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 115 PDRM and PPM workshops have been facilitated across Australia and overseas, with online training having also been offered annually since 2016. Our forthcoming online 2026 accredited PDRM is being offered from the 27 July through to the 13 November 2026.
HUMANITARIAN TRAINING 2026
Our 2025 humanitarian training program consists of accredited Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) workshops and online teaching. This consists of ten topics. Our latest 2026 online program is running from the 27 July through to the 13 November, 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 2026 PDRM workshop and online course are:
- TC01: Key Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Diagrams & Issues
- TC02: Global Natural Disaster Trends & Case Studies
- TC03: Humanitarian Attributes & Competencies
- TC04: Humanitarian Standards & Codes of Conduct
- TC05: The Ten Seed Technique (TST) Ranking Tool
- TC06: Risk Management
- TC07: Complex Emergencies & Asian Case Study. Also the 2020-2023 COVID-19 pandemic
- TC08: Middle Eastern & African Complex Emergency Case Studies
- TC09: DRM & Climate Change
- TC10: DRM & the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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. Contact Chris Piper at chris@torqaid.com for more details.