Legionella Awareness

The Legionella Awareness course is ideal for delegates who want an introduction to Legionnaires' disease and matters concerning the control of legionella bacteria in hot and cold water services and other risk systems.

The Legionella Awareness course consists of the following outcomes:

• Introduction
• Knowledge of the origin of Legionnaires’ disease, legionella bacteria and the multiplication factors which alow it   to proliferate in engineered water systems
• Identification of the main conditions that are required for legionella associated infection to take place and how this understanding may be used to manage and control risk more effectively
• Awareness of current legal requirements, approved codes of practice and best practice guidance including COSHH, the HSE’s ACOP L8 and HSG274 Parts 2 and 3
• Basic design of water systems and their components
• An overview of “other” risk systems
• Implementation of legionella control regimes with suitable monitoring programmes and records as identified in the Health & Safety Executives technical guidance documents HSG274 Parts 2 and 3 dealing with the control of legionella bacteria in both “hot and cold water systems” and “other risk systems”
• The written scheme of control
• General awareness of the risk assessment processes as defined in BS 8580:2010 for hot and cold water systems
• Examination – assessment and test of competence
• Discussion and feedback.