Graduate Certificate in Risk Management

The Graduate Certificate in Risk Management program is suitable for professionals working, or seeking to work, in risk management related roles and responsibilities in the engineering industry.

It is also designed to have considerable application for personnel in a wide range of technologically based industries, including transport (aviation, rail and shipping), heavy industry, process industries (chemical and pharmaceutical), oil and gas, mining and energy production.

This course covers risk management in the areas of health, safety, plant, project, production, property, finance and environment.

This course is not available to on-shore international students.

This course is designed primarily to meet the needs of personnel currently involved in, or wishing to be involved in, the risk management industry. In addition, the course is designed to have considerable application for personnel in a wide range of technologically based industries including rail, shipping, heavy industry, the chemical industry and energy production.

Australian organisations increasingly face the challenge to provide more effective management of various financial and societal resources. All organisations need to know how to make good decisions in order to achieve goals and reduce those losses that arise from unexpected incidents, poor maintenance, accidents or illness within the workforce. Also, legislation requirements for safety and occupational health impose important demands to ensure the overall well being of people.

Risk management involves processes and techniques aimed at the cost-effective loss prevention concerning an organisation's assets and resources. The course covers areas of health, safety, plant, property, financial control and maintenance.

• 3 foundation units (37.5 credit points)
• 1 elective unit (12.5 credit points)

Units of study

Complete three units (37.5 credit points):

RSK80003 Risk Perception and Analysis RSK80004 Introduction to Risk and Due Diligence RSK80006 Risk Management RSK80007 Quantitative Risk Modelling

Complete one unit (12.5 credit points):

AVA80017 Emergency Planning and Management Part 1 AVA80018 Emergency Planning and Management Part 2 CSM80001 Project Costing CSM80002 Environmental Sustainability in Construction CSM80004 International Construction Engineering Project Control (CSM80005) CSM80009 Procurement and Risk Management in Projects

^ Delivered via distance education/online.

The admission requirements for Graduate Certificate of Risk Management consist of:

• a bachelor qualification (AQF 7 or 8), in one of the following allied fields: Engineering, Technology, Aviation, Mining, Project Management, Emergency Management, Health and Safety, Environment Science, or
• a minimum of a TAFE diploma in any of the above allied fields, plus significant, relevant industry experience* (minimum of three years).

* Relevant industry experience: If this includes work experience, documents substantiating work experience need to be provided on company letterhead and clearly detail roles as well as duties and duration of posts held.

The objectives of the Risk Management postgraduate program is to provide useful learning experiences in relevant risk management knowledge sets and in related knowledge areas to students, with an understanding of specific principles, practices and advanced and/ or emerging risk management strategies as well as technologies. It is expected that the graduates from this program will be sufficiently competent to manage risks and safety in products, services and facilities in engineering as well as non-engineering industries.

At the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Risk Management course, graduates will be able to:

• demonstrate specialised knowledge and skills in Risk Management practice related to preventing and mitigating risks in engineering industries and other business practices
• identify, analyse, review and describe issues, changes and trends in Risk Management practice and provide solutions to complex problems using critical thinking and independent judgement
• describe and/ develop contemporary and emerging Risk Management trends and related best practices in engineering industries and other business sectors
• demonstrate clear and coherent communication skills to articulate complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences
• demonstrate responsibility and accountability for all personal work outputs.