Legionella Awareness Training Course
1-Day Classroom Course – £250
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull or Hemel Hempstead
1/2 Day Live Virtual Classroom – £220
Learn at your own pace e-Learning – £53.99
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Legionella Awareness Training
1-Day Classroom Course – £250
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull or Hemel Hempstead
1/2 Day Live Virtual Classroom – £220
Learn at your own pace e-Learning – £53.99
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
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Legionella Awareness Training Summary – HXT-W01
This Legionella Awareness Training course is a City & Guild Accredited Programme. It has been designed for people who work with hot and cold water systems and need an introduction to Legionella, Legionnaires Disease and other risk systems following HSE’s ACoP L8 and HSG274 guidance. It is ideal for landlords, business premise owners, facilities managers or anyone appointed to look after the safe storage of hot and cold water systems. This Legionella Awareness Training isn’t sufficient alone for those appointed as a responsible person or duty holders. Delegates looking for more advanced courses can find them here: Legionella Responsible Person Training and Legionella Responsible Person with Cooling Towers.
This legionella awareness course can be delivered in 4 different ways, Classroom, Live Virtual Classroom, Onsite and via eLearning. Please note the eLearning course only covers the minimum knowledge of ACoP L8 and is suitable for cleaning or maintenance staff.
More detailed information can be found further down the page, alternative contact us through the form below and an expert member of our team will be happy to help.
Legionella Awareness Training Course Overview
This Legionella Awareness Training Course is for anyone involved in legionella bacteria control in hot and cold water systems. However, those who do not have overall responsibility. This training course aims to introduce Legionella Bacteria at an entry-level, giving the delegate an awareness of L8, which is outlined as the most basic training requirement of the ACoP L8 guidance.
Throughout the Legionella Awareness course, we help candidates to understand the risk of Legionnaires’ disease. Additionally, candidates know how to implement actions to minimise the risk and control measures.
Legionella Awareness Training Aims:
This City & Guilds Accredited Programme, Legionella Awareness training course will cover the following learning points so that the delegate will leave a good understanding of the subject.
- Understanding Legionella Bacteria, how legionella bacteria enter water systems, and how we may contract Legionnaires Disease
- Illnesses from Legionella Bacteria, the symptoms and susceptibility
- The routes of transmission
- Understanding pneumonia and Legionella’s effects impact on the lungs
- Understand conditions that Legionella Bacteria favour for proliferation
- Gain an understanding of aerosol generation
- The basics of ACoP L8 and HSG274
- The importance of management pathway
- Gain knowledge of the basics behind a Legionella Risk Assessment
- The importance of a written scheme
- Know the systems that represent a reasonably foreseeable risk
- Inspection of monitoring of hot and cold water systems
Legionella Training Enquiry
To get more information on our Legionella Training Courses, fill in the form below and a member of our support team will be in touch.
4 Ways to learn Legionella Awareness Training Courses
LIVE Virtual Classroom
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Exact same course as the face-to-face training
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No software or IT skills required
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No travel needed
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Excellent value for money
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Experienced trainer delivers the course LIVE ready to answer all of your questions
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E-learning
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Satisfies the ACoP L8 for very low-risk users
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Delivered via our Video-Based E-Learning Platform
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Can be completed at your own pace: stop and start whenever you wish
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No software or IT skills required
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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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Open Courses
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Nationwide venues
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Specialist facilities of real-life replicas
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Face to face courses with our expert trainers
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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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Course Information
- Health and safety
- Case studies
- Legionella bacteria
- Illnesses, symptoms and susceptibility
- Routes of transmission
- Medical aspects
- Conditions that favour proliferation
- Forms of aerosol generation
- Introduction to ACoP L8 and HSG 274
- Importance of management pathway
- Introduction to the risk assessment
- Importance of the written scheme
- Systems that represent a reasonably foreseeable risk
- Inspection and monitoring of hot and cold water systems
- How legionella bacteria enter water systems and how we may contract legionnaires’ disease
- Understand legionella bacteria
- Legionella illnesses, symptoms and susceptibility
- Routes of transmission
- Understand pneumonia and legionella’s impact within the lung
- Know conditions that Legionella favour for proliferation
- Understand aerosol generation
- The basics behind the ACOP L8 and HSG 274
- The importance of management pathway
- Know the basics behind a Legionella Risk Assessment
- The importance of the written scheme
- Know the systems that represent a reasonably foreseeable risk
- Inspection and monitoring of hot and cold water systems
At the end of the legionella training, each delegate undertakes a multiple choice assessment. This consists of 20 questions with 15 correct answers achieving a pass grade (75%).
If you are taking the Virtual Classroom course, assessments will be completed online to enable faster processing of results and certification.
On successful completion of this Legionella Awareness Training, you will receive a City and Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate.
E-Learning Only
A digital certificate will be made available to download. This is usually available within 48hrs of successfully completing this course.
Open Courses, Virtual Classroom, and On-Site
Certificates will be emailed to the delegate within 7 working Days
Paper copies of certificates can be supplied subject to a small administration fee.
This will need renewing every 2 years.
Who is our Legionella Awareness Training Course suitable for?
This Legionella Awareness Training Course is suitable for:
- anyone involved in water system hygiene control
- anyone who may be exposed to aerosols created from water systems
- experienced staff who have not undergone Legionella Awareness Training for several years and require a refresher
E-learning:
Our City and Guilds Accredited Online Legionella Training Course is designed for persons with MINIMAL exposure to Legionella control. Essentially, it is for those who require the lowest acceptable level of training. Please note that the City and Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate received will specify that this course is for housekeeping and cleaning staff.
LIVE Virtual Classroom and On-site Training:
This course has been designed for anyone involved in water system hygiene control. As well as, users that can become exposed to aerosol created from water systems. It aims to introduce key aspects behind legionella bacteria control at the legally required basic level. Additionally, this course also acts as an effective refresher for those that have already completed Legionella training.
Why complete Legionella Awareness Training?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has guidelines (ACoP L8 and HSG 274) which specifically state that lack of training is a key causative factor in Legionella outbreaks. This then raises the importance and the need for Legionnaires disease awareness.
Why choose HX Training to deliver this ACoP L8 Course?
HX Training is the UK’s No.1 Legionella Training Provider and recognised Legionella specialist. We are the only training provider in the UK to offer both City & Guilds accredited LIVE virtual classrooms and e-learning legionella courses.
We deliver a wide range of Legionella courses (sometimes called ACoP L8 Courses or Water Hygiene Courses) for employees, managers, directors, and business owners. If you have responsibilities for managing or controlling the risks of legionella bacteria, we have you covered. Foremost, HX Training works hard to ensure you have all of the information you need to prevent an outbreak of Legionnaires disease.
All of our Legionella courses comply with:
- The Approved Code of Practice (ACOP L8) Fourth Edition
- The technical guidance document HSG 274
- The healthcare HTM 04-01 guidance document, where relevant
Do I need Legionella Awareness Training?
Do you have the responsibility of working with water systems that could contain legionella bacteria? And therefore the responsibility of taking measures to prevent an outbreak of legionnaires disease? You must complete an appropriate ACoP L8 course and safety training to successfully undertake and perform your duties.
