Infection Prevention & Control (Non Health Care Setting)

Infection Prevention & Control (in an non-healthcare setting) LIVE WEBINAR
This programme is a live instructor led webinar via zoom.

This course is designed for any person who may be in a position of possible exposure to viruses and bacteria, in a non-healthcare setting. In today's society, especially with the spread of COVID-19, it is vitally important for you to know the best way you can protect yourself and anyone you may interact with.

• Retail staff

• Restaurant & hospitality staff

• Office workers

• Services staff (electricians/ plumbers etc)

• Maintenance

• Hairdressers and beauticians

• School staff

• This course is suitable for staff of all levels, including employees, supervisors and managers.

This course is NOT aimed at those working in high risk settings, including healthcare, social care, dentistry etc. Please see our more relevant ‘Infection, prevention & control in a healthcare setting’ course for more details.

This course will teach you how to best protect yourself, and anyone you interact with, in a non-healthcare setting. It will allow you to evaluate your own infection prevention/controls, identify the main pathogens and the best ways to control them. The course will also cover the key COVID-19 controls recommended for your business, HSE cleaning and disinfection guidelines as well as WHO hand hygiene technique & cough etiquette.

The webinar includes practical training and practical assessment on hand washing technique.

2 Hours

Once you successfully complete the programme, you will be provided with a Safetech Certificate valid for 2 years.

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.