EUSR National Water Hygiene Blue Card Training Course

This course is accredited by EUSR and successful delegates receive the EUSR National Water Hygiene Blue Card

Who is the Course for?

Anyone entering a clean water site or engaged in operations on the clean water network. Also anyone handling water for human consumption, including contractors, facilities management organisations, environmental health practitioners, water engineers, plumbers etc.

Course Content Includes:

• Consumable Water & Public expectations
• Importance of personal hygiene
• Identification of potential sources of contamination
• Potential for contamination, including use of PPE
• Vehicles used on site
• Multi-Functional Working
• Fuel, diesel & chemical contamination
• Animals
• Chlorine disinfection
• Sampling & audit procedures

Completion of the course

Delegates will complete a multiple choice test paper. Successful delegates will receive the EUSR National Water Hygiene blue card

Certification

The registration and card lasts for three years from date of training and provides on-site evidence that an individual has demonstrated an appropriate level of knowledge and awareness with regards to hygiene issues. It is also a prerequisite for many other industry competence requirements and EUSR registration schemes.

Health Screening

A standardised health screening questionnaire must be completed by any person required to work on restricted operations. This includes staff working on the water network, water treatment works, taking water quality samples etc, i.e. anyone that the water company considers could come in contact with treated water.

Answers on the form that suggest the individual maybe carrying a water borne disease will require the individual to be referred to their doctor or occupational health department for checks. The trainer will make the final decision on whether to allow the individual to carry out the training course. The individual must pass the health screening before they can be registered for the National Water Hygiene card and will not be issued a card until both the health screening and the test have been passed.