CPD Accredited Technical Training Courses

What is the course?
Any music festival or event which plans to have an audience of more than 500 people is required to apply for a license from the local licensing authority. A part of this license requires a noise plan, including noise measurement by a competent person and plans for mitigating disturbance. This 2 day course introduces delegates to the licensing requirements and the core measurements, as well as outlining best practice in preparing the noise plan and consideration of possible impacts on nearby premises.

Course objectives
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
• Understand the key elements of licensing requirements, legislation and standards applicable to noise from outdoor entertainment and music events.
• Understand the role of the noise monitoring organisation.
• Create a noise management plan for a small to medium sized event.
• Appropriately setup, calibrate and use measurement equipment to undertake measurements and reporting at an outdoor music or entertainment event.

Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone involved in the planning and management of outdoor music or entertainment events, and also those who may be involved in noise monitoring for these events under the supervision of a competent assessor.

Delivery
This one day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online, at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
Construction is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions through the materials and energy used. It also uses a significant quantity of depletable materials (e.g. mined products, oil etc) and materials which generate pollution (e.g. VOCs)
There is a global need to reduce or eliminate the use of materials and processes which contribute to carbon emissions, and eliminate use of depletable and polluting materials, and this applied to acoustic design as much as to any other sector of the construction industry.
This half-day course examines the principle of sustainability in acoustic design and how acoustic design can contribute to carbon neutrality, including exploring the current materials used in building acoustics and sound insulation and sustainable alternatives.

Course objectives
On completion of this course the delegate should be able to:
• Understand the principles of sustainable design including embodied carbon, whole life carbon and carbon neutrality
• Understand the sustainability issues with existing acoustic products
• Understand the available alternatives, their relative performance and the benefits and negatives compared to traditional materials.

Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone who is involved in commissioning, designing or constructing buildings and who needs to understand more about making the acoustic elements of design sustainable. This includes acousticians, architects, architectural technologists, surveyors, estates managers, construction managers, building control officers and sustainability officers.

Delivery
This half-day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online, at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
Construction and demolition projects are required to manage their impact on the environment, including the noise impact which activities may have on the surrounding areas. This 4 to 5-day course gives delegates a comprehensive overview of the causes of noise in construction and demolition, the methods of assessing and predicting impact from these activities as well as mitigating noise impact on the local area. It covers the relevant regulatory instruments, the planning process and the structure of Section 61 applications for works which are likely to have a significant impact on the neighbourhood due to noise and vibration.
The course includes 4 days of tuition with an optional 5th day for assessment, via a case study, simple Section 61 application from the candidate.

Course objectives
On completion of this course the delegate should be able to:
• Understand the principles of Human response to noise and vibration
• Understand Common construction noise and vibration sources and how these can be predicted, monitored and measured.
• Understand the concept of potential adverse impacts and nuisance and threshold levels for noise and vibration
• Understand core requirements and application of appropriate regulatory instruments such as the Control of Pollution Act, Environmental Protection Act, and role of Section 61 applications,
• Understand Planning conditions, consent and variation notices and Abatement notices

Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone involved in commissioning, managing or monitoring construction sites, as well as for those involved in the planning and licensing process. This includes junior acoustic Consultants, acoustic technicians, junior environmental noise consultants, construction site environmental coordinators or managers, construction site agents and consent managers.

Delivery
This 5 day course may be delivered at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
This five-day course seeks to inform candidates about the effects of environmental vibration from roads, railways and construction sites on people, buildings, and sensitive equipment. It covers basic knowledge of the methodology of environmental vibration measurement including correct selection of vibration transducer and analyser and mounting and positioning of transducers and the role of measurement data within the framework of standards and legislation for environmental vibration.

Course objectives
After completing the course delegates should be able to understand basic vibration principles, make reliable vibration measurements according to the requirements of relevant British Standard or guidance, post process vibration measurement results and perform basic calculations on the data and present and interpret vibration measurement data in a form suitable for inclusion in a report and describe the measurement methodologies used.

Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone who is responsible for undertaking environmental noise measurements or for setting or assessing noise requirements for licensing and planning purposes. This includes acoustic technicians, early career acousticians, environmental consultants, environmental health officers, planning and licensing officers.

Delivery
The course can be delivered hybrid over five days, with the possibility of attending online or in person for the first two days and in-person on the last three.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
This course aims to develop the skillset required to undertake pre-completion testing for school builds and renovations.
It covers the core areas required under Building Bulletin 93 and the School Premises Regulations for acoustic performance and measurement, and includes both the underlying theory and practical measurement.
This course focuses on acoustic measurement and requirements for performance and does not cover the design of remedial work for premises which do not meet the regulations.

Course objectives
On successful completion of the course, candidates should be able to:
• Understand the regulatory framework applicable to acoustic performance in schools
• Understand the acoustic performance requirements and indices for different types of educational spaces, and the relationship between usage and performance specifications.
• Demonstrate competence in the key acoustic measurements used in pre-completion testing for school buildings.
• Clearly communicate the results of acoustic testing for schools in the form of a report.

Who is it suitable for?
This course will benefit anyone currently offering acoustic testing services who wishes to expand into school acoustic measurement.
It is particularly relevant for acoustic consultants and acoustic technicians who aim to offer testing services for school developments or refurbishments, and is also of relevance for estates managers in the education sector, architectural technologists, architects and construction managers working on school developments.

Delivery:
Course delivery will be on-site at the Building Performance Hub in Loudwater, High Wycombe.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
It is a requirement for all employers whose employees may be subject to hazardous levels of noise to provide them with adequate training about the effects of noise and how to mitigate it. This 1-day course is aimed at providing managers and health and safety specialists with a detailed understanding of the impacts of noise exposure and the potential cost to both the business and the individual, as well as how to manage and mitigate the risk for employees.

Course objectives
At the end of the course, delegates should be able to:
• Understand the risks posed by excessive noise exposure
• Understand the principles of assessment of noise risk for employees in different roles and job types (static workstation, multiple location, offsite)
• Understand key mitigation practices (administrative, engineering, hearing protection approaches)
• Understand the classification and types of hearing protection and real world vs stated performance.
• Understand the employer’s requirements with respect to provision of training, monitoring and health screening.

Who is it suitable for?
This is suitable for any person working as a manager or health and safety professional in any industry which comes under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. It is also appropriate for an employer who thinks that their employees may come under the regulations in the future (for example due to installation of new equipment or expansion of business into new areas).

Delivery
This 1-day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
This course offers anyone working in industries associated with the design and construction of buildings an understanding of the fundamentals of building acoustics. This focuses on the behaviour of sound waves in an enclosed environment – propagation, reflection, absorption and transmission, and how this can be controlled, and introduces key acoustic concepts such as reverberation, sound transmission and speech intelligibility/privacy. It will use a number of case studies to consider the importance of good acoustic design in different building applications such as houses/flats, schools, offices and healthcare environments, as well as looking at some causes of poor acoustic performance.

Course objectives
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
• Understand the basic principles of a sound wave and its propagation in free field and enclosed environments.
• Understand the basic principles of absorption coefficient, sound transmission, reverberation and speech intelligibility.
• Understand how these principles apply in different types of building design.

Who is it suitable for?
This course is appropriate for anyone with an interest in building acoustics, particularly architects, architectural technologists, theatre consultants, construction managers, estates managers, technical sales staff, audio-visual technicians.

Delivery
This one day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online, at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
The acoustic performance of buildings is commonly modelled and predicted at the design stage in order ensure that designs are as close to performance targets as possible and that fundamental errors are eliminated. Many modern software packages also allow you to listen to the building acoustic before construction (auralisation). This course introduces the different approaches to modelling the performance of a building and examines the underlying theory, as well as the benefits and possible pitfalls of using modelled data for building acoustics assessment.

