M_o_R® Foundation virtual

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.

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

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.

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

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

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,

       OR

• 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.

• Multiple-choice exam
• 1-hour duration
• 75 questions (including five trial questions)
• 50% pass mark (35/70)
• Closed-book