Nemco offer a range of Legionella Awareness Training courses that can be attended at the training centre in Suffolk or on the client’s own premises. For more information on the On-line Legionella Awareness Training or any other training option please visit the website www.nemco-utilities.co.uk

1. Nemco Launch On-line Legionella
Awareness Training
Most cases of Legionnaires Disease can be directly linked back to poor communication,
inadequate management and a lack of training or awareness. Nemco have long understood the
important role that training takes in the management of legionella.
Case Study:
A maintenance engineer at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary had been asked to carry out the routine
testing of fire hoses (which he did every 6 months). Usually he ran the water into a drain as he
had been instructed to do. On one occasion he got to a top floor hose and the drain he normally
used was blocked so he ran the hose out of a window creating a fine water mist of stagnant
water. The mist was contaminated with legionella bacteria and the aerosol blew in through a
window lower down the hospital infecting a lady who was recovering from a routine operation.
The patient died quite unnecessarily within a matter of days. The maintenance engineer had
been told what to do but crucially he had not been told WHY. He had never been formally
trained and was not aware that a slight variation in his working could have saved someone’s life.
Nemco offer a range of Legionella Awareness Training courses that can be attended at the
training centre in Suffolk or on the client’s own premises.
On-line Legionella Awareness Training:
In September 2010, Nemco launched their On-line Legionella Awareness Training course
targeted towards those actively involved in Legionella control and monitoring such as site
managers, caretakers and maintenance staff as well as those responsible for the management
of the control programme including facilities / building managers and staff supervisors.
The on-line option allows delegates to complete the course at a time convenient to themselves
at the comfort of their own desk. Individuals can work at their own pace and learning reviews
are undertaken at the end of each module. Once the course has been successfully completed,
the delegate may download an attendance certificate.
For multi site organisations the On-line Legionella Awareness Training option can prove to be
a cost efficient and effective method of delivery. Credits can be purchased so that user codes
may be distributed internally and Nemco would provide reports of attendance and completion.
The course aims:
 Raise awareness of Legionnaires Disease
 Provide basic information on assessing and managing the risks
 Promote understanding and ownership
 Inform individuals of their responsibilities
 Equip delegates with the necessary information to carry out their role
1 For more information about Risk Assessments or managing the risks, please contact
Nemco Utilities at www.nemco-utilities.co.uk

2. Nemco Launch On-line Legionella
Awareness Training
On-line Legionella Awareness Training content
Background to
Legionella &
Legionnaires
Laerning
Disease
Reviews Risk areas / risk
management
Personal Law &
Safety responsibility
Recording & Water testing
reporting Water testing theory
practical
For more information on the On-line Legionella Awareness Training or any other training option
please visit the website www.nemco-utilities.co.uk
2 For more information about Risk Assessments or managing the risks, please contact
Nemco Utilities at www.nemco-utilities.co.uk