Occupational noise exposure assessment report app
An occupational noise assessment answers one question per worker or similar exposure group: does their daily exposure exceed 85 dB(A) averaged over eight hours, or a peak of 140 dB(C)? The hygienist combines dosimetry with spot sound level measurements of each machine and task, then recommends engineering controls, hearing protection and audiometric testing where the exposure standard is exceeded. SurveyThanks records each measurement against the source and the exposure group it applies to, so the summary table and the noise map come from one dataset.
Built for hygienists running teams of roughly 3–50 inspectors.
Sample Noise dosimetry report
An illustrative excerpt. The site, readings and findings are fictional; the layout is yours to set.
Noise dosimetry report
Table 2 — Personal exposure results
- Site
- Fictional Timber Products, sawmill floor
- Survey date
- 19 May 2026
- Method
- Personal dosimetry, full shift
| Exposure group | LAeq,8h / LC,peak | Against standard |
|---|---|---|
| Docking saw operators | 93 dB(A) / 131 dB(C) | Against standard: Exceeds |
| Forklift drivers | 86 dB(A) / 124 dB(C) | Against standard: Exceeds |
| Grading table | 82 dB(A) / 118 dB(C) | Against standard: Below |
| Maintenance fitters | Variable — task-based estimate | Against standard: Assessed |
Fields captured on site
Your firm builds the form in-app, so these are a starting point rather than a fixed schema. Every field is captured on the device, with or without signal, and lands in the noise dosimetry report where your template puts it.
Per noise source
- Machine or task
- Location
- Spot LAeq and LCpeak
- Measurement duration
- Photo
Per exposure group
- Group name and headcount
- Dosimetry result
- Daily exposure duration
- Hearing protection in use and class
Instrument
- Meter make, model and serial
- Calibration date
- Field calibration check before and after
Standards the report works to
- Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011Model WHS Regulations — Part 4.1 Noise
- The exposure standard (LAeq,8h 85 dB(A), LC,peak 140 dB(C)) and the audiometric testing duty.
- AS/NZS 1269.1Occupational noise management — Measurement and assessment of noise immission and exposure
- The measurement method and instrument requirements the results are reported against.
- Code of PracticeManaging noise and preventing hearing loss at work (Safe Work Australia)
- Control options and the hearing protection guidance behind the recommendations.
Load the standards you hold into your reference library and the drafted prose is written against them rather than against a general model.
How the noise dosimetry report gets built
Capture it once, offline
Your firm builds the noise exposure assessment form in-app — 25 field types, nesting repeatable groups, compound AND/OR visibility rules, reusable modules and calculated fields. Field capture works with no signal: jobs, forms, photos, notes and audio all queue in an idempotent outbox that only clears once the server confirms receipt.
Link it to your areas, tasks and plant
Enter areas, tasks and plant once, as a register. Every one of your hazards, controls and findings then points at a stored row rather than a name somebody typed — and the links survive a disconnected device.
Render your own template
The noise dosimetry report renders into the Word template you already use — your letterhead, your section order, your clause library — with conditionals, loops over repeats, composable sub-templates and photo grids.
Reviewed before it leaves
You write the review framework: a checklist of what a noise dosimetry report must contain, plus the prose standards you would mark a junior against. Link it to a report template and it runs every time that template renders. Each finding comes back graded info, minor or major, quoting the sentence at fault, and a person accepts or dismisses every one.
Because the structured submission behind the report is held too, the review is a comparison rather than a proofread: The report says all plant is guarded; the form carries an unguarded drive shaft in the workshop.
Checks a WHS consulting framework usually carries
- Every finding cites the regulation, code or clause it is assessed against
- Every hazard has a control and a person responsible for it
- Risk ratings are applied consistently across findings of the same kind
- Corrective actions are specific enough to be actioned and dated
Questions
- Can the form calculate an 8-hour exposure from task measurements?
- Calculated fields work strictly left to right without operator precedence, which suits simple totals but not the logarithmic sum an LAeq,8h needs. Most hygienists calculate exposure in their usual tool and enter the result.
- Can we import dosimeter data?
- Dosimeter exports can be attached to the job and summary values entered on the form. There is no direct instrument integration.
- Will the report say which groups need audiometric testing?
- Yes. A conditional section in your template can list every exposure group recorded above the standard, with the testing requirement worded the way you word it.
What this is not
Worth knowing before you book a demo, so neither of us wastes the half hour.
- Not field-service dispatch. No timesheets, no parts, no inventory. Scheduling exists to get an inspector to a site.
- No signature capture. If your deliverable has to carry a signed sign-off on the artefact itself, this is not the tool yet.
- Field capture is what works offline — jobs, forms, photos, notes and audio. Reports, chat, scheduling and the inbox need a connection.
- No client portal. Reports go out as a file or a password-protected link.
Other WHS consulting work we cover
- Workplace WHS auditsWHS audit report
- Contractor prequalification auditsPrequal audit report
- Hazard identification walksHazard register report
- Hazardous chemical auditsChemWatch register audit
- Incident investigationsICAM investigation report
- Machine guarding auditsGuarding audit report
- Manual handling assessmentsTask risk assessment
- Near miss capture programsNear miss register
Other disciplines
Rebuild your noise dosimetry report in SurveyThanks
Bring the Word template you already send clients. If you are coming off another field-forms tool, a filled report can be uploaded, read field by field, and re-rendered into your template.