Eastwood Park has ‘refreshed’ its water hygiene course portfolio to deliver ‘a more clearly defined and concise learning opportunity’, to equip healthcare estates teams with practical workplace skills in a shorter timeframe.
Two new shorter three-day courses have been introduced to meet the individual requirements of the Responsible and Authorised Person, and of the Competent Person: r Practical water hygiene compliance – Authorised and Responsible Person, and r Maintaining safe water systems – Competent Person. Both are City & Guilds accredited, and based around the core requirements of the HSE’s Approved Code of Practice, L8, and HTM04-01. Eastwood Park’s courses focus both on Legionella, and emerging threats such as Pseudomonas. Among Eastwood Park’s tutors are health and safety risk management expert Alan Hambidge, who specialises in legionellosis and water hygiene, and renowned water safety expert and ex-HSE inspector, David Harper. Alan Hambidge emphasised: “We will be equipping staff with an essential skill set applicable both to those working in a healthcare estates environment, and craftsmen or trades personnel responsible for general water systems.” The new courses complement Eastwood Park’s existing one-day courses covering ‘Water supply (water fittings) regulations’; Disinfection of water systems; Cooling towers, and Water hygiene governance (for duty holders and senior management).
