Environment Certificate course updated and the Building Acoustics Certificate rolled out in Ireland and Scotland

摘要

In the autumn of 2015 there were 76 candidates (including three resits) at seven centres for the Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise Measurement (CCENM) of whom 69 passed. To take account of the use of "sound" rather than 'noise' in the 2014 version of BS 4142, consideration has been given to replacing "noise" by "sound" in the title of the Certificate but in view of the fact that potential candidates and their employers are more likely to search for courses using "noise", it was agreed by those present at the management committee meeting on 28 October not to change the title. However other aspects of the revised standard are having some impact on the course. It was agreed to include an introduction to contexts and examples in which penalties for tonality, intermittency and impulsivity might be considered during assessment. Also more attention will be paid to matters of accuracy, repeatability and uncertainty.