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Noise Monitoring career profile

Noise Monitoring

Monitoring noise in indoor and outdoor spaces to ensure safe, healthy environments

Impact
  • Assess noise exposure for people and animals
  • Help prevent hearing loss, stress, and sleep disturbances caused by noise exposure
  • Evaluate planned construction and development to assess the impact of noise on the environment
  • Ensure businesses and industries meet legal noise limits
  • Support city planners in designing quieter and healthier environments
RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Measure noise indoors or outdoors
  • Study workplace noise exposure
  • Perform detailed long-term monitoring of sound in an area
  • Monitor specifically loud noise events
  • Analyze the sound recordings
  • Prepare reports on noise levels and trends
  • Interact with government, approval agencies, and regulatory boards
  • Propose solutions for noise problems
SKILLS DEVELOPED
  • Measure noise
  • Understand how sound travels
  • Analyze data
  • Predict noise exposure
  • Write persuasive reports
  • Present findings
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
WORK ENVIRONMENT
  • Field work taking measurements
  • Collaborate with city planners, engineers, environmental scientists, health and safety officers
  • Present findings to government agencies, businesses, and communities
OCCUPATIONS
  • Safety officer
  • Environmental impact assessor
  • Community noise consultant
  • Acoustical Consultant
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS
  • Environmental consulting firms, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Local and state governments
  • Audio technology manufacturers
COLLEGE PATHWAYS
  • Select a major that will provide a strong background: mechanical engineering, acoustics, physics, or occupational health and safety
  • Complete internships at environmental consulting firm, regulatory agency, or research institute
EXPLORE
  • Focus on key subjects: physics, math, and computer science
  • Seek opportunities for hands-on experience with technology
  • Start learning programming, e.g. MATLAB and Python 
  • Explore online resources to learn about acoustics and noise control
  • Use phone apps or other equipment to measure sound levels and experiment with how to reduce the noise
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