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Basic Legionella Management

Online Course


CPD, IIRSM & Gatehouse Awards Approved

Current legislation set out by the Health and Safety at Work Act along with the HSE’s updated code of practice known as L8, state that companies and building owners have a legal duty to manage Legionella.

Our interactive training course is aimed at all employers and staff to assist them in identifying the danger that Legionella poses, as well as covering ways to identify and assess sources of risk from Legionella on the premises.

It also gives you enough knowledge to get a Legionella control programme off the ground yourself – or make confident, informed choices when commissioning others to take this on for you.

Who is this course for?

This course is primarily aimed at building and facilities managers and maintenance professionals that have nominated responsibilities for water systems.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  1. Know what Legionnaires’ Disease is, and how it is contracted

  2. Understand the conditions that promote growth of Legionella bacteria

  3. Be aware of the history of Legionnaires’ Disease

  4. Have been presented with facts regarding contagion, distribution and identification of Legionnaires’ Disease

  5. Be able to identify risk areas in businesses, workplaces and public areas

  6. Be able to identify appropriate legislation, responsibilities and consequences to individuals and organisations of non-compliance

  7. Know how to manage risk to eliminate and reduce it

  8. Understand the five key elements of Legionella management

  9. Understand the importance of record keeping and records required

  10. Be aware of practical prevention tasks and how to carry them out, including testing and monitoring

  11. Be introduced to risks, prevention, testing, monitoring and water sampling relating specifically to cooling systems

Advantages


Lack of training and awareness of Legionella have been shown to be factors in many outbreaks of legionella.

Having adequate training and carrying out appropriate checks can ensure water system safety. The course is approved by CPD, IIRSM & Gatehouse Awards giving you peace of mind and delegates increased confidence that the content is accurate and relevant.

Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit the training in around their work and personal life.

Basic Legionella Management Online Course Details

Course Duration: 75 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in anyway for loading time or thinking time on the questions.


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Further Progress


There are a wide range of other health and safety courses available in the eLearning suite that are relevant to the same industries as these courses.

Further Progression

There are a wide range of other health and safety courses available in the eLearning suite that are relevant to the same industries as this course.

Recommended System Requirements

Browser: Up to date web browser

Video: Up to date video drivers

Memory: 1Gb+ RAM

Download speed: Broadband (3Mb+)

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