Helping you stay compliant and safe, Second Element provides legionella management and City & Guilds accredited training through a team of 50 highly skilled specialists. With a 20-year track record in legionella risk control, we work for private and public sector clients across the UK, trusted to provide legionella management plans across a range of sites. We are accredited to ISO 9001 for quality and ISO 45001 for health and safety. Second Element is a UKAS accredited inspection body No. 21272, covering legionella risk assessment activities only. 

If you control premises, you have a legal duty to assess and manage the risk of legionella. This includes workplaces, housing (public or private landlords), schools, care settings, public buildings.

Second Element makes compliance straightforward. Our qualified specialists carry out detailed legionella bacteria risk assessments that identify potential hazards in your water systems and define what actions are needed to control them.

Our reports are clear, practical, and designed to help you meet your legal duties — without the jargon.

Stay compliant. Reduce risk. Get the expert clarity you need

Ongoing legionella monitoring and inspections are essential for maintaining safe water systems and meeting legal obligations under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002.

Under COSHH, you are legally required to design and implement a suitable legionella control regime, with guidance on what to include provided by industry standards such as ACOP L8 and HSG274.

Second Element supports you every step of the way. Our team will develop and deliver a tailored control regime to help you manage risk, stay compliant and protect both users and reputations.

Protect your people, simplify compliance and gain full visibility of your water system performance with expert support from Second Element..

Flexible Support – Outsourced or In House

Most of our clients choose to outsource their water hygiene monitoring to us. However, if you prefer to manage parts in house, we will tailor our service to your needs and can provide City & Guilds Assured training to upskill your team and ensure ongoing compliance.

Smart Record Keeping for Compliance

Under COSHH, accurate record keeping is a legal requirement — and Second Element makes it simple.

Our bespoke digital reporting platform ensures that all monitoring, inspections and remedial actions are documented in real time. Clients have secure web-based access to view compliance records, service reports and system performance data — anytime, from anywhere.

Remote Monitoring Options

We also provide remote temperature monitoring systems for hot and cold water outlets. These smart sensors capture frequent readings at key points, helping to detect control failures early without the need for manual visits.

Data is securely transmitted and presented for remote review and rapid response.

Even with a robust control regime in place, your water systems may still require modifying or other remedial works to reduce the risk of Legionnaires’ disease and remain legally compliant — and sometimes, things just need fixing.

Second Element has a dedicated team of legionella-trained engineers and qualified specialists, including Water Authority Approved operatives, who carry out a wide range of remedial and mechanical works, including:

All work is completed to the standards required under Water Regulations, ACOP L8 and HSG274.

Quick mobilisation. Expert execution. Documented compliance.

Clean water storage and systems are a vital part of your legionella control strategy. Over time, tanks can accumulate sediment, scale and organic matter, creating ideal conditions for bacterial growth, including Legionella.

Second Element provides specialist cleaning and disinfection services for hot and cold water systems. Our trained teams use a range of safe, effective methods to ensure your tanks and pipework remain clean, compliant and low risk.

Protecting Stored Water and Systems, Preventing Bacterial Growth.

Need help in a hurry? Our teams can usually reach you anywhere in the Midlands within a day.

Second Element provides a full range of legionella water testing and analysis services to support your legionella control strategy.

Samples are analysed by UKAS-accredited partner laboratories, with results interpreted and reported by our legionella specialists.

For urgent cases, we also offer rapid confirmation testing with results available in just 25 minutes — ideal for on-site decision-making and immediate risk management.

Immediate advice is provided if positive results are found.

Our team will guide you through the next steps, including disinfection, remedial action and compliance reporting.

Fast turnaround. Trusted analysis. Clear action plans. 

Second Element delivers City & Guilds Assured legionella training courses, developed and delivered by a team with decades of practical experience in legionella risk management. Our training programme “The Role of the Responsible Person” has also achieved Assured Status by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

Courses are typically delivered online via live video sessions with a legionella expert.

Empower your team. Meet your duties. Train with trusted experts.

Second Element is City & Guilds Assured, and accredited to UKAS ISO/IEC 17020, ISO 9001, and ISO 45001. We are also a registered member of the Legionella Control Association.