-Occupational-Spirometry-Testing-During-COVID-19-Pandemic.html?soid=1102647720683&aid=idWxyX21cJ4 ACOEM’s COVID-19
Update page https://acoem.org/Statement-on-Coronavirus
CAOHC Certification Training In response to the COVID-19 virus, the CAOHC Administrative office will be immediately implementing the following:
Any OHC certification that expires between March 16th and September 30th will automatically be extended for 6 months from the date of expiration.
All other expiration dates will remain the same. CAOHC understands many courses have been cancelled or will be cancelled as a result of government efforts to limit the spread of disease.
• If a longer extension is needed, please fill out an extension form on the CAOHC website by clicking here.
• If you need to cancel attendance at a course, please contact the course director directly. Course Directors’ information can be found by clicking here.