Legionella Risk Assessment Training
2-Day Classroom Course – £690
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull,or Hemel Hempstead
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Legionella Risk Assessment Training
2-Day Classroom Course – £690
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 water 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 2-day Legionella Risk Assessment Course is designed for individuals responsible for conducting or ensuring legionella risk assessments. Delegates must have prior knowledge of legionella bacteria, Legionnaires’ disease, and the operation of domestic hot and cold water systems.
The course provides a comprehensive overview of legal requirements, risk identification in water systems, and sampling techniques. Delegates will complete a written risk assessment exercise, using schematic diagrams to inspect and identify non-compliance issues in a fictitious company’s water systems.
Upon successful completion, participants will demonstrate a solid understanding of the core principles of legionella risk assessment and compliance, and will achieve a City & Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate
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This Legionella Risk Assessment Training Course covers essential topics to ensure compliance and effective risk management, including:
- Risk assessment requirements under ACOP L8 and HSG274 Part 2.
- Procedures as outlined in BS8580.
- Understanding and developing a Written Scheme.
- Preparation, scope, and determining risk.
- Appraisal of management, safe design/operation, and maintenance/monitoring/inspection.
- System surveys to identify high-risk areas in hot and cold-water systems.
- Strategies for system modifications to reduce or eliminate legionella risks.
- Legionella sampling techniques.
- Compliance with The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations and Byelaws (Scotland).
The course is structured around six learning outcomes, detailed in the following section.
- 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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Legionella Risk Assessment Training Course Assessment
- Written Assessment
- Format: Open book
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Content: 20 questions
- Pass Mark: 75%
- Multiple Choice Question Paper on Risk Assessments for Hot & Cold Water Systems
- Format: Open book
- Duration: 40 minutes
- Content: 20 questions
- Pass Mark: 75%
- Multiple Choice Question Paper on Legionella Bacteria and Hot & Cold Water Systems
- Format: Closed book
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Content: 20 questions
- Pass Mark: 75%
Upon successful completion of the course and assessments, delegates will receive a City & Guilds Accredited Programme Certificate. It is advised to renew training by attending the HXT-W02 (Legionella Responsible Persons Training Course) every two years.
