M_o_R® Foundation virtual

Identify and continually monitor risk in your organisation from your very own home, with a virtual Management of Risk Foundation course. Our virtual courses enable you to benefit from the personal experience of a classroom, but with the ease and flexibility of a virtual environment.

About the course

The M_o_R Foundation course is based on the ‘Management of Risk – Guidance for Practitioners’ publication, and provides a best-practice approach to the essential elements of risk management. The purpose of the Foundation qualification is to confirm that a you have sufficient knowledge and understanding to contribute to the identification, assessment and control of risks across any organisational perspective.

What is virtual training?

Virtual training incorporates both the personal teaching experience of a classroom, with the ease and flexibility of a virtual environment. Our virtual courses are interactive and engaging, allowing participants to communicate with both the instructor and each other in a collaborative manner. Please review our FAQs for more information relating to virtual learning, including the technical specifications.

Duration

This is an intensive three-day course that prepares you for the M_o_R Foundation examination. The training is conducted via a virtual training environment. You need to ensure that you can satisfy the technical requirements that can be found here. In addition, whilst attending your course, there will also be some examination preparation evening work.

Learning objectives

By the end of the course you should understand the structure, basic concepts and terminology within the M_o_R Guide. Specifically, you should for any organizational perspective:

Know the facts, terms, concepts and relationships between the four elements of the M_o_R framework (principles, approach, processes and embedding and reviewing)
Understand how the M_o_R principles, approach, and processes are used
Be able to identify the M_o_R framework documents and understand their uses and differences

All accompanying course material
The official M_o_R manual
The cost of the M_o_R Foundation examination (must be taken online via remote proctor within 12 months of purchase)
Online pre-course

What's covered?

This course includes, but is not limited to:

M_o_R principles
M_o_R processes
M_o_R tools & techniques
Corporate governance
Risk process lifecycle
Risk management framework
Business continuity
Safety and security
Creating the culture
Costs and benefits
Measurement, control and reporting

Target audience

The Foundation qualification is aimed at:

Business Change Managers
Programme and Project Managers
Risk Managers
Business, programme and project support staff and managers
Operational staff and managers

A concentrated course that requires you to complete mandatory online pre-course study, which is designed to take approximately three to four hours to complete. Full instructions with a link to the online pre-course will be issued within 48 hours of your confirmed booking.

Review the technical requirements for the online pre-course learning here.

Exams are taken online via remote proctor. Two weeks prior to course commencement ILX will arrange for an exam voucher to be issued. You then have a choice, you can either:

Book a suitable time after your virtual classroom event has finished to undertake your exam,

We currently allocate exam time within the virtual classroom event. So that you can book directly, we will advise you of recommended exam timings as part of the candidate guidance — this is issued three weeks prior to course commencement

Note: You are responsible for booking your own exam.