Course Outcomes
Expected learning outcomes
- Educating the community and the public on disaster mitigation to ensure adequate, timely, appropriate and efficient response to disaster situations.
- To achieve these objectives, volunteers undergo training in First Aid, CPR, Fire Training, Domestic Water Purification, Water and Sanitation, Health and Hygiene Promotion, Disaster Preparedness and Relief.
- Ensuring essential stock and resources are identified and available to support all Provinces when disaster strikes.
- Affiliation to Provincial and District Disaster Management advisory forums to ensure updated disaster notifications, training and strategy at all times.
Curriculum
Course modules and outline
Introduction to Disaster Management and Business Continuity
- Overview of Disaster Management
- Disasters and Development
- Disaster Preparedness
- History, Policy and Legislation
Institutional Capacity
- Policy, Direction, Planning and Funding
- Disaster Management Responsibilities
- Joint Consultation and Co-operation
- Disaster Management Centre
- Communication and Information Management
Risk Assessment and Monitoring
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Profile
- Risk Monitoring
- Dissemination of Information
- Quality Control
Risk Reduction Planning and Implementation
- Planning
- Defining and Prioritising Projects
- Scoping and Development of Risk Reduction Plans, Projects and Programmes
- Integration into IDPs
- Implementing Projects
Operational Response and Recovery
- Preparedness and Early Warning System
- Disaster Assessment, Declaration Process and Mobilisations
- Disaster Response
- Disaster Recovery
- Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Awareness, Education, Training and Research
- Disaster Awareness
- Non-accredited Training and Education Programmes
- Accredited Education and Training Programmes
- Media Relationship Management
- Establishing Mechanisms for Research, Information Provision and an Advisory Service
Monitoring Evaluation and Improvement
- Performance Audits, Self-Assessments and Peer Reviews
- Monitoring of Incidents and Significant Events
- Exercises and Drills
- Annual Reporting and Report Writing
- Maintenance and Improvement
Management
- Programme and Project Management
- Financial Management
Target Audience
Who should attend?
- Disaster and risk managers
- Development o cials
- Departmental line-functions paramedics
- 107 centre personnel
- Fire department personnel
- Police o cers health o cials
- T cipal security personnel
- Town planners
- NGOs
- CBOs
- Private security and rescue companies
- Councillors
Why Attend
Key course benefits
Practical capacity building approach
Designed for government, NGOs and public institutions
Real-world African case studies
Certificate of completion
Applicable tools and templates
Interactive facilitation and exercises
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