Event Safety Management University Diploma

What you will study

You'll study these modules:

Crisis Communication and Reputation Management

This module will enable you to understand the necessity of preparing, planning and implementing a crisis communication plan as it is essential in the events industry to appreciate the lifecycle of a crisis and the importance of a correct situational response.

The levels of command and the systems in place for any situation requiring emergency, crisis/disaster management will be investigated.
The module will further explore the issues addressed in the Event Safety Plan albeit with a separate crisis communication plan intended to be utilised as a consequence of an emergency or crisis at an event.

Events Legislation

This module is intended to provide you with an awareness of relevant legislation affecting the planning and implementation of event operations. You will be introduced to the intricacies of risk analysis and assessment, health and safety requirements, site and venue design, licensing, contracting and corporate manslaughter and wider sustainability issues. It will also provide you with the opportunity to contextualise legal frameworks to specific events and venues.

Events Safety Management

The events industry is multi-faceted and encompasses current and emerging festival, corporate and sporting events. To ensure events are conducted with due care, diligence and regard for the welfare of staff and customers, each event needs to identify and assess unique venue specific health and safety planning and management.

This module incorporates size, scale, place and type of venue and how the type of facility, its design and technical capabilities impact on the event. The module comprises all phases of event logistics from the supply of customers, facilities, product transportation to crowd control, behaviour and crowd dynamics. To further develop knowledge of site and venue design and to assess how venue space is interpreted, positive and negative externalities and their corresponding legal requirements are factored into the planning process.

As risk analysis remains a prevalent necessity in today's events industry, you will be introduced to the identification, contingency planning and management of financial, operational and event health and safety risk.