Risk Management Course Online

Risk Management Course Online, offers candidates and insightful, accessible and highly-rewarding introduction to an increasingly sought-after specialism. When business operations face the threat of disruption, it is the job of the risk manager to handle, respond to and ultimately prevent reoccurrence. The world-class risk management expert specialises in pre-empting negative outcomes, as opposed to addressing the consequences. 

Course content is divided into six digestible units with no prior experience or knowledge required. Candidates are provided with an introduction to information, security, material and business continuity management, along with an in-depth insight into risk planning, management and response. In Risk Management Course Online, the course content begins with an overview of risk management in contemporary and historical contexts, before exploring the concept of risk and what it means in a business capacity. After gaining an understanding of risk as a concept, candidates move on to learn how risks can be both handled and pre-empted, ultimately leading to the creation of a professional risk management plan for the business to implement.

Risk management has become an increasingly important specialism across various industries and sectors over recent years, in turn opening up an enormous array of public and private sector career opportunities for successful candidates. Risk Management Courses Distance Learning, is a flexible way to acheive qualification in this specific field. 

Risk Management Course Online: Key Topics

The course consists of the following six units:

Unit 1 – Introduction to Risk Management

The course begins with a broad introduction to the concept of risk management as it exists today along with its origins. Candidates begin to build an understanding of risk definitions, classifications and the various tools and strategies used in professional risk management.

Unit 2 – Types of Risk

The second unit builds on the teachings of unit 1 to introduce candidates to the various risk types the modern business must take into account. Risks are split into three primary categories – Market, Operation and Political – each of which is studied and explored.

Unit 3 – Risk Management Process

Course content then moves onto the analysis and evaluation of existing risk management within the business, along with the activities and processes involved in risk management and planning. Unit 3 also touches upon the business marketing plan.

Unit 4 – Financial Risk Management

The fourth unit focuses on the management of financial risks within the business, investigating the concepts of financial risk scope, foreign investment risk and effective/workable financial risk management implementation.

Unit 5 – Technology Risk Management

This unit introduces candidates to the unique challenges of technology risk management, including the various risks posed by the primary types of business technology and the creation/implementation of risk management plans.

Unit 6 – Operational Risk Management

In the final unit of the course operational risk management (ORM) is introduced, guiding candidates through the process of planning and implementing business processes to assess, analyse and implement risk controls for the purposes of reducing, avoiding or coping with risk. 

Paying in Instalments: £395 (Interest FREE Instalments)

Deposit: £95

No of Instalments: 12

Each Instalment: £25

Pay in Full: (£80 Discount) £315

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

Advanced skills and talents in risk management can help expand and enhance career prospects, or improve promotion prospects for those already in employment. As a key element in the wider business management process, qualified risk manager work in a variety of roles, including compliance analyst, quantitative analyst, risk management analyst, project risk analyst, risk management team leader and more. Typical salaries vary from around £22,000 to more than £50,000 in senior positions. 

• Supervisors and managers looking to enhance current competencies
• Business owners and managers in charge of risk management
• Project managers, health and safety managers, team leaders
• Employees interested in climbing the business career ladder
• Entrepreneurs planning new business start-ups
• Jobseekers looking to improve their employment prospects

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