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Overview of Introduction to Emergency Risk Management (IERM)

When you successfully complete the Introduction to Emergency Risk Management program, you will be awarded a nationally-recognised statement of attainment for Course in Introduction to Emergency Risk Management.

Introduction to Emergency Risk Management is a program which introduces the basic concepts of ERM at an introductory level. There are no prerequisites for the course.

The program will introduce you to the concept of risk and the method used to manage emergency level risk in a community environment.  It will also give you an opportunity to explore and consider some of the many aspects of what can go wrong and what it might impact.

Focussing on the practice of emergency risk management within communities, this program provides an introduction to the key concepts and processes associated with emergency risk management consistent with the Risk Management Standard AS/NZS 4360 (2004).

This course is not a unit of competency, it is a nationally-accredited short course and is a prerequisite for other Emergency Risk Management (ERM) courses offered by EMA (for more information about ERM courses, see the Handbook).

Who should participate?
This program is designed for people interested in emergency risk management who may be participating in an emergency risk management process, in full or in part, at local/regional level.

It is suggested that people involved in the following job roles would benefit from this program: emergency service officers, health professionals, community workers, local government employees, medical administrators, workers in essential services industries, non-government voluntary organisation workers, other volunteers, anyone likely to be involved in risk assessment or emergency management planning. 

Content
1. Explain the stages of the Emergency Risk Management Process.
2. Articulate a range of issues pertaining to the application of Emergency Risk Management within a community.
3. Outline the differences between risk management as it would be applied in an organisation and to a community.
4. Outline the benefits associated with using the Emergency Risk Management process.

Your next step:
This program has been devolved to the States and Territories for delivery, so you should contact your State or Territory Training Officer to enrol and participate in the program.

IERM CD-ROM self-paced learning

The IERM CD has been developed to enable people to complete the Introduction to Emergency Risk Management through an interactive, self-paced learning CD-ROM.

This CD version of Introduction to Emergency Risk Management has been devolved to the States and Territories and, alongside the highly successful Emergency Management for Local Government program, forms one of the two pathways into Emergency Management Australia’s more in-depth risk management programs:  Contribute to an Emergency Risk Management process, Facilitate an Emergency Risk Management assessment, and Determine treatment options (see Handbook for details of these courses). 

Your next step:

Contact your State or Territory Training Officer to enrol and participate in the program.

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