Risk Assessment (Level 4)

This course will evaluate common aspects of risk involved in conservation-based activities. You will learn to appraise levels of risk and determine the appropriate actions required to maintain personal and public safety.

Watch video content on weather maps and river crossings. Work through a scenario to strengthen your problem solving and thinking through a situation skills so you are ready and prepared.

This short course covers:

• Risk management for group conservation-related activities
• Basic weather principles
• Weather maps
• Using weather information to plan outdoor activities
• Risk assessment for self and groups
• Job safety analysis

This course is completed online. The estimated course load (including reading and watching content, and completing assignments) is approximately 50 hours and it is expected you would complete this within a month.

Entry Requirements:

• Academic requirements
• If you under 20 years old: Achieved NCEA Level 2 – (credits in Numeracy, Science or English desirable).
• If you are 20 years or over: No minimum academic requirements.
• English language requirements
• All applicants must have a level of English sufficient to be able to study at this level.
• If English is not your first language you should have an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) overall Academic score of at least 5.5 issued within the last two years (or equivalent).
• Other requirements
• You will be required to notify facilitation staff of any medical issues that NMIT and DOC need to be aware of. This should be done upon enrolment if the medical issue may impact upon your ability to meet the demands of the training. Other medical issues of lesser impact should be brought to NMIT staff attention at the start of the course. Each course will include a documented group job safety analysis to keep everyone safe. This adheres to the “Health and Safety in at Work Act 2015”.
• Special Entry
• In exceptional circumstances, an applicant under the age of 20 years who does not meet the academic entry requirements may be granted entry to the programme where they supply evidence of their ability to succeed on the programme.