Postgraduate Certificate in Emergency Management

Massey University

Subject area

Business and Management not elsewhere classified

Qualification

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Entry requirements

1. been awarded or qualified for an undergraduate degree and have at least two years of relevant industry or professional experience, or equivalent; or
2. been awarded or qualified for the GradCertEmergMgt having achieved at least a B grade average, or equivalent; or
3. been awarded or qualified for a GradDipEmergMgt having achieved at least a B grade average, or equivalent.

About the course

What can I expect out of this qualification?

Graduates of the Massey University Postgraduate Certificate in Emergency Management will have knowledge of core subjects, including evaluation research practices and contemporary and holistic risk based emergency management concepts to enhance reduction, readiness, response and recovery practice.

Personal capabilities
* Consider historical emergency management contexts, while engaging with current emergency management issues at community, individual, local and global levels.
* Critically evaluate research and scholarly material while competently applying it to solutions in emergency management settings. Personal capabilities
* Demonstrate initiative, self-discipline, and an ability to plan, reflect on, and achieve personal and professional goals.
* Ability to interpret and evaluate research in emergency management.
* Apply critical analysis skills at a suitable level.

Discipline specific competencies
* Consider historical emergency management contexts, while engaging with current emergency management issues at community, individual, local and global levels.
* Understand the theory of risk, readiness, reduction, response and recovery as it applies to comprehensive emergency management.
* Critically evaluate research and scholarly material while competently applying it to emergency management settings. Professional attributes
* Value ongoing professional development in the area of emergency management.
* Demonstrate practiced computer technology skills and value the importance of digital technologies within the emergency management field.

Ethical and social attributes
* Value diversity and act ethically with a range of individuals, groups, cultures and ethnicities.
* Communicate effectively in a variety of forums to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
* Interact within a research environment with integrity and in an ethical and professional manner.