Legionella Awareness Plus (E-learning)
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Legionella Awareness Advanced Course
The Legionella Awareness Advanced course helps duty holders understand legionella, its associated hazards, and the steps required to control the risk of its spread. It also provides insight into the legal and operational duties related to legionella and how to keep hot and cold water systems free from legionella risk.
Course Details
Duration: Approximately 3 hours
Format: Fully online
Assessment: Multiple choice
Certification: Digital certificate available upon completion
Certificate Validity: 3 years
Who Should Attend
- Responsible Persons
- Facilities Managers
- Building Maintenance Staff
- Duty Holders
- Health and Safety Officers
- Risk Assessors
Course Content
The course contains the following modules:
Module 1 – Introduction to Legionella Disease
- Legionella health risks
- Symptoms and diagnosis
- Who is susceptible
- How the disease spreads
- How legionella reproduces
- How legionella travels through air
- Controlling the risk from legionella
Module 2 – Legionella Related Legislation and Guidance
- Overview of UK legislation
- Guidance on legionella control
- Role and responsibilities
- Legionella outbreaks and case studies
Module 3 – Water System Design & Operation to Reduce Legionella
- Water system design principles
- Types of hot and cold water systems
- Flushing of low-use outlets
- Operational requirements for managing legionella risk
What You Will Learn
- Legionella bacteria hazards and how they affect health
- Diseases caused by legionella and their symptoms
- How water system design reduces legionella risk
- Relevant legislation and guidance for legionella management
- Operational strategies to control legionella risk
Approval & Trust
This course is approved by the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM), aligning training with recognised health and safety standards.
Related Content
For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.
For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.
All you need to complete our e-learning courses is a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection.
E-learning is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, meaning you can progress through the modules at your own pace, at your own time to fit the training in around your work and personal life.
Short online courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.
Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.
- Learning management system that delivers training on laptop, PC or mobile app
- Automatically track all learning via online competency matrix
- Combine all records in one place – upload offline certificates
- Share training records via QR code training passport
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Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.
Step 1
Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.
Step 2
Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.
Step 3
You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.
Human Focus is a global leader in skilled behaviour change in the workplace.
We assist clients in achieving world-class business performance by helping to build skills and change habits that keep workers safer, healthier and more productive.
We were founded in 1992 and have grown over our 30 years of service to form close working partnerships with leading health and safety organisations, insurance companies and trade associations.
Our e-learning system supports subtitles in multiple languages for all courses. After starting any training module, learners can choose their preferred language for the course. Subtitles in any other language can also be added upon request.
Envico is working in association with Human Focus offering e-learning and is not accredited by or associated with any examination bodies, awarding bodies, institutions or organisations in any way whatsoever.