Continuing Education

Certified Risk Management Professional (CRMP)

Start here by taking the RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep Workshop with NAIT!

Boost your career and keep your organization ready to handle risks by earning the RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) certification. Demonstrate your practical skills, strategic perspective, and commitment to continuous learning.

Become a RIMS-CRMP to:

  • Increase your earning potential
  • Prepare for more senior risk management, financial, and operational roles
  • Enhance your enterprise-wide risk management perspective
  • Stay current on risk management trends and practices

Gain an edge with the RIMS-CRMP, the only ANSI-accredited risk management certification.

As the only competency-based risk management credential, the RIMS-CRMP certification demonstrates your performance ability and technical knowledge. Prepare for the exam and connect with other risk professionals in this virtual prep workshop.

Review the 5 core competencies of a risk professional, share examples from your experience, discuss case studies, and tackle sample exam questions. Attend this workshop to gain the confidence that you are ready for the exam.

Before you register in the course

Please review the eligibility requirements and follow the outlined steps in the Before You Register tab before registering in the CRMP course. If you enrol without meeting the eligibility requirements, you will be removed from the course.

RIMS-CRMP learning objectives

The learning outcomes of the RIMS-CRMP certification are designed to blend hands-on experience with training from expert instructors. Click through the Learning Outcomes tab to review the full course outline, course topics, and exercises.

Why earn the RIMS-CRMP certification?

In addition to learning the foundational principles of risk management, participants who earn the RIMS-CRMP certification find themselves prepared for senior operational roles with increased earning potential. Click the Why You Need This Course tab to learn more.

Courses

Quick Facts

Campus: Main

Any in-person components of your courses will be delivered at NAIT's Main Campus in Edmonton. View map

Delivery Modes:

  • Online - All your class activity will be delivered online.

Delivery Times:

  • Varies by Class - Delivery times varies by class. See Courses and Advanced Credit to view course scheduling details.

Before you can enrol in the CRMP exam prep course

1. Review the following eligibility requirements and ensure you meet them before registering.

You must meet at least one of the following degree and experience requirements to be eligible to register.

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (or global equivalent)* in risk management, and 1 year of full-time work experience (or full-time equivalence) in risk management.**

OR

  • Student enrolled in the final year of a bachelor’s degree program or higher (or global equivalent) in risk management.***

OR

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (or global equivalent) in non-risk management area of study, and 3 years of full-time work experience (or full-time equivalence) in risk management.

OR

  • 6 years of risk management work experience.

2. Create a NAIT Student ID

Follow the NAIT Student ID Creation instructions [PDF] to get a student ID and set up your MyNAIT student portal.

3. Contact the Customer Success team to register

Contact our Customer Success team at continuingeducation@nait.ca to register in the course. Make sure you include your NAIT Student ID and attach evidence of your eligibility (diploma or transcripts, resume with risk management experience listed, etc.). We cannot process your course registration without the paperwork noted above.

*Degrees must be obtained from accredited or equivalent schools of higher education.

**Risk Management experience, broadly defined, is occupational experience that includes the competent application of frameworks, tools, and solutions that support risk-informed decision-making to achieve an organization’s goals. Occupational experience spans from early-stage program design to risk financing and executive risk advising. This includes discovering, analyzing, implementing, or leading the risk management practices for or on behalf of organizations. This experience may also include the development, selection or offering of risk transfer or financing solutions. Irrespective of any job specific focus, the core element of the risk management experience is the alignment of risk-informed decisions with the organization’s strategy to create and protect enterprise value.

***Students may apply for the certification and take the examination but will not be awarded the certification and may not hold themselves as certification holders until after passing the exam, completing the degree requirement, and demonstrating one-year of full-time experience in risk management.

RIMS-CRMP Prep Workshop Course Outline

The learning outcomes for the CRMP exam prep course are competency-based and validate the performance ability and technical knowledge of risk professionals. The course objectives, concepts, and exercises are designed to develop your risk management skills and put them into practice. 

Course Objectives

Participants will walk away with the ability to:

  • Understand the five competency domains of RIMS-CRMP
  • Apply the five competency domains of RIMS-CRMP
  • Become a better risk professional
  • Understand the components of the RIMS-CRMP certification
  • Start an action plan to obtain the certification

Course Topics

  1. Analyzing the Business Model
  2. Designing Organizational Risk Strategies
  3. Implementing Risk Process
  4. Developing Organizational Risk Competency
  5. Supporting Decision Making
  6. Exam Preparation

Practical Excercises and Hands-on Learning

Participants engage in activities and interactions designed to reinforce course concepts. The course developers at RIMS construct the activities so the participants learn from each other as well as from the experienced facilitators. Examples of the exercises you'll participate in over the course of the workshop include:

  • Group discussion on the analysis of operations including what management wants and rewards
  • Group discussion on how to define success measures and aligning risk strategy with organizational goals
  • Group work on identifying examples of KPIs and KRIs and their connection to organizational objectives
  • Exercise on how to identify techniques of risk analysis applicable to the case study
  • 25 sample test questions
  • Group exercise to identify and apply risk solutions to the case study
  • Group exercise to identify ways to engage an organization’s risk network using case studies

Why earn the RIMS-CRMP certification?

There are 6 reasons why participants attend this workshop at NAIT.

  1. Canada's Only Provider. NAIT is the first Canadian polytechnic to partner with RIMS to deliver the Certified Risk Management Professional credential.
  2. Global Accreditation. The RIMS-CRMP certification holds official accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under ISO/IEC 17024:2012. ANSI accreditation is recognized around the world.
  3. One of a Kind. The RIMS-CRMP is the only risk management certification in the world to hold the Organization of International Standardization (ISO) standard accredited status.
  4. Real-World Competencies and Practical Experience. The RIMS-CRMP program was developed to give participants access to learn from experts in the risk management field in a hands-on environment so they can learn the key duties that risk management professionals, regardless of specialty, are expected to perform.
  5. Recertification. RIMS-CRMPs must recertify every two years by earning 50 recertification points, 35 of which must be in continuing education. Recertifying shows your commitment to the profession and ensures your continued competence by keeping up with changes and emerging trends in the industry.
  6. Professional Responsibility. Employers will know that you are an ethical professional. RIMS-CRMP holders are required to uphold
    and abide by a published Code of Ethics.

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Delivery Methods

  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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