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Water Hygiene Training For Hospital Maintenance Staff (WH020)

£310 + VAT
1 Day
York,   Slough,   Livingston and On-site.
Course Overview
This City & Guilds Assured course is designed in accordance with the Health Technical Memorandum 04-01 Safe Water in Healthcare Premises (Part B Operational management) which states that adequate training in water hygiene should be provided for individuals (supervisors and managers, as well as operatives) who work on water distribution systems.

We also offer this course as a online remote training course.
Who is This Course For?
This course is aimed at maintenance technician/managers who are working on hot and cold water systems and require the relevant information to mitigate the risk of cross-contamination and ensure compliance with HTM 04-01.
Day Morning Afternoon
One
  • Background on Water Quality and Contamination
  • Organisational Requirements in Relation To Water Hygiene and Safety
  • Introduction to the Water Safety Group and Water Safety Plan
  • Requirements of HTM 04-01 Part B, Policies and Procedures
  • Waterborne Pathogens and their Consequences
  • How Water Systems Become Contaminated
  • Preventative Measures to Minimise Cross-contamination
  • Individual Responsibilities when Working on Water Systems
  • Written Course Assessment
  • Organisational requirement in relation to water hygiene and safety
  • Specific local control measures, policies and procedures
  • Waterborne pathogens and their consequences
  • How water systems, outlets, components and equipment can become contaminated
  • Individual responsibilities in ensuring control measures are in place, effective and implemented
  • Hygiene practices
  • System design
  • Disinfection and cleaning of fittings etc
  • Storage of pipes, fittings and spare parts
  • Course assessment
Prior to attending this course we recommend you have the following:
There are no pre-requisite requirements to attend this course and everything is provided for the course duration
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Course Training Team

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Tony Green

Water Hygiene Training Manager

Tony is a Water Hygiene Training Manager with over 40 years in the water industry; 10 years of which as a service engineer and 30 years within training and education. Tony started training in 1984 for a major European boiler manufacturer where he became the training manufacturer for the product range. After successfully establishing the training division Tony moved on in 1990 to the Water Industry organisation where he helped develop training courses for Legionella water management which also included undertaking on-site Legionella risk assessments. Tony also had a period where he trained for the water utility and mains distribution, before moving back to take management control of the water (legionella) management courses. Tony has extensive knowledge and experience in legionella control and has trained some of the country's leading facilities management and construction companies, both in the UK and abroad.

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Adrian Thompson

Senior Water Hygiene Training Consultant

Adrian is a Senior Water Hygiene Training consultant with over 35 years experience in commercial / industrial water systems. Adrian has hands on experience working with tools to deliver and develop training courses for a wide range of disciplines in Facilities Management to the Healthcare (NHS), Public Services and the Ministry of Defence (MOD). He has also undertaken project managed schemes to the likes of Balfour Beatty Workplace, Babcock, Interserve, Norlands, Carillon, The Mid Yorkshire Trust, Lyonnaise-des-eaux which has taken him to Gibraltar, Dubai and Brunei. Adrian has extensive experience and knowledge of Water System designs and their controls, in order to provide companies and individuals with the very best information to ensure compliance and effective management systems. This includes tailoring individual customer needs to standards such as the Approved Code of Practice L8 (Commercial) or HTM's (Healthcare).

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Kevin Hook

Senior Water Hygiene Training Consultant

Kevin has over 45 years experience in the plumbing and heating industry, as well as over 18 years teaching experience. He began his career as an apprentice and has worked his way up through various plumbing and heating companies. After successfully establishing himself as a plumber, Kevin moved into managing installations at Dolphin Bathroom Ltd before becoming a Project Manager at Wilson & Wright Ltd. Kevin has worked at various training companies as a tutor before joining PPL Training in 2007.

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Les Payne

Senior Water Hygiene Training Consultant

Les has over 35 years' experience within the air and water hygiene industry and is based at our training centre in Slough. Les has many accomplishments to date including establishing a UKAS (formerly NAMAS) accredited laboratory to test for legionellae, water quality and fungi. Over the forthcoming years he became involved in the areas of Sick Building Syndrome, Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) and risk assessments providing consultancy and advisory services for several clients. These sectors included banking, manufacturing, aquaculture, whisky & spirits, oil, construction and NHS Scotland.


Customer Questions

Q: What is Legionella?
A: Legionella is a single bacterium of the legionellae.
Q: What is a duty holder?
A: The duty holder is an employer or person in control of a premises for example a landlord. The duty holder is also responsible for appointing the responsible person.
Q: What is the responsible person?
A: This is someone who is appointed by the duty holder and has the day-to-day responsibility for managing and controlling risks from legionella bacteria.
Q: Does this course require refresher training?
A: It is recommended that Water Hygiene and Hot and Cold Water Disinfection training is renewed every 3 years for compliance.
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