TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Riskwest offers a broad range of high-quality training programs in risk management and business continuity that are developed and delivered by practitioners with extensive hands-on experience in multiple sectors including financial services, mining, oil and gas, petrochemicals, utilities, transportation, logistics, government, and community service organisations.
Riskwest’s courses are developed for those who are responsible for leading or participating in implementing their organisation’s risk management and business continuity initiatives and programs. Courses are scheduled and delivered periodically on a public basis, or they may be customized and delivered in-house.
Our course offerings include:
Riskwest Training Schedule 2019
| Date | Course | Duration | City | Flyer | Online registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2019 | Fundamentals of Business Continuity Management The objective of this workshop is to provide participants with a practical understanding of the key principles of Business Continuity Management (BCM), systems and processes. This includes how these translate into effective implementation of a BCM programme. | ½ day | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 2-3 April 2019 | Business Continuity Institute Incident Response & Crisis Management This course is a comprehensive learning opportunity covering all aspects of developing and implementing an incident response structure and crisis management capability. It begins with learning how to build an incident response structure (as introduced in the Design stage of the Business Continuity Management Lifecycle) and goes beyond incident management into learning how to build a crisis management capability in an organisation. | 2 days | Sydney, NSW | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 1-2 May 2019 | ICOR Crisis Communication Planner Understanding the elements of communicating during a crisis or incident is an essential planning component for every organisation. This course provides valuable information on how to protect organisational reputation. It covers the role of the spokesperson, message development, how to write the communications plan and includes a crisis communication plan template. | 2 days | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 23 May 2019 | WA Event Risk Management Workshop - Parks and Leisure Australia The growth of community and sporting events run in local governments (both internally and by external providers) has increased expectation and requirements for event planning and management. The diversity of event activities, locations & audiences plus compliance of event sponsorship and funding, call for stringent event risk management procedures. Upon completion of this hands on Risk Management workshop, attendees will have an understanding of the common types of event risk; Be able to identify the different types of risk; Successfully control event risk; and be able to construct a Risk Management Plan relevant to their event. They will also receive practical templates, advice and information resources to assist in ongoing event planning. | 9:30 am - 2:30 pm | Perth, WA | Visit Website | Click here to register |
| 11-12 June 2019 | Business Continuity Institute Incident Response & Crisis Management This course is a comprehensive learning opportunity covering all aspects of developing and implementing an incident response structure and crisis management capability. It begins with learning how to build an incident response structure (as introduced in the Design stage of the Business Continuity Management Lifecycle) and goes beyond incident management into learning how to build a crisis management capability in an organisation. | 2 days | Adelaide, SA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 17-21 June 2019 | Certificate of the Business Continuity Institute Training Course and Exam Become a Business Continuity Institute (BCI) certified Business Continuity (BC) professional and achieve an internationally recognised qualification in BC. | 5 days | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 27 June 2019 | Project Risk Management The objective of this workshop is to provide participants with an understanding of project governance, the project lifecycle and how to effectively address uncertainties in a way that maximises opportunities and minimises adverse impacts on project objectives. This workshop applies to a range of projects including infrastructure delivery, business transformation, ICT, research and development, and service delivery. | ½ day | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 13-14 August 2019 | Business Continuity Institute Incident Response & Crisis Management This course is a comprehensive learning opportunity covering all aspects of developing and implementing an incident response structure and crisis management capability. It begins with learning how to build an incident response structure (as introduced in the Design stage of the Business Continuity Management Lifecycle) and goes beyond incident management into learning how to build a crisis management capability in an organisation. | 2 days | Melbourne, VIC | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 21 August 2019 | WA Event Risk Management Workshop - Parks and Leisure Australia The growth of community and sporting events run in local governments (both internally and by external providers) has increased expectation and requirements for event planning and management. The diversity of event activities, locations & audiences plus compliance of event sponsorship and funding, call for stringent event risk management procedures. Upon completion of this hands on Risk Management workshop, attendees will have an understanding of the common types of event risk; Be able to identify the different types of risk; Successfully control event risk; and be able to construct a Risk Management Plan relevant to their event. They will also receive practical templates, advice and information resources to assist in ongoing event planning. | 9:30 am - 2:30 pm | Perth, WA | Visit Website | Click here to register |
| 11 September 2019 | Fundamentals of Risk Management The objective of this workshop is to provide participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of the framework, principles and process which translates into effective Risk Management. | ½ day | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 22-23 October 2019 | Business Continuity Institute Incident Response & Crisis Management This course is a comprehensive learning opportunity covering all aspects of developing and implementing an incident response structure and crisis management capability. It begins with learning how to build an incident response structure (as introduced in the Design stage of the Business Continuity Management Lifecycle) and goes beyond incident management into learning how to build a crisis management capability in an organisation. | 2 days | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 18-20 November 2019 | ICOR Implementing ISO22301 Certification Training Course and Exam This 3-day course on ‘Implementing AS ISO 22301’ is designed to expose the participant to all aspects of a BCM programme and provide a solid “how to” guide for building a business continuity programme for all types of organisations. | 3 days | Perth, WA | Download Flyer | Click here to register |
| 12 December 2019 | WA Event Risk Management Workshop - Parks and Leisure Australia The growth of community and sporting events run in local governments (both internally and by external providers) has increased expectation and requirements for event planning and management. The diversity of event activities, locations & audiences plus compliance of event sponsorship and funding, call for stringent event risk management procedures. Upon completion of this hands on Risk Management workshop, attendees will have an understanding of the common types of event risk; Be able to identify the different types of risk; Successfully control event risk; and be able to construct a Risk Management Plan relevant to their event. They will also receive practical templates, advice and information resources to assist in ongoing event planning. | 3 days | Perth, WA | Visit Website | Click here to register |
Financial Crime Compliance
- Fraud Risk – Essential Insights into Fraud and Commercial Crime Prevention
- Anti-money Laundering and Sanctions Program
- Trade-based Money Laundering
- Establishing and Maintaining Effective Financial Crime Compliance Program
- Countering the Financing of Terrorism
Business Continuity Institute Professional Practices Training
- Introduction to Business Continuity
- Introduction to Organisational Resilience
- Policy and Program Management
- Embedding Business Continuity
- Incident Response and Crisis Management
- Designing Business Continuity Solutions
- Business Impact Analysis
- Developing and Managing the Business Continuity Plan
- Designing and Delivering Effective Exercises
- Validating your BCM Programme Course
Customised training
With the increasing need to ensure that people at all levels of the organisation are familiar with the risk management approach, there is the need to provide training to everyone. We provide in-house ‘off the shelf’ courses and customised training courses as required. Our on-line training tools provide an easy way to provide your people with the information they need to enable them to apply risk management principles to their work activities and projects. The on-line training package is accessible from any on-line device and provides a combination of tutorial sessions, review questions and instructional videos. Further information on courses is available in ‘Training and Development’.
Riskwest is a Licensed Training Partner of the Business Continuity Institute. BCI is recognised as the world leader in the field of business continuity management through the development of proven and reliable methodologies that enable an organisation to exercise and maintain an effective business continuity programme.
We are also an authorised training partner for the International Consortium for Organisational Resilience. ICOR is an international non-profit education and credentialing organisation that provides professional development, certification, thought leadership, career pathing and the latest research and industry trends in organisational resilience.