Diverse Properties is a construction employer operating in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Like every BC employer whose crews work in noise, they are required to provide annual audiometric testing for workers exposed at or above 85 dBA.
Thirty-four workers needed annual hearing tests. Sending a crew of that size to a clinic means booking appointments around a build schedule, losing travel time in both directions, and pulling people off site on a working day.
There was a second issue, and it is the more common one. Many construction employers assume hearing testing is a line item they have to budget for. Under WorkSafeBC’s Construction Industry Program, employers in Classification Unit 72 do not pay directly per test, provided the audiometric technician is part of the program. The cost is already covered by their assessment.
Step 1: Confirmed the crew size, site address and the window that suited the build schedule.
Step 2: Brought the mobile testing unit to the job site, set up and calibrated on arrival.
Step 3: Tested workers in roughly ten minutes each, running through the day so the crew came off the tools in small groups rather than all at once.
Step 4: Submitted results and documentation, and booked the next annual round before leaving site.
Mobile testing unit, calibrated audiometric equipment, WorkSafeBC-certified technician, electronic documentation and hearing conservation support.
"Very professional, punctual, and insightful. Would recommend using them again on a job site."
Bringing the unit to site removed the travel entirely and let the crew come off the tools in small groups, so the build kept moving while testing ran.
Hearing loss is the most commonly accepted occupational disease claim in British Columbia, and it does not reverse. Annual testing catches it while there is still something to protect.
For construction employers the barrier has rarely been cost. Under WorkSafeBC’s Construction Industry Program there usually is not one. The barrier is the day it takes.
Testing at the job site removes that day entirely. It is why this crew booked their next annual round before we had finished packing up the unit.
Construction, manufacturing, municipalities, healthcare, warehousing, schools, transportation, utilities, government.
Usually not directly. Employers in WorkSafeBC Classification Unit 72 are covered under the Construction Industry Program, so there is no per-test charge as long as the audiometric technician is part of the program. We confirm this before the visit.
About ten minutes, including the questionnaire and the test itself.
Annually, for any worker exposed at or above 85 dBA.
Yes. We run through the day so workers come off the tools in small groups rather than all at once.
Yes, anywhere in British Columbia. The mobile unit arrives, sets up and calibrates on site.
Most BC construction employers pay nothing per test. Contact Clear Health Group and we will confirm whether yours does.