Level 5 Award in Crowd Safety Management (RQF)
Safe Events Global is facilitating this course, which will be delivered by the Square Metre Group.
This course is delivered all around the world on a regular basis, with thousands of people having completed it before you.
It is intensive and is designed to deliver a high level of strategic safety knowledge in a short period of time. Day 3 sees you applying the learning to an event plan of your choice. This is done in smaller groups and presented to the class.
Delivered through a blend of workshops and guided self study, the 3-day workshop element outlined here precedes you having to submit 2 assignments. This is to ensure you've understood the course content and can receive the Certificate of Achievement.
This course has NOT been delivered publicly in Ireland before so this represents a superb opportunity for you to enhance your skills in this area.
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Additional Information
Square Metre Group
Andy and the team at the Square Metre Group have been delivering this Level 5 globally for many years. It is one of the most popular courses in this space and is well-regarded around the world.
It is regularly delivered across the UK, Europe, Australia, in the US and regularly in support of large-scale events such as EXPO in Dubai and others.
The Course
The course will draw on all the extensive experience of your instructor as well as the combined experience of those working within the Square Metre Group as a whole. You will look at topics such as Critical Density, how the effects of Design, Information and Management systems influence your crowd's behaviour and much more.
You will develop your understanding of crowd risks in places of public assembly and work through the principles and applications of causality for major incidents.
You will look at your own site / related issues and, by the end of the course, you will better understand how individuals and crowds react to and behave in available space.
You will explore appropriate modelling tools and you will learn to apply risk management techniques to the development of robust Crowd Management Plans.
You will learn to better understand your crowds, which will allow you to plan better for their safety.
NOTE
This course involves the 3 days of workshops in Dublin as well as the submission of 2 x assignments, which will be graded. Upon receiving a satisfactory grade, you will be eligible for the Certificate of Achievement.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand crowd risk analysis - how to identify hazardous situations for event planning and licensing
- Understand the movement of crowds in the complex and built environment for normal and emergency behaviour
- Demonstrate how to model an event by crowd phase (Arrival, Last Mile, Ingress, Circulation, Egress, Dispersal) and crowd influences (Design, Information and Management)
- Explain Crowd Modelling and Risk Analysis applications for planning, designing and managing spaces where crowds form and move
- Apply guidance on the management of crowd flow and movement for a wide range of places of public assembly
- Describe how to present the key elements of risk and crowd safety to an audience
This Masterclass will likely be of interest to:
- Event Organisers
- Event Controllers
- Safety Officers / Event Safety Advisors
- Crowd Management professionals
- Transport Managers
- Venue Managers
- Security Professionals
- Local Authority staff involved in licensing of events
- Emergency Service personnel
- Emergency / Resilience Planners
- Event professionals interested in gaining a better understanding of crowds
- Anyone with a planning or operational involvement in keeping crowds safe
NOTE
Photographs / video footage will be taken during the course, which may be used to promote the activities of Safe Events Global.