Legionella Risk Assessment Training
2-Day Classroom Course – £650
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull,or Hemel Hempstead
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Legionella Risk Assessment Training
2-Day Classroom Course – £650
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull, Slough or Hemel Hempstead
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Course Pre-Requisite
All prospective delegates will be required to produce an in-date certificate for a Responsible Person for Hot and Cold Water Systems (HXT-W02) or equivalent training. Delegates will also need to have a good understanding of Hot and Cold Waters systems, experience and knowledge of legionella in Hot and Cold Water systems, or have completed a Legionella Operatives Course (HXT-W04).
Legionella Risk Assessment for Hot & Cold Water Systems Training Course Overview
This course is designed for individuals with the responsibility for undertaking a legionella risk assessment, or for ensuring one is carried out. You must have a good knowledge of legionella bacteria; legionnaires disease and how domestic hot and cold-water supply systems operate. Upon the successful completion of the course and assessment, you will be deemed to have a good understanding of the core subject.
This legionella risk assessing course is designed for delegates who are either responsible for undertaking a risk assessment or are tasked with ensuring that a risk assessment for legionella is undertaken.
This is a 2-day course that covers all the aspects of performing a basic risk assessment for legionella, looking at the legal requirements, assessing the risk in areas where legionella bacteria in water systems may proliferate and sampling techniques.
This course includes a written risk assessment exercise looking at both hot and cold water systems of a fictitious company using schematic diagrams. You will be carrying out a visual inspection and correctly identifying several non-compliant issues
This risk assessment training course covers the following topics:
- Risk Assessment requirements as covered by the ACOP L8 and HSG274 Part 2
- Following risk assessment procedures covered by BS8580
- Looking at Written Scheme
- Preparation and scope
- Determining Risk
- Appraisal of the following:
- Management
- Safe Design / Operation
- Maintenance / Monitoring / Inspection
- System surveys
- Identification of areas in hot and cold-water systems where legionella bacteria may proliferate
- Modification of systems to minimise or eliminate the risk of legionellosis
- Legionella Sampling Techniques
- The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations / Byelaws (Scotland)
These are covered over 6 learning outcomes which are covered in the information block below this text.
- The learner will leave with an understanding of statutory legislation relating to the course subject.
- The learner will gain knowledge of non-statutory legislation relating to the course subject
- Delegates on this course will gain an understanding of the preparation requirements of the risk assessment process
- Learners will gain an understanding of the legionella bacteria as a pathogen
- The learner will gain an understanding of the requirements relating to the site survey of hot and cold water supply systems
- Delegates will receive an understanding of the issues surrounding hot and cold-water systems within residential accommodation
- Learners will also gain knowledge of temperature guidance for hot and cold water supply systems.
- Delegates will leave with an understanding of biological sampling techniques
- Learners will gain an understanding of POU filtration techniques
- The learner will get an understanding of water safety groups
The aims for this Hot and Cold water systems risk assessment course are:
- Covering risk assessments requirements of the ACOP L8 and HSG 274 Part 2
- Risk assessment procedures in relation to the BS8580
- The written scheme
- Preparation and scope
- Determining Risk
- Appraisal of:
- Management
- Safe Design / Operation
- Maintenance / Monitoring / Inspection
- Systems Survey
- Identification of areas within hot and cold-water systems where legionella bacteria may proliferate
- Preparation and writing a basic legionella risk assessment report
- Modification of water systems to eliminate/reduce the risk of legionellosis
- Legionella Sampling Techniques
- The water supply (Water Fittings) Regulation / Byelaws
The assessment for this course comprises:
- A sixty-minute written assessment
- A forty-minute multiple choice question paper
The delegate will need to achieve a mark of 75% to pass the course.
On successful completion of this Risk Assessing for Hot and Cold Sytems Training Course, you will receive a City and Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate.
Paper copies of certificates can be supplied subject to a small administration fee.
This will need renewing every 2 years.
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Assessment
The assessment for this course is covered in 3 parts.
- Written Assessment:
- Open Book
- 60 min assessment
- Consists of 20 questions
- The pass mark is 75%
- Multiple Choice Question Paper on Risk Assessments for Hot & Cold Water Systems
- Open Book
- 40 min assessment
- Consists of 20 questions
- The pass mark is 75%
- Multiple Choice Question Paper on Legionella Bacteria and Hot & Cold Water Systems
- Closed Book
- 30 min assessment
- Consists of 20 questions
- The pass mark is 75%
Successful completion of this course and assessment delegates will receive a City & Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate. It is recommended that the delegate does HXT-W02 (Legionella Responsible Persons Training Course) every 2 years after completion.
