Overview
This Online Course teaches how to monitor, assess, and manage risks in the workplace or project environment. Learners gain practical tools to handle uncertainty, ensure compliance, and enhance organizational resilience through structured risk management approaches.
Description
This course introduces learners to the core principles and practices of risk management, focusing on identifying, assessing, and controlling risks in a variety of workplace and project environments. Learners will explore risk categories, probability and impact analysis, mitigation strategies, and ongoing risk monitoring processes to support informed decision-making.
Designed for team leaders, project managers, and professionals responsible for compliance or operations, the course equips participants with tools to proactively manage risk. By the end of the course, learners will be able to create risk registers, apply risk control measures, and contribute to a safer and more resilient work environment.
Course Content
Unit 1: Understanding risk
- 1.1 (incl 1.2) Understanding risk
- 1.3 Concept of risk management
- 1.4 (incl. 1.5, 1.5.1 & 1.5.2) Factors that can constitute risks
- 1.5.3 Employment equity act
- 1.6 Financial risks
- 1.7 Operational risk
- 1.7.1 Health and safety risks
- 1.7.2 Environmental risks
- 1.8 Organisational policies and procedures
Unit 2: Risk identification and assessment
- 2.1 (incl. 2.2, 2.3 & 2.3.1) Risk identification and assessment
- 2.3.2 Identifying prospective risks
- 2.3.3 Conducting interviews
- 2.4 Scenarios that can constitute a risk
- 2.4.1 (incl. 2.4.2 – 2.4.4) Financial risk
- 2.4.5 (incl. 2.4.6 & 2.4.7) Goodwill risk
- 2.4.8 Risk of staff loss
- 2.5 (incl. 2.6 & 2.6.1) Risk identification template
- 2.6.2 Impact analysis
- 2.6.3 Analysis techniques
- 2.7 Risk strategies
- 2.8 Risk register
Unit 3: Developing contingency plans
- 3.1 (incl. 3.2 & 3.2.1) Developing contingency plans
- 3.2.2 Plan development and implementation
- 3.3 Communicating contingency plans
- 3.4 Storage of contingency plans
Unit 4: Testing and revising contingency plans
- 4.1 (incl. 4.2 & 4.3) Testing and revising contingency plans
- 4.4 Recommendations on improvements to contingency
- 4.5 Revising contingency plans
Accreditation
- Non-accredited: Short course only
- Duration: 1h 30m
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Access Period: 12 Months
