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Cognicert Crisis Management Professional Course

Prepare crisis roles, coordinate leadership decisions and practise internal and media communications during disruption.

  • Practical, standards-based professional learning
  • Assessment and verifiable Cognicert certification
  • Flexible online, self-study and organisational delivery

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What you will work on

Who this course is for

This powerful training course will be of benefit to those who find themselves responsible for leading on, or implementing Crisis Management, Emergency Response and Business Continuity/Recovery mechanisms in both the public and the private sector.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Security & Fire Management
  • Health, Safety and Environment personnel
  • Emergency and Crisis Management Responders
  • Professionals who have been allocated crisis management tasks yet have had insufficient time to devote to the subject

Entry, exam and access at a glance

Prerequisites

Course-specific entry requirements are not published here. Contact a course adviser to confirm suitability before paying.

Exam and resits

100 questions in one hour. Pass mark: 70%. Your payment includes two exam attempts. A third or later attempt costs £100 per resit.

Platform-wide pass rate: 87% across all examined trainees, based on Cognicert’s exam-platform results. This is not a course-specific pass rate or a guarantee of an individual result.

Self-study access

Lifetime access for the enrolled learner. Access is personal and cannot be shared.

Overview

Prepare crisis roles, coordinate leadership decisions and practise internal and media communications during disruption.

Connect these tasks to the crisis management professional role. Use the detailed programme to identify the methods, exercises and application areas most relevant to your work.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Acquire an in-depth knowledge of the key aspects of Strategic Crisis Management
  • Develop strategies so ensuring you and your organisation responds efficiently and effectively
  • Learn the fundamentals of organising and managing Crisis or Emergency Control Centres
  • Acquire step-by-step guide on how to plan for more beneficially rewarding multi-agency exercises

 

Outcomes
  • Identify organisational vulnerabilities and use crisis scenarios to inform preparation and response plans.
  • Explain crisis-team responsibilities, command levels and the role of emergency control centres.
  • Develop a crisis communications approach that addresses internal coordination and media engagement.
  • Plan exercises and post-incident reviews, document lessons and follow through on recommendations.
Audience

This powerful training course will be of benefit to those who find themselves responsible for leading on, or implementing Crisis Management, Emergency Response and Business Continuity/Recovery mechanisms in both the public and the private sector.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Security & Fire Management
  • Health, Safety and Environment personnel
  • Emergency and Crisis Management Responders
  • Professionals who have been allocated crisis management tasks yet have had insufficient time to devote to the subject
Content
  • Understanding Crisis Management and how to manage a Crisis
  • Consider the complete range of risks facing businesses in the 21st century
  • Crisis Managers - Roles & Responsibilities - manage the issue before it becomes a Crisis
  • Understanding 'denial-curve' and 'group-think' syndromes
  • Developing and Implementing Emergency Plans
  • Crisis Management and Communications. Emergency Centre/s
  • Developing and implementing a Business Continuity Management (BCM) strategy
  • Business Impact Analysis. Case Study and Workshop
  • Command and Control Issues. Operational, Tactical and Strategic
  • On Scene Crisis Management, essential elements for success
  • Reputation Management - Managing the Media.
  • Organising a Press Conference & step by step guidance on how to conduct TV interviews
  • BP Press Conferences – What went wrong?
  • Exercise: Crisis Communications Strategy
  • Major Incident Simulation - Role Playing Workshop
  • Potential Psychological & Welfare problems in Crisis Management
  • Post Incident evaluations, de-briefing skills - managing the de-briefs - hot and cold
  • Critique report writing, executive summaries and recommendations
  • Closing the loop. Implementing the recommendations, continuing the process
Delivery
  • Case Study
  • Individual Exercises
  • Role Play
  • Group Exercises
  • Group Presentation
  • Examination

Duration
5 Days

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Refunds, cancellations and transfers

Refund and transfer choices depend on the course format, how much notice you give and whether digital content has been accessed. Contact learner care early and we will help you identify the best available option.

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UPCOMING COURSE CALENDAR

Training, exam and application dates

Prices are per learner before any applicable UK VAT. A live-online intake costs more after its standard deadline because the published late fee is added. Self-study is priced separately and has no late-intake fee.

TRAINING DATESEXAMDEADLINE & STATUSLIVE ONLINESELF-STUDY
7–11 December 202611 December 2026Late booking period
Standard deadline passed. £50 late fee applies until 20 November 2026.
Places are confirmed at booking, not guaranteed by this calendar.
£1,250 £1,200 course fee + £50 late fee
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£500
On-demand study; next exam shown at checkout.
DECEMBER 2026 COURSE OFFER

Save 20% when you pay by the November deadline.

For December 2026 course intakes with a published standard payment deadline in November. Pay in full by that course’s standard deadline at 23:59 UK time. The discount ends on that date and does not continue to the late or extended deadline. Invoice requests and reservations alone do not qualify. Applicable VAT is added separately. Cannot be combined with group discounts.

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Learn your way

Live online · Self-study · Classroom · Onsite

Classroom enquiries: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Dubai and the Netherlands. Venue, dates and fees are confirmed before booking.

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Speak to a course adviser

We aim to respond within minutes during office hours: Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00 UK time. Enquiries received outside these hours are handled on the next working day.

+44 20 4653 0696
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RECOGNITION & MEMBERSHIPS

Know who stands behind your learning.

  • ISCB, United States: Cognicert’s ISO/IEC 17050 Declaration of Conformity to ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO/IEC 17024 requirements is recognised by International Services for Certification Bodies.
  • UK Registered Learning Provider: UKPRN 10091575. Registration is a provider listing.
  • Association of Healthcare Trainers, UK: member.
  • The CPD Group: approved CPD provider. Individual course CPD status is confirmed where applicable.
  • Listed on ISO Central as an ISO registrar →
VERIFIABLE ACHIEVEMENT

Check your Cognicert certificate

Successful candidates receive a uniquely numbered Cognicert certificate that another person can check through our public certificate-verification service. This confirms the authenticity of a Cognicert-issued award; acceptance by an employer, regulator or external professional scheme depends on their requirements.

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YOUR COURSE ADVISER

Need help before enrolling?

Lisa Williams
Course and Business Development Adviser
Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00 UK time

+44 20 4653 0696
info@cognicert.com
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