Noise exposure control and hearing conservation plan template
A complete written noise control and hearing conservation plan, in 14 editions: one for each province and territory and one for federally regulated workplaces. Each edition sets out the law that applies there, with pinpoint citations, and takes the name that law uses, from a noise control and hearing conservation program in British Columbia to a noise management program in Alberta. Every purchase includes all 14, in English and in French: 28 editable Word files you make your own.
A look inside
Sample pages from the plan, marked and cut short. Your copy has no watermark.
What’s in the plan
1. Purpose, scope and the law
What the plan covers, from steady noise to impulse and impact noise, the sites, tasks, equipment and people it applies to, the law that applies in your jurisdiction with pinpoint citations (section 1.3), and how it fits your program.
2. Responsibilities
The employer, the plan administrator, supervisors, everyone who works in noise, the committee or representative, contractors and other employers, noise assessors and testing providers, and purchasing.
3. Noise and what it does
How noise is measured, hearing loss, tinnitus, acoustic trauma and other effects, substances that harm hearing, signs to watch for, and your noise source inventory.
4. Noise risk assessment
How noise is assessed, the exposure limit and your action level and design target, what the exchange rate means for a working day, four exposure categories, and when you reassess.
5. Noise controls
Controls chosen in order, buying quiet, engineering controls at the source, on the path and at the work position, administrative controls, their limits, and a task control table.
6. Safe work procedures
Working in a noise-hazard area, fitting and wearing foam and pre-moulded earplugs and earmuffs, power tools and breakers, impact and impulse noise, chainsaws and mobile equipment, compressors, engines and process plant, production machinery and compressed air, and keeping noise controls working.
7. Hearing protection
When protectors are worn, selecting them for real-world protection, fit checks and fit testing, wearing time, care and replacement, and hearing warnings and each other while protected.
8. Hygiene and quiet areas
Clean hands and clean protectors, quiet areas and breaks, and ototoxic substances used in the same work.
9. Noise surveys and exposure measurement
Who measures and with what, area surveys and noise maps, personal dosimetry, when to measure, posting noise-hazard areas, and sharing results.
10. Audiometric testing
Who is tested, who does the tests and when, results, follow-up and referral, confidentiality, and other health considerations.
11. Education and training
Who is trained and when, what the training covers, supervisors and the plan administrator, refreshers, and training records.
12. Emergencies and noise incidents
Emergencies in noise-hazard areas, sudden loud noise and acoustic trauma, control failures and unprotected exposure, and reporting and investigation.
13. Records, communication, consultation and review
Records, communication and copies, consulting your committee or representative, and reviewing the plan.
Appendix A. Regulatory cross-reference
Every provision of your jurisdiction’s law the plan is written to meet, in plain words, with the section that meets it and whether an inspector will also want your records. Each entry links to its section.
Appendix B. Forms
7 print-ready forms, each with a form code: the noise control action plan, the hearing protector selection and fit record, the noise survey record, the personal dosimetry record, the audiometric testing tracker, the training record and the plan review record.
One plan, 14 editions
Each plan is written once and fitted to the law of each of Canada’s 14 jurisdictions: the ten provinces, the three territories and federally regulated workplaces under the Canada Labour Code. Each edition takes the name its law gives the document, and its own limits, terms and citations.
Every purchase includes all 14, each in English and in French: 28 Word files. The French editions follow the English section for section and form for form, and their cross-reference matches row for row. Laws published only in English keep their English titles.
Written to the law where you work
Section 1.3 of each edition sets out the law that applies there, with pinpoint citations: what that law calls the plan, the exposure limit, and what the law adds, such as when noise must be measured, posting, hearing protector rules or audiometric testing. Appendix A lists every provision the plan is written to meet, in plain words, with the section that meets it and whether an inspector will also want to see your records. Each entry links to its section.
Every legal reference was checked against the official texts between September 30 and October 3, 2026, and each edition lists its sources and the date each was checked. A template can’t make you compliant on its own, and we don’t claim it does: the plan works once a qualified person adapts it to your work.
Who it is for
Employers whose workers use power tools, breakers, chainsaws and mobile equipment, work near compressors, engines, process plant or production machinery, or are exposed to impact and impulse noise: anyone whose work brings noise to the plan’s action level of 80 dBA or more.
You fill in the sites, tasks, equipment and people it covers. A task you are not sure about stays in until it has been measured.
Lifetime updates
When the law changes, we publish a new edition and email everyone who bought the template, on its own or in the Core 5 exposure control plans. Every update is free, for as long as we publish it.
Version 1.0 October 3, 2026
- First edition, in 14 jurisdiction editions (one for each province and territory, and one for federally regulated workplaces), each in English and French.
- Every legal reference checked against the official texts between September 30 and October 3, 2026. Each edition lists its sources and the date each was checked.
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Questions
Which edition do I use?
The one for the law that covers the workplace: the province or territory where the work is done, or the federal edition if your business is federally regulated under Part II of the Canada Labour Code (for example, interprovincial trucking, airlines, railways, banks and telecommunications). If you are not sure which law covers you, confirm it with your regulator before you rely on an edition. All 14 come with every purchase, in English and French, so you never pay twice for the right one.
Is this legal advice? Will it make us compliant?
No. It is a template, not legal advice: a complete plan written to the law with every requirement cited, as a starting point. The plan only works once a qualified person adapts it to your work (your tasks, your materials and the exposure your own assessment finds) and you put it in place and follow it, so no template can promise compliance. If you want help with that, our team does it too.
Does it cover my province’s own rules?
Yes. Section 1.3 of each edition sets out the law that applies there, with pinpoint citations: what that law calls this document, the exposure limit, and what the law adds to the plan, such as monitoring, health checks, notices, records or training. Where the law changes something in the plan’s general text, section 1.3 says what and where. Appendix A then lists every provision the plan is written to meet, with the section of the plan that meets it.
What if we work in more than one province?
Use the edition for each place you work: every purchase includes all 14. Each edition is complete on its own, and they share the same sections and form codes, so crews moving between provinces work to the same plan and only what the law changes is different.
What format is it in, and can I edit it?
Editable Microsoft Word (.docx) files on US Letter pages: 28 of them, one for each of the 14 jurisdictions in English and in French. Type your company name once and desktop Word puts it on the cover, in every header and through the text. Shaded “Tailor” notes say what to check or change in each section, and highlighted placeholders mark every name, date and place you fill in. The files also open in Google Docs and Word on the web, where you use Find and replace to put your company name in.
What happens when the law changes?
We update the plan, and you get every update free for as long as we publish it: lifetime updates at no extra charge, for all 14 editions in both languages. We email you when a new edition is ready, with what changed and a link to download it.
Can I use it for more than one company?
Each purchase is licensed to one company. Consultants setting up programs for several clients should contact us.
Want it built for you?
Our safety advisors assess the hazards in your work and help you tailor the plan to it, from the risk assessment to the procedures your crews follow and the controls behind them.
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