LEGIONELLA TRAINING AND COMPETENCE

Do I need Legionella training / competency assessment?

Inadequate management, lack of training and poor communication are all contributory factors in outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease [ACoP L8].
All people involved in assessing and controlling the risks of Legionella need to be competent, trained and aware of their responsibilities.
Crucially, the ‘Responsible Person’ of an organisation appointed by the Duty Holder to be managerially responsible, requires the sufficient skills to perform their duties [MHSWR 1999]
Anyone in an organisation can be appointed as the ‘Responsible Person’ as long as they have the authority, competency and skills to ensure that tasks are carried out in a safe, timely and effective manner.

“Competence is the ability to undertake responsibilities and perform activities to a recognised standard on a regular basis. It combines practical and thinking skills, knowledge and experience.”
HSE

What does Legionella training / competency assessment involve?

W.E.T offer a number of training solutions to help Duty Holders comply with the MHSWR 1999 and more specifically ACoP L8.

Basic Legionella awareness training - A short, online awareness tool to share with all levels of staff within your organisation.
Practical training – Onsite, hands-on practical demonstration and competence assessment for any staff performing specific control scheme tasks (such as temperature monitoring).
Classroom training – A higher-degree of knowledge and theory than basic awareness training to complement practical training.
Responsible Person training – A face-to-face training course (in person or virtually), with W.E.T’s experienced Compliance Team, providing an organisation’s appointed Responsible Person with a suitable level of knowledge to perform their duties.
External training – For any organisation which requires a higher level of competency due to the nature of risk on site, a number of training courses are available including City & Guilds accredited.

Why choose W.E.T for your Legionella training / competency assessment?

Sensible training solutions:
We recognise that all clients are different and therefore we offer a range of cost-effective training courses to suit your needs
Experienced, qualified compliance team:
All training is overseen by the company’s compliance department, who as individuals have many years’ experience, holding memberships of the Water Management Society and are trained in H&S qualifications such as NEBOSH
We help your staff perform basic tasks:
Unlike many service providers, we help and encourage our clients to perform basic tasks of water hygiene monitoring (where resources are available) through our training programmes
Over 20 years’ experience:
We have been in operation since the first edition of ACoP L8, so you can be reassured of our experience

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