These practical evidence-based sessions will be of benefit to individuals across the sector who want to learn new tools to improve their capabilities and those of their team to best meet their obligations and accountabilities as a leader in an emergency management setting.
The content complements the RRANZ Part One and Part Two courses.
- Each masterclass will run over two sequential days as two 3-hour sessions.
- Pricing: $480 (exl GST) per Masterclass. (includes all course materials).
RRANZ Alumni and IAEM members receive a 5% discount.
Customised training
Bring our expertise directly to your team
Have a group to train? Have specific training needs? These masterclasses can be customised and delivered online or in-house.
In-person Continuing Professional Development
1 day
From $850.00
Online Continuing Professional Development
6 hours
From $480.00
6 hours
From $480.00
6 hours
From $480.00
Facilitators
David Parsons, Dr. Christine Owen, and Cameron Scott bring their extensive evidence/practice-based expertise to deliver a highly interactive, engaging, and valued masterclass.
David Parsons
David has considerable emergency management experience in a number of emergency management roles in emergency services organisations and the corporate sectors. His specialist expertise is in emergency response management, crisis decision making, exercise management, lessons learned, organisational resilience.
He works with organisations including critical infrastructure, public safety, and health. David has extensive involvement in providing emergency management professional development at Diploma and Degree levels in Australia and New Zealand. His specialty area of interest is in the neuroscience of decision-making and multiagency leadership.
Christine Owen
Christine is an organisational behaviour and learning researcher with over 25 years’ experience in investigating decision-making, teamwork, coordination, organisational culture and change in safety-critical environments. She has been engaged by industry in a number of practitioner reviews and evaluations of major emergency events.
Christine conducts research into high consequence decision-making, leadership, teamwork, and collaboration in domains including aviation, medicine, emergency management, and public safety. She is passionate about transforming research evidence into practice to improve working lives.
Cameron Scott
Cameron has considerable experience in a number of emergency management roles in state and federal government, including the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources in Victoria and the Australian Emergency Management Institute within Emergency Management Australia.
Cameron is the National Network Emergency Manager at the National Broadband Network (nbn), where he is responsible for controlling and coordinating the response to emergencies. He is also responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with emergency management agencies across the country as well as the development of emergency management capability including planning, training and exercising. Cameron represents nbn on the national Communications Sector Trusted Information Sharing Network (TISN).
Cancellation, transfer, and refund policy
RRANZ understands there are many reasons why participants may need to cancel or transfer their participation in our courses. Unfortunately, it may not be possible for your place on the programme to be filled by another participant at short notice, resulting in costs that cannot be recouped. Student fees are the only source of funding for the RRANZ programme.
The following cancellation, transfer, and refund policy applies:
- 30 days or more before the course starts – $50.00 administration fee.
- 8-29 days before the course starts – 50% of the course fee.
- 1-7 days before the course starts – 100% of the course fee.
Requests for consideration of special circumstances can be made to information@rranz.org.nz.
In the event of a regional or national state of emergency, RRANZ will likely cancel any scheduled courses.
All courses are subject to a minimum enrolment number.

