LOGIC Legionella Prevention

This LOGIC Legionella Prevention course will be of most benefit to technical and maintenance staff, building and facilities managers, company owners and directors with responsibility for health and safety, and who require a good overview of the issues surrounding Legionella control, current legislation and good practice procedures.

The Need for Training and Action

The subject of Legionnaires’ Disease has become ever more topical in recent times with the Barrow in Furness trial and more outbreaks of the disease in the UK and across Europe.

With this in mind the HSE has recently seen fit to reproduce a document highlighting changes made the The Approved Code of Practise (ACoP) and guidance note L8 on the subject of Legionnaires’ Disease published in November 2000.  This document is aimed at the wide range of organisations, groups or self-employed individuals providing residential accommodation who are responsible for the water system(s) in their premises including;

•           Local Authorities
•           Universities
•           Housing Associations, including housing companies
•           Charities
•           Hostels
•           Landlords in the private renting sector
•           Managing Agents
•           Hoteliers, B&B, guest house and holiday camp owners
•           Caravan and camping site owners, including fixed caravan sites

Providers of such accommodation will have to assess the risk from exposure to Legionnella to staff, guests and customers and people working in their premises.  They will then need to introduce appropriate control measures.

In short – what this means is that if you are responsible of a tap, shower, boiler, etc., in one of the above types of accommodation then you need to be aware of the legal requirements in L8.

According to the guidelines those people involved in this work need to be trained and assessed.

The LOGIC Legionella Prevention course is aimed at those engineers and installers who carry out work on the water supply system within the properties, and covers the practical aspects of water treatment and also covers an element of risk assessment.

The course will cover all the relevant points including how you get the disease, what you have to do to comply with the law, assessing the risk, etc., BUT, very importantly for plumbers and operators, etc., what you need to do to put water systems right and how to do a disinfection. There will be a practical session on disinfections which no doubt will be the most popular part of the course.

 
During the practical sessions delegates will be familiarised with the water treatment process using various methods including chlorine, bleach and silver hydrogen peroxide.