Comprehensive Technical Disaster Impact Assessment Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply relevant legislation, standards, and codes of practice to disaster impact assessments.
• Analyze the potential physical, environmental, and social impacts of identified hazards.
• Evaluate the vulnerability and resilience of infrastructure and communities to disaster events.
• Design a comprehensive disaster impact assessment report with mitigation recommendations.
• Implement appropriate data collection and analysis techniques for impact assessment.
• Demonstrate effective communication of assessment findings to stakeholders.

Target Audience

This course is designed for disaster management practitioners, safety officers, emergency planners, and technical professionals involved in risk assessment and disaster preparedness in various sectors.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals component provides hands-on experience in data collection, GIS mapping, impact estimation, and report writing. Learners apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, using tools and methods covered in the course.

Practical Activities

• Hazard Mapping and Exposure Data Collection — Learners collect exposure data (building footprints, population density) for a selected area using field surveys and secondary sources, then create hazard maps using GIS. (8h)
• Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment — Learners conduct a participatory vulnerability assessment with a simulated community group, applying vulnerability indicators and identifying local capacities. (8h)
• Impact Estimation using Risk Models — Learners use risk modeling software (e.g., InaSAFE) to estimate direct and indirect impacts for a flood scenario, analyzing damage to buildings and infrastructure. (8h)
• Comprehensive Impact Assessment and Reporting — Learners integrate data from previous practicals into a full impact assessment report, including hazard analysis, exposure, vulnerability, and impact estimates, and present to a simulated panel. (12h)

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.