Business, Commerce and Management Studies Generic Management

Risk Avoidance Advocacy and Awareness Promotion Training

SAQA US 251965 | NQF 4 | Credits 6 | Duration 3 Days
From $967 per delegate

Description

This course equips learners with the skills to create awareness and promote a culture of risk avoidance through advocacy activities. Participants will learn to identify risk factors, develop advocacy strategies, and engage stakeholders to foster a proactive risk avoidance mindset. The focus is on practical application within South African workplace contexts.

Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze risk factors and their impact on workplace safety and culture.
  • Design advocacy activities to promote risk avoidance awareness.
  • Implement strategies to engage stakeholders in risk avoidance initiatives.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of risk avoidance advocacy campaigns.
  • Demonstrate the ability to foster a culture of risk avoidance through communication and training.
  • Apply relevant legislation and policies to risk avoidance advocacy.

Target Audience

This course is designed for safety officers, risk managers, HR professionals, and any employees responsible for promoting health and safety or risk avoidance in their organizations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Day 1: Foundations of Risk Avoidance and Advocacy

Objectives:
• Define risk avoidance and distinguish it from other risk management strategies.
• Explain the role of advocacy in promoting risk awareness.
• Identify key stakeholders and their responsibilities in risk avoidance.
• Describe the principles of effective communication for risk advocacy.

Topics:
• Introduction to risk management: risk avoidance vs. mitigation, transfer, and acceptance.
• The concept and importance of risk avoidance in various contexts.
• Advocacy as a tool for promoting risk awareness and behaviour change.
• Stakeholder analysis: roles of individuals, communities, organisations, and government.
• Communication principles: clarity, empathy, persuasion, and cultural sensitivity.
• Ethical considerations in risk advocacy.
• Case studies of successful risk avoidance campaigns.

Day 2: Strategies and Tools for Risk Awareness Promotion

Objectives:
• Develop a risk awareness promotion plan using appropriate strategies.
• Apply behaviour change models to risk avoidance advocacy.
• Utilise media and technology for effective message dissemination.
• Evaluate the impact of awareness campaigns.

Topics:
• Behaviour change theories: Health Belief Model, Transtheoretical Model, Social Cognitive Theory.
• Planning a risk awareness campaign: needs assessment, target audience, objectives, messaging.
• Channels for advocacy: mass media, social media, community engagement, peer education.
• Developing persuasive messages: framing, storytelling, evidence-based arguments.
• Monitoring and evaluation: indicators, data collection methods, feedback loops.
• Overcoming barriers: resistance, misinformation, resource constraints.
• Practical exercise: designing a mini-awareness campaign.

Day 3: Implementing and Sustaining Risk Avoidance Advocacy

Objectives:
• Implement a risk avoidance advocacy initiative in a simulated environment.
• Apply conflict resolution and negotiation skills in advocacy settings.
• Develop a sustainability plan for ongoing risk awareness.
• Reflect on personal advocacy competencies and areas for growth.

Topics:
• Implementation steps: mobilising resources, building partnerships, executing activities.
• Managing advocacy challenges: handling opposition, dealing with crises.
• Conflict resolution and negotiation techniques for advocacy.
• Sustainability strategies: institutionalising advocacy, building local capacity, securing funding.
• Advocacy ethics revisited: transparency, accountability, inclusivity.
• Final project: present a comprehensive risk avoidance advocacy plan.
• Course review and assessment.

Practicals

9 hours of practicals To be conducted online or on-campus or in-house
Overview

Practicals provide hands-on experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating risk avoidance advocacy activities. Learners will develop and present a mini-campaign, engage in simulated advocacy scenarios, and receive feedback to refine their skills.

Practical Activities
  • Mini-Campaign Design — In groups, learners design a risk awareness campaign for a given scenario, including target audience, message, and channels. (3h)
  • Simulated Advocacy Presentation — Each group presents their campaign to the class, acting as stakeholders; followed by Q&A and peer feedback. (3h)
  • Advocacy Role-Play and Negotiation — Learners participate in role-plays simulating advocacy meetings with community leaders or decision-makers, practicing negotiation and conflict resolution. (3h)

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

Certificate of Completion

Awarded to delegates who achieve an overall mark of 50% or higher on the Final Total (Practicals 30% + Daily Average 20% + Final Test 50%).

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.

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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% off per 5 delegates, up to 40% for 100+

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