Course Description

This course aims to provide an understanding of how to design, facilitate and report on exercises for crisis, emergency and business continuity management programmes.

This 2 day course comes complete with course slides and Student Workbook that contains exercises to be completed throughout the course and other complimentary resources. The course is based on the BCI Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) and reflects current International Standards in business continuity.

What the course covers

• The value of exercise programs
• Exercise design
• Exercise scenario
• Exercise preparation
• Exercise delivery and reporting

Learning objectives

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Appreciate the rationale for validating plans and the value this brings
• Apply good practice to exercise programmes
• Select appropriate exercise aims, objectives and formats
• Explore the development of realistic scenarios to engage participants and achieve the aim
• Understand how to resource and co-ordinate delivery
• Carry out post exercise evaluations and report lessons
• Leave with an exercise concept that can be delivered within the organization

Who should attend?

Business Continuity and Resilience practitioners who require an in depth knowledge and understanding of how to plan, develop and deliver exercises in an organisation. Participants will earn 16 hours towards their Continuing Professional Development on completion of this course.

CPD points and Certificate of Attendance

Students will receive 16 CPD points and a Certificate of Attendance from the BCI on successful completion of the course.

Course delivery

This course is delivered in a live online via MS Teams. All sessions will be interactive, consisting of presentations, discussions, polls, Q&A or virtual breakout rooms for group exercises.

Class will run each day from:

8:00 am —2:30 pm Australian Western Standard Time

10:00 am—4:30 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time

Technology requirements

The course will be delivered online using Microsoft Teams which may be accessed via a browser. Participants will need to have a PC with good internet connection, webcam, speakers and microphone.

Instructor

Kenny Seow is the winner of the BCI Global Award for Continuity and Resilience Consultant 2017. He has over 28 years of international experience in disaster recovery, business continuity and crisis management in banking, securities, education, health, logistics and government.

Kenny is a Partner at Riskwest, an Australasian consulting practice that provides business continuity and risk management support, training and advisory services to government, community service organisations and private sector companies in the region.

Kenny is a Member of the BCI (MBCI), an Approved BCI Instructor, and a former Director of BCI Australasia. He is qualified as an ISO 22301 Lead Auditor and Trainer. He has a Bachelor degree in Psychology and Computer Science, Master degree in Business Administration and Specialist Diploma in Disaster and Emergency Management System. He is also a volunteer with the WA State Emergency Service.

Terms and conditions

Riskwest reserves the right to make any amendments to the course, change the instructor, or cancel the course due to unforeseen circumstances.

If the course is cancelled, the course fees will be fully refunded. A replacement is welcomed if a participant is unable to attend the course. Cancellation will carry a 30% service charge if made in writing up to 5 working days prior to the start of the course. Regrettably, no refund can be given if cancellation is made less than 5 working days prior to the start of the course, for "no show", or absence from part of the course.

Contact Information

Phone +61(0)8 9321 9292

admin@riskwest.com.au

www.riskwest.com.au