Emergency Management Academy of New Zealand Emergency Management Certificate, Level 2 And

Tai Poutinit Polytechnic Emergency Management programme (Level 2 – Level 6)

Tai Poutini Polytechnic, through the Emergency management Department (formally EMANZ, the Emergency Management Academy of New Zealand) offers three certificates in emergency management and one applied diploma. They also offer three certificates and one diploma in Land Search and Rescue (Level 4 – Level 5).

Certificates Graduates of the Certificate in Emergency management (Level 2) are able to respond to emergencies in a range of functions including welfare, flood protection, incident management, disaster rescue, communications, technical rescue, and workplace emergency response, depending on the courses chosen from an elective list. All graduates from this programme will be familiar with: health and safety and how it applies to their situation; CDEM in New Zealand; the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS); the operation of two-way radios; how to prepare themselves for an emergency; stress reactions and ways of dealing with them; and writing incident reports. Graduates of this programme will be able to carry out processes that are established and familiar, employing basic operational knowledge, applied in directed activity.

Graduates of the Certificate in Emergency Management (Level 4) are able to provide a high- level response to emergencies in a range of chosen functions. All graduates from this programme will be familiar with the managerial roles of the Coordinated Incident management System. Graduates of this programme are able to carry out processes that require a wide range of skills in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar contexts, employing informed judgment based on broad knowledge, applied with possible responsibility for the quantity and quality of the outputs and of others.

The Certificate in Applied Emergency Management (Level 6) is a locally-prescribed level 6, 65 credit qualification consisting of provider standards:

AS01 – Demostrate core academic skills for study in the social science and business fields EMD01 – Demonstrate knowledge of key principles and arrangements of emergency management EMD02 – Demonstrate knowledge of emergency planning and apply project management tools to an emergency management project EMD03 – Demonstrate knowledge of professional development and develop a professional development plan for emergency management EMD05 – Perform emergency management functions within an organization and in an interdisciplinary environment EMD07 – Critically analyse Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) arrangements

Diploma in Applied Emergency Management (Level 6)

Graduates of the Diploma in Applied Emergency Management (Level 6) are able to apply skills and knowledge to support communities to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Graduates require a command of wide-ranging highly specialized technical or scholastic skills employing the analysis, reformatting and evaluation of a wide range of information applied with complete accountability for determining and achieving personal and/or group outcomes. Graduates are most likely to be employed as an Emergency Management Officer, Coordinator, Advisor or Assistant within a territorial local authority, or in other similar roles such as a business continuity planner for a large company; health emergency management planner for a district Health Board; Programme Coordinator of Officer for a non-governmental organization or in a management role within one of the primary emergency services. These more varied roles may require additional experience (life work) in addition to completion of this qualification.

For more information:

Contact: Tai Poutini Polytechnic Emergency Management Department P O Box 20002 Summer Hill Palmerston North 4448 New Zealand Ph: +64 6 353-1469 Fax: +64 6 353-1462 Email: [email protected]

Additional Information: www.emanz.ac.nz

Update: 7/22/11

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