One of the many courses offered at the Summer Institute held at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Norfolk, VA is the CAOHC Initial and Refresher Training.
“We still have room for some additional student’s in these classes,” stated Kathleen Buckheit, the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center Director.
The CAOHC Initial and Refresher courses at the Summer Institute are taught by Workplace INTEGRA’s newly appointed Director of Audiology, Dr. George R. Cook.
The CAOHC Initial Course description is as follows:
Initial course: This course is approved by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) and is designed to help participants perform valid audiograms and develop hearing conservation programs according to OSHA 29 CRF 1910.95. Students who complete this 2 ½ day course are eligible to apply to CAOHC for certification as an Occupational Hearing Conservationist. The CAOHC application fee is included in the registration fee and is forwarded onto CAOHC upon successful completion of the course.
Course Faculty:
George R. Cook, AuD, CCCA, Workplace INTEGRA, Greensboro, NC
Content:
Anatomy and physiology of the ear; Federal and state regulations relating to noise exposure; audiometric testing techniques; employee education, hearing protection, audiogram review, and follow-up; recordkeeping.
Meeting Times:
Course begins Monday, July 26 at 8:00 am and ends Wednesday, July 28 at 11:00 am.
Credit:
3.0 ABIH (Category 4)
1.85 CEUs
Tuition for the Initial course is $575.
The July 27th CAOHC Refresher Course description is as follows:
Refresher course: This one-day course is designed to satisfy the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) requirements for recertification. The certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist must complete an eight-hour refresher course within five years of the initial 20-hour course or previous eight-hour refresher course in order to be eligible for recertification.
Course Faculty:
George R. Cook, AuD, CCCA, Workplace INTEGRA, Greensboro, NC
Content:
Federal and state regulations, including hearing conservation programs and worker's compensation; review of audiometric techniques; audiogram review, referral, and employee follow-up; recordkeeping; role of the occupational hearing conservationist.
Meeting Times:
Course begins Tuesday, July 27 at 8:00 am and ends at 5:00 pm.
Credit:
1 ABIH (Category 4)
0.8 CEUs
Tuition for this Refresher course is $350.
To register online, click here.
You may also submit your registration via osherc@unc.edu. Please be sure to include the course title and date.
For further information on this course, contact the NC ERC office at osherc@unc.edu or call 919-962-2101 or toll free at 888-235-3320.
If you don’t know when your CAOHC certification is up, check here.
Source: Workplace INTEGRA Associate
The Board of Directors for Workplace INTEGRA, Inc. of Greensboro, NC appointed David J. Pinchot as President on July 7, 2010. Mr. Pinchot has served as Vice President of Workplace INTEGRA, Inc. since the company was founded in 2000.
Mr. Pinchot has been developing Database Management System solutions for business and manufacturing for over 25 years. As an early advocate of PC based data collection and analysis systems, his experience parallels the birth of the personal computer in manufacturing environments up to today’s complicated WAN/LAN, Intranet/Internet environments.
Mr. Pinchot worked as an Engineer-Systems Designer for both Duracell USA and Rayovac. In that capacity, he was involved in creating plant wide database systems encompassing all areas of manufacturing from incoming raw materials to finished product quality. He has also been heavily involved in statistical applications relating to product reliability and quality.
In 1997, Mr. Pinchot brought his talents to U.S. HealthWorks where he served as Manager of Information Services. In that capacity he oversaw the development and support of their Occupational Health & Safety software application.
Applying his many years of programming experience, Mr. Pinchot has developed the Workplace Applications Software suite, which includes modules for Hearing Conservation, Pulmonary Function Surveillance, Safety, FMLA, and Health & Safety.
One of Mr. Pinchot’s first moves was to bring aboard Dr. George R. Cook as Director of Audiology. Dr. Cook has over 30 years of experience in the occupational health setting. As a founder, major principal and vice president of hearing conservation for Oto-Data, Inc. and vice president of U.S. HealthWorks, he created initial service format and facilitated departmental growth to major players in the service market. He also served as Senior Occupational Audiologist consultant visiting plants to establish or evaluate hearing conservation programs. Dr. Cook is also a certified CAOHC course instructor.
Mr. Pinchot and Dr. Cook have worked together for a number of years and they are both excited about working together again. These management moves maintain Workplace INTEGRA’s position as a premier hearing conservation and health data management company who has clients from coast to coast, including Hawaii and American Samoa.
About Workplace INTEGRA, Inc: Workplace INTEGRA is a health & safety, data management company that offers consulting services and an in-house programmed and supported software product called Workplace Applications. Workplace Applications Software is available to companies to help with tracking critical health & safety data. This data can include hearing and pulmonary tests which can be brought over automatically from an audiometer or spirometer. Detailing any injury, illness, or health visit that a company needs to track, such as a fall or slip, is an easy task to complete with Workplace Applications Software. The "Nurses Notes" area is very popular with users, allowing a place to detail incidents. OSHA Logs and numerous reports round out the feature rich software. Workplace INTEGRA offers consulting services with its staff of occupational audiologists and also teaches a number of CAOHC Courses.
Call 888 WPI 0001 with questions or visit: Workplace INTEGRA.
Source: Workplace INTEGRA Associate
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. Your ears are very delicate, prolonged exposure to sound pressure levels above 85dBA will cause damage to your hearing. If you have ever been to a party or to a concert where loud music was played, you may have experienced Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS). This temporary loss of hearing can become permanent if exposure is done on a regular basis. If this happens, you will never hear fully again.
At Workplace INTEGRA, a large part of what we do is support the hearing conservation programs of workers exposed to noise levels in the jobs they perform day to day. May is a great month to look at the hearing conservation program at your company and ask these questions.
The answers listed are offered by Workplace INTEGRA. You certainly can look to other sources.
Q: Do I need a hearing conservation program at our company?
A: A noise survey will answer that question: Noise Survey
Q: I have a program, but have fallen behind in testing my employees, what can I do?
A: This method could be of service: Mobile Testing
Q: Can I do my own in-house hearing testing?
A: Here is an overview of an in-house hearing testing program: In-House Testing
Q: Where can I get audiometric testing equipment?
A Here is one source: Equipment
Q: Is there a software program that will get me off paper?
A: Here is one source: Audio Software
Q: We have a program; but how do I know my workers are wearing their hearing protection properly?
A: INTEGRAfit- fit testing for hearing protection devices.
Q: We have a program, but do not have access to a local or corporate physician/ audiologist to review my hearing tests, what can I do?
A: Workplace INTEGRA offers this service: Consulting
Q: We have or just started a hearing conservation program, how can I learn more?
A: Take a CAOHC certification course: Training
More information: http://www.asha.org/bhsm/
http://www.asha.org/aud/articles/hearingconservationintro.htm
Here is a web page from CAOHC to verify when you or an associates CAOHC certification expires. Simply type in the name & state- The results are displayed.
CAOHC on-line verification system allows the public and current and prospective employers to verify if an individual holds a current credential from the Council for Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation.
Check it out!
Try it with this name: Kurzec, Jim: North Carolina
http://www.caohc.org/ohc/certified/
You do know that if you need to take a CAOHC course you can look here:
WPI Training Schedule