Competent Person: Water
(HXT-CPW)
This course is designed for technicians and maintenance staff/contractors working on or around water systems in healthcare premises.
Competent Person: Water Course Overview
Learning will come in a classroom environment in the form of trainer explanation, group discussions, videos, practical classroom exercises and will be broken up with breakout sessions.
Who is our Competent Person: Water Course suitable for?
This course is for competent estates staff, technicians and contractors involved in the safe management of hot and cold-water supply, storage and distribution systems in healthcare premises.
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LIVE Virtual Classroom
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Tried and tested virtual training
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Exact same course as the face-to-face training
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No travel needed
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Excellent value for money
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Experienced trainers deliver the course LIVE ready to answer all of your questions
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Open Courses
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Nationwide venues
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Specialist facilities of real-life replicas
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Spacious, comfy training rooms
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Refreshments available
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Opportunity to network
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On-Site Training
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For 5 learners or more
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Dedicated trainer for the duration of the course
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Better suited to those who prefer face-to-face training
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Tailor the course to your companies needs
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City and Guilds Accredited Certification included
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Course Information
- Understand the legislative/local governance and relative Regulations applicable to their healthcare estate
- Reflect on issues raised by examples of prosecutions and news articles
- Group to discuss their view of case studies
- Identification of the relevant sections within the Health & Social Care Act 2012 pertinence to CP and local governance
- Understanding of the term Never Events through case examples and discussion of learner’s personal experiences
- Identification of relevant sections which relate to average health care estate premises
- Understanding the implications of heath and safety legislation on the day-to-day job and related processes
- Examples of other healthcare estates who have established WSG, which have a positive impact on water hygiene
- Identification of statutory and non-statutory requirements for the provision of RA
- Identification of compliant and non-compliant risk assessment reporting through examples and input of learner’s experiences
- The compliance requirements including: understanding the aims and principles relating to the ACOP L8 and HSG 274 – HTMs
- Identification of legionella bacteria as a pathogen
- Explanation regarding species, serogroup, nutrients and health implications
- Areas of water systems where legionella bacteria are likely to proliferate
- Examples of illnesses caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa
- The environment in which is derives nutrients
- Health implications for specific types of patients within healthcare
- Identification of other waterborne pathogens: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Mycobacterium Chimera
- Health implications for specific types of patients within healthcare
- Identification of failsafe testing and cleaning as per the NHS D08 guidance documentation
- Examples of correct cleaning techniques for various items of equipment and how to prevent the spread of pathogens
- Explanation of correct sampling techniques and how to interpret results
- Requirements of legislation and Regulations for water distribution systems (HTM 04-01)
- Learn about the different waterborne pathogens and their transmission routes around the buildings water systems and equipment
- Other water safety issues in a distribution system including physical and chemical contamination
- Methods of preventing contamination and cross-contamination within healthcare premises
- Sampling requirements and methods to ensure accurate results including interpreting the results and remedial actions
- Logbook records and recording of remedial actions
- Understand the role of the Water Safety Group and the Water safety Plan within health care premises
At the end of the training each delegate undertakes a multiple choice assessment consisting of 20 questions, with 15 correct answers achieving a pass grade (75%).
Where facilities permit, assessment is completed online to enable faster processing of results and certification.
On successful completion of this Competent Person: Water Training you will receive a City and Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate.
A digital certificate will be made available for you to download normally within 48hrs of successfully completing this course.
Paper copies of certificates can be supplied subject to a small administration fee.
This will need renewing every 2 years.