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Who is this course suitable for?
This course is designed for people who may be water company employees. However, if you are working on a ‘Restricted Operation’ on behalf of a water company subcontractor or other organisation, such as Self-Lay Organisation (SLOs) – then you also need a National Water Hygiene EUSR registration.
Course overview
The course lasts half a day and takes place in the classroom
This scheme comprises the following modules:
- Module 1: The importance of water
- Module 2: Water as a carrier of disease
- Module 3: Potential contamination and its consequences
- Module 4: Preventing contamination
Assessment
NWH training is assessed through a multiple-choice question test containing 25 questions.
Pre-requisites
Pre-requisites
A health screening questionnaire must be completed by all individuals prior to the training and assessment. In this questionnaire, you must declare whether you have, or have had in the preceding 12 months, any of these illnesses:
- Typhoid
- Paratyphoid
- Dysentery
- Persistent diarrhoea or vomiting
- Jaundice or Hepatitis (A or E)
- Prolonged unexplained fever
If you have, or have had, any of these illnesses, then you must get written confirmation from a medical practitioner, for example your GP, that you are illness and symptom free before you can be registered for National Water Hygiene on EUSR.
Test and course delivery is in English so learners must have a good understanding of the language.