Legionella Awareness Training Course
1-Day Classroom Course – £265
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull or Hemel Hempstead
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Legionella Awareness Training
1-Day Classroom Course – £265
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull or Hemel Hempstead
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
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Legionella Awareness Training Summary – HXT-W01
This City & Guilds accredited legionella awareness training course (HXT-W01) is a one-day classroom programme for anyone who works with, or around, hot and cold water systems and needs a thorough grounding in Legionella bacteria, Legionnaires’ disease, and the control measures required under HSE’s ACoP L8 and HSG274 guidance. It is the essential entry-level qualification for landlords, facilities managers, building owners, and anyone with day-to-day responsibility for water system hygiene — but who is not the appointed Responsible Person.
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 is delivered in the classroom with one of our expert Legionella Awareness trainers. For alternative methods of delivery, please see the following course pages:
More detailed information can be found further down the page. Alternatively, you can contact us through the form below, and an expert member of our team will be happy to help.
Not sure which course you need? This course is the correct starting point for most delegates. If you have been appointed as a Legionella Responsible Person or Duty Holder, you will need the Legionella Responsible Person Training (HXT-W02) instead.
How is this Legionella Awareness Course Delivered?
The classroom course is delivered in person by one of our expert Legionella trainers. It is also available in three alternative formats — all City & Guilds accredited:
- Classroom (this page) — 1 day at HQ, Solihull, or Hemel Hempstead, from £265
- Live Virtual Classroom — identical content delivered online with a live trainer
- eLearning — self-paced online course, suitable for staff with minimal water hygiene contact
- On-Site — delivered at your premises for teams of delegates (free quote available)
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.
What does the Legionella Awareness Course Cover?
This legionella awareness training course is designed for individuals involved in controlling Legionella bacteria in hot and cold water systems who do not have overall compliance responsibility. It introduces Legionella at entry level, fulfilling the most basic training requirement described in ACoP L8, and gives delegates a clear understanding of how to identify risk and implement control measures.
Learning Outcomes
- 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 on the lungs
- Understand the conditions that Legionella Bacteria favour for proliferation
- Gain an understanding of aerosol generation
- The basics of ACoP L8 and HSG274
- The importance of the 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.
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 on the lung
- Know the conditions that Legionella favour for proliferation
- Understand aerosol generation
- The basics behind the ACOP L8 and HSG 274
- The importance of the 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 awareness training, each delegate undertakes a multiple-choice assessment. This consists of 20 questions with 15 correct answers, achieving a pass grade (75%).
Upon successful completion of this Legionella Awareness Training, you will receive a City and Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate.
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 course is ideal for anyone who works with hot and cold water systems and needs a recognised legionella training qualification. It is particularly suited to:
- Landlords and residential property managers
- Facilities managers and building maintenance staff
- Business premises owners and office managers
- Caretakers, cleaners, and operational staff who interact with water systems
- Experienced staff who have not completed legionella awareness training for two or more years and require a refresher
This course is not sufficient on its own for those appointed as a Legionella Responsible Person or Duty Holder — for those roles, see the Legionella Responsible Person Training (HXT-W02).
Why choose HX Training to deliver this ACoP L8 Course?
Hydro-X Training is the UK’s leading Legionella training provider and the only provider in the UK to offer City & Guilds accredited live virtual classroom and eLearning Legionella courses. With over 35 years of experience in the health, safety, and compliance sector, all of our Legionella courses comply with:
- Approved Code of Practice (ACoP L8) — Fourth Edition
- HSE Technical Guidance HSG274
- Healthcare guidance HTM 04-01 (where relevant)
Our trainers are practising Legionella specialists — not generalist health and safety instructors — which means the knowledge delegates gain is current, practical, and directly applicable to their workplace.
Do I need Legionella Awareness Training?
If you have responsibility for managing or working with water systems that could harbour Legionella bacteria, then yes — appropriate training is a legal requirement. The HSE’s ACoP L8 guidance explicitly identifies lack of training as a key causative factor in Legionella outbreaks. Completing this accredited legionella awareness course demonstrates you have met the entry-level training requirement set out in ACoP L8 and HSG274.
