Disaster Risk Identification Using Indigenous Knowledge Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply basic disaster management concepts to identify potential risks and threatening situations in a given context.
• Analyze local indigenous knowledge systems to extract relevant disaster risk indicators and early warning signs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of combining indigenous knowledge with conventional risk assessment methods.
• Design a simple community-based risk map that integrates both scientific and indigenous data.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate identified risks to community members using culturally appropriate terminology.
• Implement a participatory risk identification process that respects and utilizes indigenous knowledge holders.

Target Audience

This course is designed for community leaders, disaster management volunteers, environmental officers, and anyone involved in rural or urban community safety who wishes to incorporate indigenous knowledge into formal disaster risk identification.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals immerse learners in hands-on activities to collect, document, and apply indigenous knowledge for disaster risk identification. Learners engage with community members, create risk maps, and design early warning systems, bridging theory and practice.

Practical Activities

• Community Engagement Simulation — Learners role-play a community meeting to practice ethical data collection using participatory tools (interviews, focus groups) to gather indigenous knowledge about local hazards. (2h)
• Community Risk Mapping — Using a base map of a fictitious community, learners plot hazards and traditional indicators provided by simulated community members, creating a risk map. (2h)
• Early Warning System Design — In groups, learners design a simple community-based early warning system that incorporates indigenous knowledge (e.g., animal behaviour, plant changes) and modern communication tools. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.