The Risk Management for Event Professionals training program provides the opportunity for you to participate in outcome-based, risk-focused training. The objective of the program is to ensure that SAP develops a risk management culture and maintains a group of key risk decision-makers who understand the event risk management discipline in a structured way.
Each candidate will join a small group of colleagues and progress through a tailored online modular program.
A Certificate of completion will be issued to each participant upon the conclusion of their training.
Course Schedule
Core Modules
All candidates must first undertake the three ‘core modules’. These must be completed in order:
| C1 – | Introduction to Risk Management |
| C2 – | Incident Management Responsibilities |
| C3 – | Organizational Policy requirements. (Organizational input required) |
Each module consists of:
- 45 minute virtual session followed by a short Q&A.
- These modules are not pass / fail.
Specialist Modules
Candidates will undertake the following specialist modules which can be taken in any order.
| S1 – | Crowd Dynamics and Evacuation Risks |
| S2 – | Criminality and Terrorism Risks |
| S3 – | Medical and Welfare Risks |
| S4 – | Fire and Technical Risks |
| S5 – | Media and Reputation Risks |
Each module consists of:
- 45 minutes of virtual content followed by an introduction to the module assignment.
- An offline 2 hour period to complete an online assignment in draft form and candidates may work alone or can collaborate with colleagues if preferred.
- This is followed by a 1 hour virtual debrief and discussion of the assignment between the group and the instructor.
- A period of 1 hour is allowed to complete and submit a final version of the assignment.
It is not intended for candidates to be able to ‘fail’ but on occasions it may be necessary for the module tutor to provide additional one to one support as necessary to ensure completion and understanding.
Crisis Team Module
This is a consolidated pathway for candidates to take part in crisis management exercise. This module is designed for those who will or may form part of the key strategic, tactical and operational decision making team in crisis situations.
These modules consists of:
- A 45 minute session followed by a Q&A session.
- A 1 hour scenario based exercise where the learning from the taught sessions will be applied.
These modules are not pass / fail.
