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Legionella Awareness Training
Designed to highlight the risks of exposure to legionella bacteria, this Legionella Awareness Training Course looks at what to look out for and how to protect your organisation from harmful Legionnaires' disease. It takes just 25 minutes to complete online.
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Learning outcomes
- Understand and show commitment to legislation surrounding Legionella
- Learn how Legionella bacteria can breed and the diseases it can cause - including legionnaires disease
- Understand what you can do to prevent a legionella outbreak, including risk assessments
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 2 sections
- 1 Legionella Awareness
- 2 Legionella in the Workplace
SECTION 1
In the opening section of this Legionella Awareness Training course, we look at what legionella bacteria is and how it can cause serious illness. It looks at who is at risk, the symptoms, and treatment.
SECTION 2
In this second and final section of this course, we look at the responsiblities of premises owners, employers, and whoever they delegate Legionella risk management to.
About this course
This Legionella Training programme increases awareness of the dangers of legionella bacteria and highlights the importance of regular maintenance and monitoring of systems where they may be found.
Designed to help everyone understand the risks of exposure to legionella bacteria, this course is particularly useful for those who are responsible for protecting an organisation from this kind of bacterial contamination; particularly people who manage, control or monitor the risk of exposure (as well as those responsible for record keeping.)
The course looks at what legionella bacteria are and where they can be found, as well as how legionella spreads and how these bacteria can affect health – concentrating particularly on Legionnaires’ disease and the symptoms to look out for.
Although Legionnaire's disease is usually easily treated with antibiotics, it can lead to long term health problems and even death. Between 2011 and 2013, 84 people in the UK died from harmful Legionella bacteria. Make sure you and your staff know what to look out for and learn how to protect your organisation from Legionella bacteria with our online Legionella Awareness Training course.
Presented by
Chris MillerThe importance of Legionella Awareness Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Legionella Awareness Training certificate
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Legionella Awareness Training course concludes with a 15 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Legionella Awareness Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
1,075 real user reviews
An excellent concise training course
I managed H&S in a previous role and can honestly say that this short course is an excellent way of both educating and refreshing on the topic.
Yes all good; it’s what it is
Yes all fine, No problems or complaints
Memory jogger
A great online training module very detailed as is required for such an important issue, I had to review this module twice prior to the test as there was a lot to take on board.
Simple and Effective
A clear, straightforward and informative course.
very interesting
very interesting
Easy and informative
lots of information in there and facts, short clips keep it interesting
Effectively summarises risks & remedies
Although I was already aware of both the history of the disease, and of various preventative measures as I have studied WRC guidelines and worked as a plumber, this was an excellent course both to reprise existing knowledge for experienced professionals and to introduce important aspects of identifying risks and managing them for new employees or those without specific knowledge Julie
Very informative short course
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
Legionnaires’ Disease – The control of Legionella bacteria in water systems: Approved Code of Practice (ACoP L8) gives specific information on the health and safety law that applies to controlling Legionella bacteria.
To comply with their legal duties, dutyholders should: (a) identify and assess sources of risk; (b) if appropriate, prepare a written scheme for preventing or controlling the risk (c) implement, manage and monitor precautions
In addition to the above, two further technical documents give guidance to help employers, premises managers and Health and Safety professionals fulfil their legal duties: HSG274 Part 1 Legionnaires’ disease: The control of Legionella bacteria in evaporative cooling systems and HSG274 Part 2 Legionnaires’ disease: The control of Legionella bacteria in hot and cold water systems.
General duties under The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 extend to risks from legionella bacteria, which may arise from work activities.
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