Discussion » I Passed My Noise Engineering Exams

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Posted by ilovebeerme, 17:36, 6th June 2003:
 
I did you know.
Posted by chandler, 17:38, 6th June 2003:
 
well done
whatever they are
:D
Posted by beargod, 17:57, 6th June 2003:
 
yeah good on ya beer, now engineer me some noise
Posted by Redmaiden, 18:38, 6th June 2003:
 
Cool well done :)
Posted by November Eclectica, 18:44, 6th June 2003:
 
Congrats! I bet you are very excited about it.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 18:58, 6th June 2003:
 
Now if people complain about the noise I can whip out my mic and say 'well actually.....' :)

Means more money from work hopefully and some freelance stuff in the near future. The going rate is ~£85 per hour so I'm a happy bunny >>>> :) see.
Posted by beargod, 19:31, 6th June 2003:
 
is it an easy exam could i take it?

KA-CHING
Posted by ilovebeerme, 20:28, 6th June 2003:
 
One week course. With a practical and theory exam. About £500 for the course and £200 to hire a sound level meter. Going to be many many jobs in the next few years too.

Best part of all is the company I work for paid! Nice one.
Posted by thegush, 04:36, 7th June 2003:
 
sad cunt
Posted by Victor Menendez, 10:21, 7th June 2003:
 
good work beerman.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:19, 7th June 2003:
 
"sad cunt"

sad RICH cunt thank you very much
Posted by Miki, 12:26, 7th June 2003:
 
congratulations ilovebeerme ! :)
Posted by Rach, 13:49, 7th June 2003:
 
\o/ well done
Posted by anotherdave, 09:46, 9th June 2003:
 
Can I get a cheap noise job
Posted by caveman, 10:23, 9th June 2003:
 
And what is it that you do which pays 85 per hour??
Posted by ilovebeerme, 10:33, 9th June 2003:
 
I don't get that much at the moment cause I'm not self employed it's just the rate that my services are charged at by the company I work for.

You look at differant sites (new houses, roads, hospitals etc or current sites houses, factories etc) and say wether they are currently within guidelines for noise exposure from traffic/industry/planes/construction/anything really. This is done using a sound level meter, which is basically just a super duper microphone with some filters and weighting networks. Depending on the results compensation or mitigation may be required. This can be as simple as hanging up a curtain or major sound proofing.

Not very complicated, bit of physics, bit of maths and lots of boring legislation.
Posted by caveman, 10:52, 9th June 2003:
 
Sounds fascinating!

And here I was thinking noise engineering was just a wanky name for DJing.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:46, 9th June 2003:
 
Yes it's so much fun I sometimes fall over ;)