AEC Classroom learning

The module is at a proficiency level which must aim to provide the student with the practical knowledge and skills to be able to carry out the stated work. To pass the practical assessment for this module the candidate will normally need to have some practical experience with polarised light microscopy and or asbestos identification.

Training certificates will be issued at the end of each course to successful delegates and would form an integral part of 'best practice' training requirements / records within your company. AEC will write to you annually so that you may pre-book any relevant refresher training.

On successful completion, the student shall be able to demonstrate management and control in;

• Knowledge of the origins of legionella and the multiplication factors which allow it to proliferate in man-made water systems
• Identification of the main conditions that need to coincide for legionella infection to take place and how they can be used to control risk
• Awareness of legal requirements, approved codes of practice and best practice guidance
• Implementation of legionella control regimes with suitable monitoring programmes and records

On successful completion, the student shall be able to demonstrate management control in:

• Identifying the common options for heat rejection devices other than open evaporative cooling systems
• Demonstrating an understanding of the basic principle of open evaporative cooling
• Outlining a risk assessment led approach to cooling tower fill pack removal for cleaning and also assessment of cleanliness
• Identifying the main types of open evaporative cooling devices and their key components
• Understanding in general terms the operation and importance of drift eliminators
• Outlining the principles of a Legionella control regime, including the key elements of chemical treatment and control; outline a suitable monitoring programme
• Outlining the hardness cycle, indicate the importance of neutralising the acid radical in calcium hydrogen carbonate
• Explain the primary effect and significance of base-exchange softening
• Outlining the conditions required for effective application of non-oxidising and oxidising biocides

Dates tbc and the course will be released in May 2008.

The new Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 was implemented by the HSE on the 13th of November 2006. These regulations do repeal the current Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, as well as the Asbestos Licensing Regulations and Asbestos Prohibition Regulations, creating a single set of regulations, (e.g. Specific mandatory training for all trades liable to be exposed to asbestos.)