The obligation
PCBUs that identify hazardous noise should carry out a noise assessment unless exposures can be brought below the standard straight away.
A risk assessment for hazardous noise is not mandatory under the WHS Regulations, but is often the best way to decide which controls to use. A noise assessment helps identify workers at risk of hearing loss, the sources and processes causing it, possible controls and whether existing controls work. Where the risk and how to control it are already well known, the controls may simply be put in place.
- What
- PCBUs that identify hazardous noise should carry out a noise assessment unless exposures can be brought below the standard straight away.
- Source
- safeworkaustralia.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
When to carry out a noise assessment is a WHS requirement set out in Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work (FEDERAL). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (FEDERAL). The relevant provision is WHS Act > Noise CoP s4 § 4.1.
What does this WHS obligation require?
When to carry out a noise assessment is a WHS obligation under Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work (FEDERAL). In short, PCBUs that identify hazardous noise should carry out a noise assessment unless exposures can be brought below the standard straight away.
What changed recently?
When to carry out a noise assessment was last updated on 19 October 2026.