Working with a wide cross-section of theatre companies, concert promoters and live performance venues across the UK, Orbital Sound has conducted numerous risk assessments, assisting production management to address breaches and help protect staff, casts, musicians and contractors from over-exposure to high noise levels. During the ABTT Theatre Show, Orbital Sound's risk assessment team, headed up by Technical Director Tim Sherratt, will be on hand to answer delegates' questions, as Tim explains:
"We have put together ten of the most common questions we get asked, as a good way of understanding whether you are affected and need to conduct a Noise at Work risk assessment. The danger of not taking this seriously cannot be stressed enough - the HSE has the power to halt a production if it believes the Act is not being complied with, and a venue could lose its entertainment licence. The penalties are eye-watering, versus the cost of ensuring compliance from the outset. We are here to help explain what is involved, and who is affected - on the basis that the faster the entertainment industry gets to grips with the Noise at Work Regulations, the less cause there will be for the HSE to make good its threat to come down heavily on us. Our fate is in our own hands!"
Working with a wide cross-section of theatre companies, concert promoters and live performance venues across the UK, Orbital Sound has conducted numerous risk assessments, assisting production management to address breaches and help protect staff, casts, musicians and contractors from over-exposure to high noise levels. During the ABTT Theatre Show, Orbital Sound's risk assessment team, headed up by Technical Director Tim Sherratt, will be on hand to answer delegates' questions, as Tim explains:
"We have put together ten of the most common questions we get asked, as a good way of understanding whether you are affected and need to conduct a Noise at Work risk assessment. The danger of not taking this seriously cannot be stressed enough - the HSE has the power to halt a production if it believes the Act is not being complied with, and a venue could lose its entertainment licence. The penalties are eye-watering, versus the cost of ensuring compliance from the outset. We are here to help explain what is involved, and who is affected - on the basis that the faster the entertainment industry gets to grips with the Noise at Work Regulations, the less cause there will be for the HSE to make good its threat to come down heavily on us. Our fate is in our own hands!"