Course objectives
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
• Understand the key modelling approaches used for building acoustics (statistical modelling, geometrical acoustic modelling, solving the wave equation and scale modelling).
• Understand core metrics which can be obtained from different modelling types.
• Understand the benefits and limitations of each type of modelling approach.

Who is it suitable for?
This is suitable for anyone who may be new to acoustic modelling, and who has a requirement to commission or undertake acoustic modelling for building acoustics. Examples include early career acousticians, acoustic technicians, estates managers, audio engineers, architects, architectural technologists, planning officers and students.

Delivery
This half-day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online, at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
This course offers anyone working in industries associated with the design and construction of buildings an understanding of the fundamentals of sound insulation and isolation and how this can be measured and controlled. It will use a number of case studies to consider the importance of good sound insulation in different building applications such as houses/flats, schools, offices and healthcare environments. It will also look at sound insulation in different structures (e.g. steel/concrete, wood framed, CLT/Gluelam) as well as looking at some causes of failure of partitions to meet acoustic requirements.

Course objectives
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
• Understand the basic principles of airborne and impact sound transmission and the effect of flanking paths.
• Understand the core principles of how sound transmission properties can be improved.
• Understand how these principles apply in different types of building application and structure.

Who is it suitable for?
This course is appropriate for anyone with an interest in sound insulation or who is responsible for commissioning buildings with sound insulation/isolation requirements, particularly architects, architectural technologists, acoustic technicians, construction managers, estates managers, technical sales staff, senior management in schools, hospitals or healthcare environments.

Delivery
This half-day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online, at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
Construction is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions through the materials and energy used. It also uses a significant quantity of depletable materials (e.g. mined products, oil etc) and materials which generate pollution (e.g. VOCs)
There is a global need to reduce or eliminate the use of materials and processes which contribute to carbon emissions, and eliminate use of depletable and polluting materials, and this applied to acoustic design as much as to any other sector of the construction industry.

This half-day course examines the principle of sustainability in acoustic design and how acoustic design can contribute to carbon neutrality, including exploring the current materials used in building acoustics and sound insulation and sustainable alternatives.

Course objectives
On completion of this course the delegate should be able to:
• Understand the principles of sustainable design including embodied carbon, whole life carbon and carbon neutrality
• Understand the sustainability issues with existing acoustic products
• Understand the available alternatives, their relative performance and the benefits and negatives compared to traditional materials.

Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone who is involved in commissioning, designing or constructing buildings and who needs to understand more about making the acoustic elements of design sustainable. This includes acousticians, architects, architectural technologists, surveyors, estates managers, construction managers, building control officers and sustainability officers.

Delivery
This half-day course can be delivered on request, and may be delivered online, at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request

What is the course?
Construction and demolition projects are required to manage their impact on the environment, including the noise impact which activities may have on the surrounding areas. This 4 to 5-day course gives delegates a comprehensive overview of the causes of noise in construction and demolition, the methods of assessing and predicting impact from these activities as well as mitigating noise impact on the local area. It covers the relevant regulatory instruments, the planning process and the structure of Section 61 applications for works which are likely to have a significant impact on the neighbourhood due to noise and vibration.
The course includes 4 days of tuition with an optional 5th day for assessment, via a case study, simple Section 61 application from the candidate.

Course objectives
On completion of this course the delegate should be able to:
• Understand the principles of Human response to noise and vibration
• Understand Common construction noise and vibration sources and how these can be predicted, monitored and measured.
• Understand the concept of potential adverse impacts and nuisance and threshold levels for noise and vibration
• Understand core requirements and application of appropriate regulatory instruments such as the Control of Pollution Act, Environmental Protection Act, and role of Section 61 applications,
• Understand Planning conditions, consent and variation notices and Abatement notices

Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone involved in commissioning, managing or monitoring construction sites, as well as for those involved in the planning and licensing process. This includes junior acoustic Consultants, acoustic technicians, junior environmental noise consultants, construction site environmental coordinators or managers, construction site agents and consent managers.

Delivery
This 5 day course may be delivered at our offices or in-person at your premises.

Dates:
On request