Legionella Awareness

Awareness of legionella and the potentially serious effects of Legionnaires’ disease have grown in recent years, often fuelled by the publicity from the major outbreaks, which have led to prosecutions under the Health & Safety at Work Act.

Description

• For organisations of all types, it has become more important that individuals understand their legal duties and the serious consequences of a failure to comply with the law.
• The L8 ACoP sets out legislative obligations and states that those involved in legionella management: 'should have such ability, experience, instruction, information, training and resources as to allow them to carry out their tasks'.

For

• Those who have need to have an awareness of legionella and an understanding of how to control legionella in water systems.
• Those who want an appreciation of the impact of when things go wrong due to legionella and how to prevent this occurring.
• Those who want an appreciation of the impact of when things go wrong due to legionella and how to prevent this occurring.

Course Aims

• The aim of this course is to develop delegates’ awareness of legionella.

Course Objectives

On completion of the training, delegates will be aware of:

• The regulations covering legionella

• How and why legionella bacteria can cause problems

• The ways of controlling legionella

• The types of water systems likely to be at risk

• The people most likely to be affected by an outbreak

• Assessment of the implications of recent outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease, consequences, action taken and lessons learned