Legionella Awareness Open Training
1 Day Open Classroom– £235
Venue: Hydro-X Training HQ, Solihull or Hemel Hempstead
This City & Guilds Accredited Legionella Awareness Course is held at one of our nationwide training centres at our HQ in South Yorkshire, Solihull or Hemel Hempstead. All open classroom courses are taught by one of our expert trainers, covering all content through group discussions, presentations, videos, practical classroom and breakout sessions. Refreshments are available at our classroom courses.
Legionella Awareness Open Classroom Training Course
This Legionella Awareness Training course is a City & Guild Accredited Programme designed for individuals working with hot and cold water systems who need an introduction to Legionella, Legionnaires’ Disease, and related risk systems, in line with HSE’s ACoP L8 and HSG274 guidance. It is particularly suitable for landlords, business owners, facilities managers, or anyone responsible for the safe management of hot and cold water systems. Please note that this course is not sufficient for those appointed as responsible persons or duty holders. For more advanced training, consider our Legionella Responsible Person Training or Legionella Responsible Person with Cooling Towers courses.
This course is delivered in a classroom environment with one of our expert water instructors, via several methods, including presentation, group work, video, breakout sessions and discussions. This Legionella Awareness classroom course allows delegates to network with other industry members and share their experiences with the group. This course can be held at one of the training locations of Hydro-X Headquarters (South Yorkshire), Solihull or Hemel Hempstead.
Legionella Awareness Training Aims:
This City & Guilds Accredited Programme on Legionella Awareness covers the following key learning objectives, ensuring that delegates leave with a solid understanding of the topic:
- Understanding what Legionella bacteria are, how they enter water systems, and how Legionnaires’ Disease can be contracted.
- Recognizing illnesses caused by Legionella bacteria, their symptoms, and who is most susceptible.
- Identifying the routes of transmission for Legionella.
- Gaining knowledge about pneumonia and how Legionella affects the lungs.
- Understanding the conditions that promote the growth of Legionella bacteria.
- Learning about aerosol generation and its role in spreading Legionella.
- Familiarizing with the basics of ACoP L8 and HSG274 guidance.
- Understanding the importance of a clear management pathway.
- Acquiring basic knowledge of a Legionella Risk Assessment.
- Recognizing the importance of having a written scheme in place.
- Identifying systems that present a foreseeable risk.
- Learning how to inspect and monitor hot and cold water systems effectively.
Why do you need to complete a Legionella Awareness ACoP L8 Course?
This code is supplemented by HSG274, which offers additional guidance and practical advice for controlling legionella across various areas of the water hygiene industry.
Both the ACoP L8 and HSG274 work alongside the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
Although following ACoP L8 is not mandatory, it holds a special legal status:
“If you are prosecuted for a breach of health and safety law, and it is shown that you did not follow the relevant provisions of the Code, you must demonstrate compliance with the law in some other way, or the Court may find you at fault.”