Legionella Awareness Training
Legionella training is an important part of an organisation’s health and safety management and plays a vital role in protecting your employees, customers contractors and the public from illnesses such as Legionnaires’ disease.
Developed by health and safety experts, our in-depth legionella awareness training course provides all the knowledge you need to understand the risks of exposure to Legionella bacteria and the importance of risk assessments, written schemes, organisational responsibilities, regular monitoring and maintenance of water systems where these harmful bacteria may be found.
It covers the potential health risks posed by Legionella, the role Legionella risk assessments play, and the legal responsibilities of duty holders and responsible persons in controlling legionella risks.

Course summary
Our IOSH Approved Legionella Awareness Training course helps you understand all aspects of the risks posed by Legionella in water systems.
The course aims to make you aware of the main risks, the control measures that can be put in place, the importance of Legionella risk assessments and legal duties concerning Legionella management and compliance.
What are the benefits?
- Understand what Legionella is and the potential risks.
- Recognise the responsibilities of responsible persons and management of Legionella.
- Compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH).
- Online training course conducted at your own pace – no previous experience required.
- IOSH Approved, CPD Certified and SCORM Compliant training.
Who should take this course?
Suitable for Managers and employees who need a general awareness concerning Legionella proliferation in typical environments, health effects, the controls that can be used to manage the risk of exposure and duty holders responsibilities.
Course duration
This course takes approximately 25 minutes to complete.
Course accreditations

Our accreditations mean you can be confident that we deliver high-quality, effective eLearning that forms part of a professional development programme.
We pride ourselves on our extensive certification and accreditation. We’re CPD Certified and this course is SCORM compliant which means it can be integrated as part of your existing LMS or used as part of our SHINE learning management system.
Learn more about our health and safety accreditations.
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Created by experts. IOSH Approved. CPD Certified. Our fire, health and safety courses support your compliance training needs. We offer flexible eLearning options. Buy individual courses now and start learning. Or simply call us to discuss group discounts and enterprise pricing options.
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- Fully interactive – online learning
- Certified training – created by experts
- Perfect for smaller businesses and sole traders starting out
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- Control – central dashboard
- Reporting – monitor training progress
- Ideal for mid-sized SMEs needing to deploy training at scale
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- Comprehensive – over 50 courses
- Support – 1-2-1 account management
- Perfect for larger businesses needing a wide variety of training
Aims of the course
To enable duty holders and those responsible for implementing management controls to better understand the hazards, risks and compliance associated with water systems, plant and facilities.
At the end of this course you should be able to:
- Appreciate what Legionella is and why there are potential health risks to workers and others.
- Appreciate how Legionella can affect health.
- Recognise the main ways Legionella can become airborne.
- Recognise the common control measures used to reduce the risk of Legionella including risk assessments.
- Appreciate the legal responsibilities of Dutyholders, Responsible Persons and your role in Legionella management and compliance.
- Be aware of the consequences of failing to comply with the relevant legislation and guidance.
Course content
The course includes the following:
- Introduction and about Legionella
- Risk and Management Control
- Responsibilities
- End assessment
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Course screenshots
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How is it delivered?
The Praxis42 Legionella Awareness Training is offered as an online course that is delivered either via a web browser or through a computer network. Due to this convenient delivery format, individuals can use their own laptop or desktop to access the modules and complete the course at their own pace.
By investing in our eLearning course, you can deliver training in a far more cost-effective way while still complying with your legal obligations as an organisation and achieving the desired level of employee awareness.
To ensure that all of your employees are trained to the same standard, no matter how big or small your organisation is, we are also happy to provide this course to be integrated into a SCORM compliant learning management system.
SHINE – compliance record keeping
The Praxis42 Digital Platform SHINE is our advanced eLearning management system and helps organisations deliver effective online learning for their employees.
A cost-effective tool for compliance record-keeping, SHINE allows you to view and manage employee training records easily. Individual training certificates can be printed as proof of compliance for audits or visits from enforcing agencies.

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