The Professional Diploma in Disaster and Crisis Management provides comprehensive professional training over two semesters, with a total of 60 training hours. The program covers the fundamental concepts of crisis and disaster management, emergency preparedness and readiness, risk management and assessment principles, and the relevant regulatory framework. The second semester focuses on field response and recovery mechanisms, business continuity and supply chains, hazardous materials management, and environmental disasters. These concepts are integrated into a practical case study project that enables trainees to apply their knowledge in realistic scenarios. The program is based on national and international standards and frameworks, including the Sendai Framework, Saudi Civil Defense guidelines, and the FEMA framework.
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Credit hours to graduate
60
Program Objectives
Provide trainees with the fundamental concepts and frameworks of crisis and disaster management in accordance with national and international standards.
Develop trainees’ skills in emergency preparedness planning and the development of effective response plans.
Enable trainees to identify, analyze, and assess risks using approved tools and risk assessment matrices.
Familiarize trainees with the national and international legislation and standards governing risk management and occupational safety.
Build practical capabilities in managing field response and recovery and ensuring business continuity during crises.
Prepare trainees for professional careers in disaster and crisis management and enable them to contribute to enhancing institutional and community preparedness.
Qualify trainees to safely handle hazardous materials and respond to environmental disasters in accordance with relevant national and international standards.
By the end of the program, graduates will be able to:
Explain the concepts of crises and disasters, their life cycles, and the national and international frameworks for managing them.
Develop emergency preparedness and readiness plans and design exercises and scenarios to assess their effectiveness.
Identify, analyze, and assess risks using risk matrices and develop organizational resilience.
Apply national and international legislation and standards related to safety and risk management.
Risk Planning and Management
Leadership and Coordination Skills
Data Analysis and Decision-Making
Emergency Response
Risk Planning and Management
Leadership and Coordination Skills
Data Analysis and Decision-Making
Emergency Response
This course provides an intensive foundation in English tailored to the field of emergency and disaster management. It covers essential grammar, including verb tenses, question forms, and negation, as well as specialized vocabulary related to types of disasters and risks, response procedures, and evacuation. The course also develops basic reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills within realistic emergency contexts, preparing trainees to continue their specialized language development at Level Two.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts of crises and disasters and the key distinctions between them. It explores the crisis life cycle, classifications, and fundamental principles of crisis management. The course covers the enablers of crisis and disaster management, related operational systems, and recognized national and international standards. It also addresses the role of leadership and the Incident Command System (ICS), civil defense responsibilities, ethical and legal dimensions, and the fundamentals of crisis communication and media management. In addition, it presents global examples and examines the relationship between crisis management and cybersecurity.
This course aims to provide trainees with the fundamental knowledge and skills required to understand the concepts of preparedness and readiness for emergencies and crises. It focuses on the components of emergency plans, early warning mechanisms, alternative communication systems, resource management, and practical exercises.
This course covers the fundamental concepts of risk management and its importance in enhancing the sustainability of organizations and communities. It focuses on different types of risks, local and international frameworks for managing them, methods of risk identification, analysis, and assessment, and risk measurement tools. The course also explains risk treatment approaches and highlights the importance of organizational and community resilience.
This course focuses on effective response mechanisms for crises and disasters and the transition toward early and sustainable recovery. It covers risk assessment, response team formation, field operations management, coordination among governmental and non-governmental entities, resource management, evacuation and sheltering plans, psychological support, and economic recovery.
This course covers the scientific concepts and foundations of Business Continuity and Supply Chain Resilience in addressing disruptions and crises. It focuses on conducting Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify critical processes and resources and establish recovery priorities, assessing risks, developing appropriate continuity strategies, and preparing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) with its key components. The course also emphasizes developing recovery strategies and plans for disruptions and disasters, as well as testing and exercising the Business Continuity Plan (BCP Testing & Exercising) to verify its readiness and effectiveness. In addition, it examines supply chain resilience, supply chain risk management, and the integration of supply chain resilience with business continuity in accordance with international standards such as ISO 22301 and ISO 22318.
This course covers the fundamentals of safely handling hazardous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) materials, in accordance with national and international standards. It addresses the classification of hazardous materials, safe storage and transportation systems, associated risk assessment, response team preparedness, personal protective equipment (PPE), and the development of emergency plans for spills and incidents. The course also examines the regulatory framework in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, hazardous waste management, and community communication during incidents. It concludes with real-world case studies and an analysis of lessons learned from major hazardous materials incidents.
This course covers the fundamental concepts of environmental disasters and their classification based on natural, human-induced, and mixed causes, as well as the factors contributing to their increasing frequency worldwide and their relationship to climate change. It introduces relevant international frameworks for environmental disaster management and examines various types of environmental disasters, including water-related, industrial, chemical, radiological, coastal, and marine disasters, through documented global case studies such as Bhopal and Chernobyl. The course concludes with practical applications focused on environmental decision-making when responding to and managing
This course introduces the legal and regulatory framework governing risk management at both the local and international levels. It reviews occupational safety and health standards, including OSHA and ISO 45001, as well as risk management standards such as ISO 31000 and the COSO framework, along with national laws and regulations protecting workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The course deepens trainees’ understanding of professional policies, compliance requirements, and the ethical dimensions of legislation. It also addresses the challenges of applying international standards within the local context, supported by practical examples from the Saudi environment.
This course builds on the skills acquired at Level One to further develop trainees’ language abilities in the context of emergency and disaster management. It covers advanced tenses, including the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous; Modal Verbs for mandatory safety protocols; the Passive Voice for preparing formal reports; Conditional Sentences for hypothetical emergency scenarios; and Reported Speech for communicating instructions during crises. The course also develops trainees’ skills in writing incident reports and formal memoranda, as well as delivering oral emergency briefings.
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30 credit hours
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The whole diploma
5,600.00