Legionella and Legionnaires’ Disease Awareness Training

COURSE CONTENT

The course is divided into 5 modules:

What is Legionella? – what legionella is and where it comes from, how people get legionnaires’ disease, who is most at risk, symptoms and treatment of legionnaires’ disease.

Legal Responsibilities – health and safety legislation, COSHH regulations, Notification regulations, RIDDOR, landlord responsibilities, employee responsibilities, designers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers and installers and the HSE Approved Code of Practice L8.

Hazardous Environments – where legionella is found, what is meant by a water system, assessing the risks, cooling systems, hot and cold water systems, spa pools, other risk systems and the main risk factors.

Legionella Risk Assessment – what a risk assessment is, competence, identifying the hazards, schematic diagrams, deciding who might be harmed and how, consulting employees, evaluating the risks and implementing controls, recording findings and reviewing and updating the assessment.

Controlling the Risks – dutyholder responsibilities, training, instruction and communication, employee responsibilities, the written scheme, key precautions, operation of the water system, monitoring and inspection, testing water quality, cleaning and disinfection, controlling water systems in residential settings and avoiding stagnation.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment is through individual and group exercises and an end-of-course multiple-choice test.