Training

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Chris Piper is our Principal Trainer, although we also draw down on the expertise of our Global Humanitarian Practitioner (GHP) network. Chris is a qualified teacher and adult educator, as well as university lecturer.  Our training centres around two main programs, namely the Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program, as well a Participatory Project Management (PPM) program.  Since 2002, over 110 PDRM and PPM workshops have been facilitated across Australia and overseas, with online training having also been offered annually since 2016. Our online 2024 accredited PDRM is being offered from the 26th February through to the 7th June 2024.

HUMANITARIAN TRAINING 2024

Our 2024 humanitarian training program consists of accredited Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) workshops and online teaching.  This consists of ten topics. Our 2024 annual online program is running from the 26th February through to the 7th June 2024, with Zoom teaching sessions held over a ten week period (check brochure for dates) at 8pm on a Thursday evening Melbourne time.  The online PDRM brochure and assessment details are given below.

PDRM Workshop & Online Topics

The ten topics covered in the 2024 PDRM workshop and online course are the following. 

  • TC 01:   Key Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Diagrams & Issues
  • TC 02:   Global Natural Disaster Trends & Case Studies
  • TC 03:   DRM & Climate Change
  • TC 04:   The Ten Seed Technique (TST) Ranking Tool
  • TC 05:   Risk Management
  • TC 06:   Humanitarian Attributes & Competencies
  • TC 07:    Humanitarian Stadards & Codes of Conduct
  • TC 08:    Complex Emergencies (CEs)/Crises & Middle Eastern Case Study
  • TC 09:   Complex CEs/Crises & Greater Horn of Africa Case Study
  • TC 10:    DRM & the Sustainable Development Goals 

Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) Workshops

Since 2002, over 40 Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) workshops have been facilitated across Australia, and overseas. The latter locations have included Vanuatu, PNG, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the UK, Madagascar and South Africa. TorqAid can be contracted by clients to implement and facilitate customised PDRM workshops across Australia and overseas.

Click here to download a course description [ddownload 2023-pdrm-training

Participatory Project Management (PPM) Workshops

Since 2002, 70 Participatory Project Management (PPM) workshops have been facilitated across Australia and overseas.  The work in Australia has included interaction with Development Practitioners working with Aboriginal Communities across remote Australia. The overseas locations have included Fiji, PNG, Indonesia, Singapore, Afghanistan and Albania.

Click here to download a course description Download