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Risk management e-Learning courses for regulated firms - IIRSM approved

Learn to manage risks in multiple scenarios with our Risk Management course library. Packed with IIRSM-accredited modules, our library trains your employees in the fundamentals of risk management.

Identify, prevent, and manage risks

Best for…

Companies seeking to upskill their employees on the fundamentals of risk management.

Hosted on…

The Skillcast Learning Management System or your existing platform.

Learn with…

Nine fundamentals of risk management (FoRM) modules and business risk courses.

Available in...

All of the courses in our Global library are available in: Brazilian Portugese, Chinese Simplified, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Spanish.

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Train your teams to understand and apply key risk management principles

Available in multiple languages, our Risk Management course library equips your team with the knowledge of crucial risk management principles. With teachings on specific risks such as financial crime, fraud, and health and safety, our risk management courses provide education on identifying and preventing common business risks.

You can host this library on our managed LMS portal or use your own. Plus, you can customise your learning experience by exploring our bespoke training plans.

About our learning styles

In-depth

These are our more detailed e-learning courses that include practice scenarios and typically last between 25 and 45 minutes.

Refresher

These targeted courses help reinforce your employees' knowledge and notify them of any updates they might not be aware of.

Express

Our focused training courses deliver employee learning in smaller chunks, typically lasting between 10 and 15 minutes.

Microlearning

These bite-sized animated training videos can be delivered as: standalone, embedded in detailed e-learning courses, or compiled into a learning path.

What you’ll find in our Risk Management course library

Browse our Risk Management course library below. Looking for something specific? Use the search bar to find what you need. If you have any questions, reach out and tell us more about your requirements — we’re here to help.

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Fundamentals of Risk Management 1: Introduction to Risk

In order to fully understand the nature of the risks that your company faces, risk needs to be described in terms of events, causes and consequences.

The Three Lines of Defence

The Three Lines of Defence Model outlines a systematic approach to help businesses clarify the roles and responsibilities necessary to manage risks.

Business Continuity Management

Despite the best risk management efforts, some events will be beyond your control, and your Company needs to plan for them accordingly.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 2: Risk Management

Most companies seek to nurture a healthy risk culture where everyone across the organisation understands their responsibilities for managing risk.

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Operational Risk

Our Operational Risk Course will help your employees understand companies' common operational risks, including legal and compliance risk, third-party risk and cyber risk.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 5: Risk Assessment

The output of a risk assessment helps determine a firm's risk appetite and approach to risk management.

Cyber Risk

Cyber risk has become an increasingly important part of the business landscape that relies on digital technologies to deliver products and services.

Third-Party Risk

Third-party risk is a form of operational risk and includes the risk that arises from relationships with third-party providers such as suppliers, contractors and other business partners.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 4: Risk Appetite

Attitudes to risk can vary considerably across a spectrum of risk-taking.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 6: Risk Treatment

Risk treatment refers to when a firm applies risk controls and other strategies in response to risk.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 3: Risk Identification

Risk identification is a process carried out to obtain a holistic view of the risks a company is exposed to.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 8: Risk Reporting

Risk reporting is the final step in the Management of Risk framework.

Fundamentals of Risk Management 7: Risk Monitoring

Risk monitoring is within the broader ecosystem of the risk management process.

Business Travel Risk

Business travel risk management is fundamental for organisational resilience and business continuity management.

Credit Risk for Financial Firms

Credit risk is a form of financial risk.

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Purpose-designed software to bolster your compliance efforts

The Skillcast Portal provides a centralised platform to handle your e-learning and policy management, staff disclosures, compliance registers, and more. Available at Standard, Enhanced, and Premium levels, Skillcast Portal packages elevate your compliance training delivery, with all plans including our five-star managed services and security as standard.

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Your questions, answered

Are Skillcast courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools like declarationssurveys, and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.

Is our training content still compliant with the latest legislation?

  • You can check the latest course content updates in our library updates page: https://www.skillcast.com/compliance-course-library-updates
  • For major legislative changes, we:
    • Will send you email alerts to ensure you are notified
    • Offer you a free trial of newly created or updated content
    • Host webinars with compliance experts to explain the changes and how our training supports your ongoing compliance

Can you translate our content into other languages?

Yes, we offer translations in a wide range of languages. Let us know your needs, and we’ll confirm availability or work with you to plan translations for your selected modules.

How can I give employees a secure way to record suspicious activity so we can act quickly?

Our Suspicious Activity Register allows staff to log concerns or irregularities they observe, helping you detect potential issues early. The secure register can be reviewed by compliance teams, enabling prompt investigation and action.

What file types are supported by the Skillcast system?

Features

Supported file types and details

File Exchange

File types: PDF, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, SCORM and xAPI files, and compressed zip files. Max file size: Default is 1GB, can be increased to a max of 2GB

SCORM files

Versions: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 1.2 for Moodle, SCORM 2004 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition. Max file size: 1024MB

xAPI file

Max file size: 2GB

Videos

File types: MP4 or MOV. Videos must be optimised, with a max file size of 100MB. If the file is bigger, our Design Team can help

Images

File types: jpg, png and gif. The file size should ideally be 100KB, but it can be up to 250KB

CPD evidence

File types: Word, PDF, Excel and CSV. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Policy documents

PDF or Word File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Offline activities evidence

File types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PPTX and MSG. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Client logo files

File types provided by client: EPS, PDF, AI and SVG

Registers

PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, POT, PPA, PPS, JPG, JPEG, PJEPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, MP4, MOV, WMV, CPTX, CP, TXT, ZIP and MSG files

Declarations

JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, XLS and XLSX files