EUSR National Water Hygiene

National Water Hygiene (NWH) scheme which is also known as a ‘Blue Card’ plays a vital part in ensuring the protection of public health and promoting good water hygiene practices. The scheme has been developed in collaboration with all UK water companies. UK water companies require individuals entering clean water sites or working on the clean water network (known as ‘Restricted Operations’), to hold a National Water Hygiene EUSR registration.

Description

National Water Hygiene (NWH) scheme which is also known as a ‘Blue Card’ plays a vital part in ensuring the protection of public health and promoting good water hygiene practices. The scheme has been developed in collaboration with all UK water companies.

UK water companies require individuals entering clean water sites or working on the clean water network (known as ‘Restricted Operations’), to hold a National Water Hygiene EUSR registration.

It’s not just water company employees. 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.

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. 

Prerequisites

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.

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