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Risk Management Training Package – IIRSM-approved online courses for staff

Ensure your company understands the necessary procedures for managing risk. Our risk management courses teach employees the importance of risk management and how to apply the essential principles to your industry.

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Ensuring compliance e-learning success for our customers

100%

Course completion rates for employees at global insurance company MS Amlin.

313%

Increase in learning and development activities at Kentro Capital.

342%

Increase in learning sessions per user at multinational retailer Tesco.

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Your partner in compliance and risk management

Choose Skillcast to benefit from IIRSM-accredited e-learning modules and a comprehensive training library comprising risk management fundamentals.

By opting for our risk management courses, you’ll have the tools to measure learning effectiveness and address knowledge gaps, alongside regularly updated courses to upskill your staff. Looking for a more customised training plan to suit your company’s needs? Our bespoke course options might be for you.

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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.

The learning outcome was so critical — I couldn’t trust anyone else.

Scott Morris, SVP Global Compliance
Major Italian banking group

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Explore our risk management courses

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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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Your central portal for managing compliance

The Skillcast Portal provides everything you need to handle your compliance e-learning with confidence. Available in Standard, Enhanced, or Premium packages, the Skillcast Portal is a data-led, holistic solution that allows you to track progress and demonstrate compliance to regulators. Plus, you can choose to elevate your compliance e-learning with our comprehensive Learning Management System or use your own. Looking to learn more about the Skillcast Portal?

Read how we helped Jupiter to elevate their training efficiency with risk analysis

Common risk management questions

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