Disaster Resilience
Short Courses.

A professional short course on disaster resilience, built around real decisions and field-based learning.

Disaster Resilience Short Courses

Upcoming

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Level 01

Disaster ResilienceFoundations

A planned three-day programme, including a resilience field day, for professionals working in disaster preparedness, response, recovery and resilience.

  • 28–30 April 2027
  • 8:30am-4:30pm
  • Ballina, NSW
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Disaster ResilienceAI for Emergency Management

A two-day online course for emergency management professionals, run with PSN Academy. Bring a problem from your own work and leave with a designed solution.

  • 18–19 May 2027
  • 10:00am-2:30pm AEST
  • Online, with PSN Academy

About

Building capability in disaster resilience through expert-led training and field-based work..

The Disaster Resilience short course is a professional development programme for people who plan for, decide on and recover from disaster events. The programme design, including its field component, is being confirmed. Register your interest to be notified when places are released.

Past

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AI in Emergency ManagementWith PSN Academy

Delivered online with PSN Academy for emergency management professionals across Australia and New Zealand.

  • 20–21 October 2026
  • 10:00am-2:30pm AEDT
  • Online
Closed

What practitioners say

From participants in the Coastal Resilience Short Course, including the AI session in Level II.

The most rewarding part was engaging with the other participants. I came away understanding coastal hazards from perspectives beyond my own, and seeing the range of solutions to erosion and inundation being applied across Australia.
Dr Paul BiermanBureau of Meteorology
I brought my own case to the AI session and built an agent to manage my email. I have been using it ever since, and I am now looking at whether AI can help with a coastal problem too.
Sophie BarrettCairns Regional Council, Queensland
A really worthwhile course. Working through coastal resilience in a practical way, alongside people from right across the coastal space, gave me perspectives I had not had before. I have already found myself drawing on those discussions in my own work.
Abby BernathCity of Gold Coast, Queensland
We were deeply impressed by this comprehensive and practical course. It provided essential knowledge that we hope to implement in our national forecasting strategies. Thank you for your valuable guidance and support.
Tom NatickMinistry of Climate Change, Vanuatu
A highly useful introduction to coastal processes and the options for erosion mitigation. Experienced professionals and real case studies made the basics of coastline management clear. I would strongly recommend it to anyone building their knowledge of how the coastal sector works in practice.
David GarradBundaberg Regional Council, Queensland
An incredibly rewarding experience. The course gave me valuable knowledge, meaningful connections and a fresh perspective that I will carry forward in my work and beyond. If you have the opportunity, I would absolutely encourage you to do it.
Carla OmeleyWollongong City Council, New South Wales
The AI session was particularly interesting and beneficial. I had not realised how many applications AI could have, or its potential for both administrative and complex tasks. I am now using it in everyday work and in drone mapping.
Craig PerryPeron Naturaliste Partnership, Western Australia

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