Natural disasters are expected to become more frequent and severe. This course provides professionals from a broad range of disciplines to develop skills and knowledge in community-based disaster management across the four phases of a disaster: preparation; prevention; response and recovery. It is strongly based on the Australian National Strategy for Disaster Resilience. Students completing this course will understand the model of community-based disaster management, develop a wide range of communication skills to facilitate community-based disaster management, develop both collaborative and transactional leadership styles and know when it is appropriate to use these style of leadership, develop interoperative capacities and strategies to ensure services, agencies and communities are best prepared and able to respond effectively to natural disasters.
This course is
targeted at people working in emergency service agencies; professionals working
in private, government, non-government and community-based organisations who
play a role in emergency and disaster management; and those with a personal
and/or professional interest in the field.
Duration | 1 years part-time |
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Credit Points that Must be Earned | 24 |
Number of Units Required | CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 8 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 8, 16, 24). |
Expected Hours of Study | Each unit at this level, typically requires 192 hours of student commitment over a period of 12 weeks. |
Course Type | Postgraduate Award |
Qualification (post nominal) | GradCertDM |
AQF Level | Level 8: Graduate Certificate |
Course Fees |
Indicative Year - 2025
Indicative Year - 2024
Indicative Year - 2023
Indicative Year - 2022
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Domestic Students Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes |
Not Applicable |
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International Students CRICOS Codes |
A Bachelors degree or equivalent. Students applying on the basis of equivalency will be assessed individually by the Head of Course and will be required to demonstrate a minimum of 5 years experience in emergency or disaster management services across a range of roles through the submission of a portfolio outlining: roles and responsibilities of work positions; other documentation that supports application.
Nil required
Interim Awards | Not applicable |
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Exit Awards | Not applicable |
Accreditation |
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No Residential School for this course.
DSMG20003 - Students will be currently working in the area. We will be drawing on their experiences and using these to link to the theory of disaster management response. |
DSMG20001 - Students will be currently working in the area. We will be drawing on their experiences and using these to link to the theory of disaster management preparation. |
DSMG20004 - Students will be currently working in the area. We will be drawing on their experiences and using them to link to the theory of disaster management recovery. |
DSMG20002 - Students will be currently working in the area. We will be drawing on their experiences and using these to link to the theory of disaster management mitigation. |
Year | Number of Students |
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2024 | 47 |
2023 | 48 |
2022 | 28 |
2021 | 23 |
2020 | 24 |
Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.
If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.
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Course Learning Outcomes | ||||
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Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
1. KNOWLEDGE Have specialised knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area | ||||
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review,analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems | ||||
3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas | ||||
4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice | ||||
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts | ||||
6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences | ||||
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts | ||||
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts | ||||
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters | ||||
10. FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE sufficient to undertake qualifications | ||||
11. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of knowledge in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units | ||||
12. FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS sufficient to undertake qualifications | ||||
13. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of skills in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units | ||||
14. Course content drawn from higher education units |
Number of units: 4 | Total credit points: 24 |
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Disaster preparation
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
DSMG20001 | Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management |
Disaster mitigation
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
DSMG20002 | Disaster Risk Reduction |
Disaster response
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
DSMG20003 | Research for Emergency and Disaster Management |
Disaster recovery
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
DSMG20004 | Building Adaptive Capacity |