This Certificate course aims to provide a recognised course of education and training to enable persons to carry out workplace noise assessments in a competent manner, as required by the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Since the course was first run in 1989, more than 2000 people have gained the Certificate.

The design of acoustic instrumentation requires knowledge of electronics and computing and an understanding of how acoustic measurements are made

Many specialists working in this field are involved in helping people with listening or speaking difficulties to communicate better.

The use of ultrasound waves can be used in many ways – from the destruction of tumour tissues or kidney stones to the measurement of properties on the sea bed.

Understanding the ways that sounds are produced by instruments or voices either singly, or when performed in combination with others, is a complex acoustic process.

The design and management of amplified sound in public venues is one of many areas that benefits greatly from the skills of an expert electro-acoustician.

Underwater sound, used by marine animals to navigate and communicate, is also an indispensable tool, both for military applications and for commercial use.