Virtual Learning
Online six interactive sessions approximately two hours each
Session 1
- Introductions & resources
- Risk, resilience & regulation
- Ofwat’s evolving strategy
- Resilience of interconnected systems
- Resilience in the Round
Session 2
- Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
- Corporate governance
- Business principles
- Business planning
- Risk management good practice
- Corporate risk management framework
- Risk Appetite vs Risk Attitude
- Risk tolerance vs Risk capacity
Session 3
- Strategic resilience
- Maximum credible risks
- Stakeholders’ awareness
- Climate change
- Scenario planning
- Adaptation
- Disaster preparedness
- Risks & opportunities
Session 4
- Risk Appetite & Risk Attitude revisited
- Event detection, escalation, response, recovery & analysis
- Business continuity management
- Incident and crisis management
- Supply chain resilience
- Inventories & logistics
Session 5
- Risk analysis within risk assessment
- Foreseeability – likelihood & consequences
- Commissioning assets
- Qualitative & quantitative methods
- Data collection
- Statistical analysis
- Probability
Session 6
- Risk investment
- Risk financing
- Loss experience
- Insurance types & intermediaries’ roles
- Insurance benefits, weaknesses & practical issues
Classroom Delivery
Three days in class – 09:00 to 16:30
Day One am
- Introductions & resources
- Risk, resilience & regulation
- Ofwat’s evolving strategy
- Resilience of interconnected systems
- Resilience in the Round
Day One pm
- Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
- Corporate governance
- Business principles
- Business planning
- Risk management good practice
- Corporate risk management framework
- Risk Appetite vs Risk Attitude
- Risk tolerance vs Risk capacity
Day Two am
- UK national risk assessment
- Acute vs chronic risks
- Ofwat’s AMP7 approach to risk & resilience
- Scenario planning
- Civil Contingencies Act
- Sector Security & Resilience Plans
- Water Sector Cyber Security
- Climate change
Day Two pm
- Tactical & operational resilience
- Risk Appetite & Risk Attitude revisited
- Event detection, escalation, response, recovery & analysis
- Business continuity management
- Incident and crisis management
- Supply chain resilience
- Inventories & logistics
Day Three am
- Risk analysis within risk assessment
- Foreseeability – likelihood & consequences
- Commissioning assets
- Qualitative & quantitative methods
- Data collection
- Statistical analysis
- Probability
Day Three pm
- Risk investment
- Risk financing
- Loss experience
- Insurance types & intermediaries’ roles
- Insurance benefits, weaknesses & practical issues
Course Tutors
Geoff Miller
Geoff is a water industry professional with some 50 years’ experience. He is a chartered civil engineer, a chartered environmental manager, and a certified risk manager with a focus on Enterprise Risk Management. He is a former senior manager with extensive operational experience at FTSE 100 level in an international, multi-utility environment. Whilst Head of Risk Management for a major UK water company the team were named European Risk Management Team of the Year. He was the water sector’s representative before the UK Joint Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry on the draft Civil Contingencies Bill. Geoff’s work to establish the first regional utilities resilience forum has been nationally recognized. He has played a leading role in drafting BS, EN, and ISO standards in the water sector for 25 years and is currently Technical Secretary to the Water UK Standards Board.
Jim Oldroyd
Jim is a Water Scientist, enthusiastic Teacher and IQA with an extensive and varied operational management background underpinned by professional qualifications. Instrumental and influential in the development of qualifications and apprenticeships in the Water Industry.
He has a proven ability of effective asset and man management in the Water Industry and has worked for a major UK Water Company for many years.
Course Fees
Three day course; prices are per student.
| Course type | Training only | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Learning | £350 + VAT | ||
| Classroom | Contact us for details |
Bookings
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic classroom deliveries will be allocated ON DEMAND ONLY and would be held once per month from June onwards, at The Queen in Chester.
You can book an online or classroom course using our bookings system.
Students will participate in an induction and go on to gain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of
- The principles and objectives of Risk & Resilience management
- The legal and regulatory requirements and the role of the regulators in respect of Risk & Resilience, including the emergence of Cyber threat
- The interconnected impacts that changes in Risk & Resilience make
- The effect of climate change on Risk & Resilience strategy
- The objective and purposes of a Company’s risk and resilience strategy and management structure
- Where Risk & Resilience management sits in the company organisational structure
- The decision-making process in terms of Risk & Resilience management
- The role and nature of risk financing and the variables that influence the process
- The importance of building resilience in the context of Cyber threat
- The principles of Risk & Resilience and its relationship to contingency planning
- The use and merits of quantitative and qualitative techniques in risk and resilience management
- How to reduce risks to personnel and the business via the emergency and business continuity planning process
- How to understand individuals’ risk perception behaviours
- The factors that influence group attitudes to risk-taking
- The practical meaning of business resilience and its role in disaster recovery
- The range of technologies and the techniques for gathering data available to assist the management of Risk & Resilience
- The use of probability theory and the use of normal and binomial distribution numerical methods in Risk & Resilience management
- The principles of scenario planning in relation to Risk & Resilience
- The principles of Risk, Resilience and contingency planning in commissioning assets
- The principles of supply chain management in relation to risk and resilience
- The role of logistics in relation to Risk & Resilience
- How to prepare the business for pre and post emergency situations
Students will engage in a professional interview
More information
Find out about our other qualifications here
Please contact us if you would like to enquire about a course or about our in-company offerings.
We have a selection of leaflets with more information on the course:
- The Management of Risk & Resilience – A5
- The Management of Risk & Resilience – A4
- Level 5 Award in Management of Risk & Resilience in the Water & Environmental Industries
Why effective management of Risk & Resilience will be as important tomorrow as it is today in a COVID-19 world.
How Learning & Development Associates’ Risk & Resilience qualifications can help Water, Wastewater and Environmental industries strengthen their resilience in the face of COVID-19’s emergence.
During these extremely challenging times, it has never been so important that all of us in the Water Industry collaborate to ensure vital services’ resilience.
At L&DA we are committed, as part of the wider Water Industry community, to doing whatever we can to help our colleagues manage through these uncertain times successfully.
Our Risk & Resilience qualification is designed specifically for the Water and Environmental Industries and is therefore aligned to address resilience challenges of both COVID-19 and other unrelated exposures.
The Level 5 Risk & Resilience qualification will develop individuals’ technical skills and provide a comprehensive understanding of the Management of Risk & Resilience and lead to improvements in knowledge and therefore performance.
Risk & Resilience Virtual Learning
Our proven Risk & Resilience classroom course delivery is now augmented by our new interactive approach through Virtual Learning, a methodology that allows flexible and
independent learning, whilst providing support and advice from fully qualified, experienced tutors.
Learners can choose to attend either our classroom or Virtual Learning courses and will experience high quality education delivered by our specialist tutors with access to a range of online resources, including videos and chat facilities where we encourage interaction with other learners to enhance the overall experience.
As we learn to adapt to our new methods of conducting business then L&DA keeps pace with industry needs in a changing world through our new Virtual Learning environment.
Role Suitability
This course is suitable for the following roles within the Water and Environmental Industries.