Transcript What is CAOHC: PowerPoint Presentation

 Awarded upon successful completion of
this CAOHC-approved course
 Recognized nationally as an important
credential for occupational hearing testing
 Ensures uniform standards of practice for
your audiometric monitoring program
 A CAOHC-certified student is an “COHC”
 Recertification period is 5 years
 Certification body for OHCs and Course
Directors (CDs)
 21,000 OHCs and 350 CDs
 Not a professional society
 Not a membership organization
 Two representatives from each of 9
Component Professional Organizations
 CPO representatives are volunteers
 CAOHC Office located in Milwaukee, WI
 www.caohc.org
 American Academy of American Academy
of Audiology
 American Academy of OtolaryngologyHead & Neck Surgery
 American Association of Occupational
Health Nurses
 American College of Occupational &
Environmental Medicine
 American Industrial Hygiene Association
 American Society of Safety Engineers
 American Speech-Language Hearing
Association
 Institute of Noise Control Engineering
 Military Audiology Association
 Sets standards and approves OHC courses
 Conducts training for Course Directors
(CDs)
 Certifies OHCs and CDs
 Markets approved courses to OHCs
 Ensures compliance and quality of OHC
courses
 Conducts training courses for hearing
conservation program Professional
Supervisors of the Audiometric Monitoring
Program (audiologists and physicians)
 Monitors and comments on pending hearing
conservation legislation
 Hearing Conservation Manual
4th Edition
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responsibility of CAOHC, CAOHC council
members or staff.