Legionella Responsible Person Course

Description

Syllabus/Course Structure and Assessment

Legionella Responsible Person is suitable for any persons wanting to gain an understanding of Legionella and how to prevent or control the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria.

The main subject areas of the course are:

Morning session

• History and background of Legionella
• Health & Safety Legislation and Guidance: Regulations, guidance, Approved Code of Practice L8
• Types of hot and cold-water systems
• Test

Afternoon session

• Responsibilities: Who is the duty holder? Competence, allocation of responsibilities
• Risk assessments: Hazard and risk explained, chain of events, British Standard BS8580
• Control measures: Written scheme, temperature control, alternative means of control, sampling for water quality, Legionella sampling
• Outbreaks: what constitutes an outbreak, what happens? HSE and EHO involvement, overview and causes of some larger outbreaks in the UK and other parts of the world
• Test

How is the course assessed?

The course is P901 based and currently split with a morning session as a general awareness programme (with a MCQ test afterwards) and the afternoon session which goes into greater depth and also includes risk assessments and control measures, responsibilities and competence, outbreaks. There will be an additional test for the afternoon session.