BOHS P901 - Management and control of building hot and cold water services

Description

Syllabus/Course Structure and Assessment

P901 - Management and control of building hot and cold water services is there to provide background and an overview of the risk of Legionella infection and how it can be controlled in domestic type hot and cold water systems. (This course is also a pre-requirement before undertaking course P903 - Management and Control of Evaporative Cooling Systems and other High Risk Industrial Systems or P904 - Management and Control in Leisure, Display, Therapy and other Non-Industrial Systems.)

The main subject areas of the course are:

• Introduction and history of the legionella organism.
• Legislation and guidance.
• Risk assessment of water systems.
• Operational control.
• Outbreak investigation procedures.
• Record keeping.

How is the course assessed?

This is a Closed-book examination comprising 20 short answer questions to be answered in 60 minutes. It is necessary to obtain 50% to pass the written examination.