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ISO 31000 Risk Management Awareness

A practical introduction to ISO 31000, the international guidelines for risk management. Learn that ISO 31000 is guidance and is not a certifiable risk management standard, what the official public page names as its three parts (principles, a framework and a process), how it describes identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating risk across an organisation and why it is not a substitute for Australian work health and safety risk courses. Written for people in any organisation that uses, or is considering, these guidelines. It does not teach How to Complete a Risk Assessment (Step by Step) or WHS Risk Management & Hazard Identification, and it does not teach the ISO/CD 31000 committee draft.
What You Will Learn
- Explain that ISO 31000 is risk management guidelines and is not a certifiable risk management standard
- State that completing this course does not certify you or your organisation and does not make you a qualified risk practitioner
- Describe the three parts ISO's public page names: principles, a framework and a process
- Describe the public approach of identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating risk
- Recognise that ISO 31000 does not create or discharge a work health and safety duty, and that this course is not a substitute for the two live WHS risk courses
Course Content
- ISO 31000 in plain English
- By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- ISO 31000 is guidelines, not a certifiable standard
- The current published edition on the catalogue
- This is not a work health and safety course
- Who the public page says can use it
- Three parts on the public page
- The three parts ISO names in public
- Built into how the organisation is run
- Guidelines, and a certifiable management system
- What this lesson does not print
- What the catalogue says the approach covers
- The six verbs on the public page
- Threats and opportunities, both
- Monitoring, reviewing and improving
- Three products, three jobs
- ISO 31000 awareness, and the two live WHS courses
- ISO 31000 does not write Australian WHS law
- Audit programmes are guidance, not a qualification
- A benchmark, not a certificate
- Current published is not the committee draft
- ISO writes the guidelines. It does not certify anyone
- What this course leaves in the licensed text
- What completing this course does not do
- Now put it together
- Guidelines on the shelf, and a legal duty still live
- The five things to carry away
Who This Course Is For
Workers, supervisors, managers and anyone who wants to understand ISO 31000 as risk management guidelines for the whole organisation. It is not a work health and safety legal duty course, and it is not a substitute for How to Complete a Risk Assessment (Step by Step) or for WHS Risk Management & Hazard Identification.
Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 5 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked between 31 August 2026 and 5 September 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- Australian StandardISO 31000:2018, Risk management, GuidelinesAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO 14001:2026, Environmental management systems, Requirements with guidance for useAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO 19011:2026, Guidelines for auditing management systemsAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO 45001:2018, Occupational health and safety management systems, requirements with guidance for useAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO/TC 176/SC 2 news, ISO 9001 revision updateAs at 31/08/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
has successfully completed
All learning modules and the final assessment
Kam Askari
Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd
This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.
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- Six months of access
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