Tangible Heritage Resource Safeguarding Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply relevant legislation, policies, and ethical guidelines to the safeguarding of tangible heritage resources.
• Analyze risks and threats to tangible heritage resources and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate conservation and preservation techniques suitable for different types of tangible heritage materials.
• Demonstrate procedures for documentation, handling, storage, and display of heritage resources.
• Implement emergency preparedness and response plans for heritage resource protection.
• Assess the effectiveness of safeguarding measures and recommend improvements.

Target Audience

Heritage site managers, museum curators, conservation officers, and cultural resource professionals responsible for the preservation and management of tangible heritage resources.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience in documenting, assessing, and conserving tangible heritage resources. Learners will conduct field surveys, practice conservation techniques, and develop management plans, ensuring they can apply theoretical knowledge in real-world heritage contexts.

Practical Activities

• Field Survey and Documentation — Learners conduct a field survey of a local heritage site, using GPS, photography, and inventory forms to document resources. (8h)
• Risk Assessment and Preventive Conservation — Learners perform a risk assessment on a simulated heritage collection and apply preventive conservation measures. (6h)
• Conservation Treatment Simulation — Learners practice basic conservation cleaning and stabilization on replica artifacts under supervision. (6h)
• Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) Exercise — Learners conduct a mock HIA on a development proposal, including stakeholder consultation simulation. (4h)

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.