Legionella Risk Assessment: Management

Managing the risk

Employers need to appoint a ‘responsible person’ to take responsibility for managing the control scheme that is or has been put in place. The ‘responsible person’ needs to be competent - that is, they need to have sufficient knowledge and experience of the system to enable them to ensure overall management of the system. You may decide to employ contractors, like Howlett Associates Water Treatment Ltd., to carry out water hygiene, risk assessments or other associated work, it is still the responsibility of the appointed person to ensure that the control scheme is carried out to the required standards. And remember, before you employ a contractor, you should be satisfied that they can do the work you want to the standard that you require. Howlett Associates Water Treatment Ltd. can help you in this regard and offers complete solution to your water hygiene and treatment needs all in accordance with ‘The Legionella Control Association’ Code of Conduct for service providers

What records employers should need to keep?

If you employ five or more people you must record the significant findings of your risk assessment. This means writing down the significant findings of the assessment and details of any monitoring or checking carried out. If you have fewer than five employees, you do not need to write anything down, although it is useful to keep a written record of what you have done. You also need to keep records of your written scheme and who is responsible for managing that scheme. You should also keep the results of your routine monitoring. You need to keep these records for a minimum of five years.

 

 

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