Competent Person Water
2-Day Classroom Course – £435
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Please email; training@hydro-x.co.uk for Dates
Competent Person Water
2-Day Classroom Course – £435
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull, Slough
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Please email; training@hydro-x.co.uk for Dates
Safe Water Competent Person In Healthcare Premises Course Overview
This Competent Person: Water course is a City & Guilds Accredited Programme designed to cover the guidance covered in HSG274 Part 2, and taking condensation to L8 ACOP (The control of Legionella bacteria in water systems), as well as further guidance covered from the department of healths HTM 04-01 (Scottish Health Techincal Memorandum 04-01).
This water training course will cover a large range of topics in order for staff and delegates to be competent and able to comply with HTM 04-01 Part B 6.27 – 6.32. These topics include covering compliance of a healthcare estate and the relevant regulations applicable to the learner’s healthcare estate, and other surrounding legislation such as the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and Health Techincal Memorandum (HTM) 04-02
A selection of case studies will be covered in this training course, for delegates to reflect on issues raised by examples of prosecutions and news articles, as well as covering safe working processes and practices by understanding the health and safety legislation and the related processes.
This City & Guilds Accredited Programme for Safe Water Competent Person In Healthcare Premises covers a section on waterborne pathogens including Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia, Mycobacterium Chimera, and covering the illness and areas where bacteria proliferate including Legionella and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. The proper methods of cleaning and disinfection to prevent the spread of pathogens are covered with examples of various items.
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This training course will include a module on using TMVs (Thermostatic Mixing Valves), in accordance with NHS D08 guidance. For a more detailed insight on TMVs for healthcare, Hydro-X Training offers a practical course (HXT-W24). Microbiological monitoring and correct sampling techniques are also covered in this Safe Water Competent Persons course.
This course is a classroom-based course that involves group discussions, videos, practical exercises, and breakout sessions with expert trainers. Successful delegates will be awarded a City & Guild Accredited Programme certificate in ‘Safe Water in Healthcare Premises Competent Person”. Further information about the assessment can be seen in the FAQ blocks below.
Is this Component Persons course suitable for me and expected Learning Outcomes
This training course is suitable for anyone who works in designing, operating and maintenance of engineering services including maintenance and operating staff. This includes any personnel involved in infection control, estate managers, housekeepers and contractors.
This course will reinforce or develop the knowledge of good water hygiene when working on water distribution systems, and cleaning out water outlets or clinical areas. Over the course, it will teach the delegates how to prevent contamination ensuring patient and public safety is never compromised.
The NHS has a responsibility to provide provisions, management and operations of an efficient, safe state whilst the water safety group should ensure that personnel undertaking associated monitoring and cleaning of outlets are appropriately trained.
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.
