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Quick Look Course Summary:Risk Management (Unit Standard 252025) (3 days)
  • Length: 3 day(s)

  • Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 21,125 EX VAT 3 Person R 13,658 EX VAT 10 Person R 9,124 EX VAT

  • Certification Type:Accredited

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    Risk Management (Unit Standard 252025) (3 days)

    Managers who understand the risks to their unit, rate them by likelihood and impact, and keep tested contingency plans ready for when things go wrong – with 8 accredited credits.

    Every unit depends on a handful of critical processes, and most managers only find out how fragile they are when something fails. This accredited risk management course covers unit standard 252025 (NQF Level 5, 8 credits), part of the National Certificate: Generic Management (SAQA ID 59201), which BOTI delivers under its Services SETA accreditation.

    Day one builds the foundation: what risk means in accepted theory and practice, the factors that put a unit at risk, and how company policies and procedures shape risk management. Day two is a practical risk assessment of each delegate's own unit: listing risk factors for critical processes, writing risk scenarios, rating likelihood and impact, and setting priorities for action.

    Day three turns the assessment into contingency plans that follow company procedures, are communicated to the right stakeholders and are stored where they can be found, and then tests those plans, records what the test showed and revises them.

    Why this course

    For your organisation

    • Risks to critical processes identified and documented
    • Priorities set by likelihood and impact, not guesswork
    • Contingency plans that people know about and can find
    • Plans tested and improved before a real incident
    • Eight accredited credits at management level

    For your delegates

    • Eight accredited credits towards the NC: Generic Management
    • A risk register and impact-rating template for your unit
    • A contingency plan format you can use straight away
    • A simple method for testing and revising plans

    What delegates will be able to do

    • Explain the concept of risk using accepted theory and practice
    • Identify the factors that could put a unit at risk
    • Explain how policies and procedures support risk management
    • Identify and document risk factors and scenarios for critical processes
    • Rate the likelihood and impact of each scenario and set priorities
    • Develop contingency plans in line with company policy
    • Communicate, distribute and store contingency plans correctly
    • Test contingency plans and revise them based on the findings

    Who should attend

    Heads of department, section and divisional heads and other managers who lead more than one team, plus the risk, compliance and operations staff who support them. The unit standard assumes communication, mathematical literacy and computer literacy at NQF Level 4.

    Course outline

    Day 1 – Unit standard 252025: understanding risk

    Outcome 1: Potential risks to a unit
    • What risk means in theory and practice
    • Types of risk: operational, financial, people, legal and reputational
    • Factors that put a unit at risk
    • How policies and procedures support risk management
    Risk in your own unit
    • Mapping the unit's critical processes
    • Group discussion of recent incidents and near misses

    Day 2 – Unit standard 252025: identifying and assessing risks

    Outcome 2: Identifying and assessing risks
    • Documenting risk factors for critical processes
    • Writing possible risk scenarios
    • Rating how likely each scenario is
    • Analysing and rating the impact on the unit
    • Setting and recording priorities for response
    • Building the unit's risk register
    Practice: a risk assessment
    • Assessing a case-study unit in groups
    • Presenting and challenging the ratings

    Day 3 – Unit standard 252025: contingency plans

    Outcome 3: Developing contingency plans
    • Writing plans within company policies and procedures
    • Communicating plans to stakeholders
    • Distributing and storing plans so they can be found
    Outcome 4: Testing and revising contingency plans
    • Ways to test a plan, from desk checks to simulations
    • Recording findings and recommendations
    • Revising the plan and keeping it current
    • Portfolio of evidence: what to submit

    How it is delivered

    Three days, 08:30-16:00. In person at your offices anywhere in South Africa, at a BOTI venue, or live online. One delegate or a group of up to 20. Learner guide and workbook for each unit standard, practical workplace activities, and a portfolio of evidence that delegates complete after the course for assessment and moderation.

    Certificate: Delegates found competent are credited with unit standard 252025 (NQF 5, 8 credits) through BOTI's Services SETA accreditation (12582) and receive a statement of results; the others receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.

    What our clients say

    ★★★★★ 4.8 on Google from 770+ reviews · word-for-word quotes from signed letters of reference, from clients on this and/or related BOTI courses

    “The training was practical, engaging and relevant to our workplace environment, providing participants with valuable knowledge and practical skills that could be applied in their respective roles.”

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    “The facilitator was excellent and took time to ensure that the employee understood the content and was able to apply the learning in order to develop the portfolio of evidence.”

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    “The training was well received and we were impressed by the knowledge of the facilitators and the quality of overall training.”

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    Frequently asked questions

    Is this course accredited?

    Yes. It covers unit standard 252025, Monitor, assess and manage risk (NQF Level 5, 8 credits), part of the National Certificate: Generic Management (SAQA ID 59201), delivered under BOTI's Services SETA accreditation (12582).

    Until when can delegates enrol?

    Delegates can enrol until 30 June 2028.

    Are there entry requirements?

    The unit standard assumes communication, mathematical literacy and computer literacy at NQF Level 4.

    How are delegates assessed?

    After the course each delegate completes a portfolio of evidence based on their own unit, which is assessed and moderated. Delegates found competent receive a statement of results.

    Is there a shorter version without assessment?

    Yes. Conquering Risk Management Course runs in two days without assessment, with a BOTI certificate of attendance.

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