Basic Legionella Management

Course description

Current legislation set out by the Health and Safety at Work Act along with the HSE’s updated code of practice known as L8, state that companies and building owners have a legal duty to manage Legionella. Our interactive training course is aimed at all employers and staff to assist them in identifying the danger that Legionella poses, as well as covering ways to identify and assess sources of risk from Legionella on the premises. It also gives you enough knowledge to get a Legionella control programme off the ground yourself - or make confident, informed choices when commissioning others to take this on for you.

What you will learn

• Know what Legionnaires’ Disease is and how it is contracted
• Understand the conditions that promote growth of Legionella bacteria
• Be aware of the history of Legionnaires’ Disease
• Have been presented with facts regarding contagion, distribution and identification of Legionnaires’ Disease
• Be able to identify risk areas in businesses, workplaces and public areas
• Be able to identify appropriate legislation, responsibilities and consequences to individuals and organisations of non-compliance
• Know how to manage risk to eliminate and reduce it
• Understand the five key elements of Legionella management
• Understand the importance of record keeping and records required
• Be aware of practical prevention tasks and how to carry them out, including testing and monitoring
• Be introduced to risks, prevention, testing, monitoring and water sampling relating specifically to cooling systems Course Module Module Name Pass % Number Required

Who it is for

This course is primarily aimed at building and facilities managers and maintenance professionals that have nominated responsibilities for water systems.

Course content

1. 1What is Legionella?
2. 2Risk Areas
3. 3Legislation
4. 4Risk Management
5. 5Water System Monitoring
6. 6Cooling System Awareness