Remote studies instruction - SACFS

Please follow the steps below to get started with your ISO 31000 Risk Manager Certification course. We will discuss these steps in our first coaching call, please complete step 1 and 2 to prepare before this call.

Step 1: register with the PECB

Register with the PECB using this link. You will receive a verification e-mail from the PECB after registration, please check your spam folder if you don’t receive this e-mail.

Please use the form below to share your PECB membership ID # with us.

 
 

Step 2: Schedule your coaching call

Your coach for this training is Rinske Geerlings, Managing Director of Business As Usual.

Please set up a meeting with Rinske for your first session; email rinskeg@businessasusual.com.au, and we will send you a Zoom link for the session.

Include in your e-mail:

  • Two preferred days / times with a 30-60 minute time slot for this first coaching call.

Step 3: Download online course application: PECB KATE

After you provided us with your PECB registered e-mail address, we enrol you in the course. You will receive an automated e-mail from the system after successful enrolment.

You will receive access to KATE and the course materials. The lead level course in KATE consists of:

  • Four slide decks for four days

  • A cover page you don’t need this one, but if you decide to make a folder it can be useful.

  • Exercises and quizzes.  

  • A correction key for the exercises and quizzes

You are free to browse through the course materials, however, please wait to commence your studies until after the first coaching call.

ISO standards

The course content includes all information on the standard relevant for the exam. However, we reccomend reading the standard in full so you have a better understanding of what it actually looks like. The standards are licenced documents and they can be purchased from ISO, although some standards have free, read-only versions. You can find the standards here:

ISO 31000:2018: Risk Management. A free, read only version is available

Step 4: Initial coaching call

The goal of this coaching call is to ensure your KATE application is working, your enrolment has been successful and to discuss the structure of this course and exam. We will also answer any questions you might have about the training content or exam.

Step 5: Install the exam software and schedule exam 

Use this link to access the software and further instructions PECB Exam software.

Please ensure there is a minimum of 24 hours between the moment you schedule and plan to take the exam (your exam request needs to be approved manually by the PECB).

Instructions for installing the exam software and scheduling the online exam.

Step 6: Remote studies

Start with day one and work towards the end of day four. The slides tell you what exercises and quizzes to do when in the course.

Step 7: Coaching call 2; exercise discussion and exam preparation 

During this call, we will discuss any questions (or discrepancies between the correction key and your answers) you have after completing your quizzes and exercises.

The lead level training package includes a third coaching call for additional assistance before the exam.

Step 8: Online exam

A 3-hour, open book and ‘essay-style’, online exam with remote invigilator is included. Before your exam session, we highly recommend you to:

1. Go through the PECB Exams application technical requirements available here;

2. Go through the PECB Exams application user guide available here.

The manual has all the information you need for this exam. A few important tips in this manual:

  • Ensure there are no other devices in the room where you take the exam. E.g. if you use a laptop to take the exam, it is not allowed to have a desktop computer in this room.

  • If you use a desktop computer, ensure you have an external webcam so you can provide the invidulator with a 360 degrees recording of the room (so you can show you are alone, and there are no electronic devices in the room).

  • Test your webcam and exam application a day before you take the exam. When you are taking your exam, you don’t want to be worring about technical problems.

Good luck with your exam!

Step 9: Apply for certification

You receive the results immediately after completing the exam. When you receive the results, instructions to apply for your certification are included in the results e-mail. 

Please add the e-mail address results@pecb.com to your safe addresses list in your e-mail application, to ensure the e-mail with your result does not end up in your junk folder.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at any time. We usually respond in a few hours, but always within 24 hours.