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Disaster Recovery Concepts

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Duration

Online, self-paced course consisting of two learning modules.  Each module has an estimated completion time of 15 minutes.  The estimated duration of these modules will vary depending on your experience in emergency management and learning style.

Course dates
Available online at any time.
Essential or Recommended training

No essential or recommended training is required for this course.

Introduction

The aim of this course is to provide a foundational overview of disaster recovery concepts and principles that guide recovery nationally. To successfully complete the course, you are required to complete the two modules in sequence. A certificate of completion will be issued once you have completed the course.

Module 1: Disaster recovery concepts

Module 2: Community-centred flood recovery case study

Key components:

  • Defining recovery and understanding the National Principles for Disaster Recovery
  • Key recovery policy and legislative elements
  • Community-centred approach focusing on local community experience over time
  • Working with vulnerability (people, systems, groups) and encouraging diversity
  • Recovery environments.

Module 1: Disaster recovery concepts

  • Explain what disaster recovery and disaster relief is
  • List and define the National Principles for Disaster Recovery
  • Discuss the four recovery environments and how they underpin disaster recovery.

Module 2: Community-centred flood recovery case study

  • Give examples of real-world impacts of a disaster across the four recovery environments
  • Identify how the four recovery environments are considered in a comprehensive and holistic needs assessment
  • Explain how community-centred projects and initiatives benefit disaster recovery.

This training is for anyone undertaking recovery work, irrespective of the role performed.

There are five – seven quiz questions within each module. The quiz will have open navigation, allowing learners to navigate out of the quiz to look up information. Learners will need to pass the quiz to complete the module. The pass rate is 100%. Learners will have unlimited attempts at the quiz.

This is a non-accredited course.

This course is 100% online.

The organisation you nominate during enrolment may request information from Resilience NSW about staff or volunteers who undertake this course. Your organisation collects this information to determine the names or number of staff/volunteers who complete this training.

Resilience NSW will only release your name and details as they relate to the delivery of this course. All other personal details will not be released by Resilience NSW, and will remain confidential. Enrolment in this course is acknowledgement that this information can be released to the organisation you have nominated at registration.

Upcoming Courses

Name Course Start Date Course End Date
2024 P1 - Disaster Recovery Concepts 01/02/2024 31/05/2024

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