Finally a global approach to incident management certification is available aligned to ISO22320:2018 and customizable to local doctrine.
IPSQA CorePass® certification for incident management ensures personnel understand globally accepted concepts and practices.
The core concepts of incident command systems, such as clear chain of command, scalability, and integrated communications, are remarkably consistent across countries, underscoring the value of IPSQA’s new CorePass® Incident Management certification.
As disasters increasingly transcend national borders and require international cooperation, having a globally portable incident management certification becomes paramount. CorePass Incident Management certification ensures that emergency responders from different nations can seamlessly integrate into multinational teams, speak a common operational language, and efficiently coordinate their efforts. This standardization not only enhances the effectiveness of cross-border disaster response but also facilitates knowledge sharing and best practices on a global scale.
By embracing such internationally recognized qualifications, emergency management professionals can contribute to a more unified and robust global response capability, ultimately leading to more lives saved and better outcomes in the face of increasingly complex and far-reaching disasters. IPSQA’s CorePass® Incident Management certification, is an awareness level assessment with its emphasis on these universal principles and its alignment with international standards, serves as a vital tool in fostering this global interoperability and collaboration in emergency management.
Whether used as a stand-alone assessment, or the assessment is integrated within a training programme, a summative assessment is performed by a designated IPSQA Assessor who will test the candidate against a range of skills and knowledge requirements including:
- Principles and components of an incident management system
- Organizational structure and roles within an incident management system
- Developing an incident action plan within an incident planning process
- Common abbreviations and concepts within an incident management system
- Contrasting an incident management system with ISO22320:2018
The certification is ideal for:
- First responders
- Incident management
- Emergency managers
- Officials and government workers
- Utility and infrastructure workers
- Transportation operators
- Health professionals
Our CorePass® scheme is different from our other certifications (such as CertPubS®, DefraQual®, ProQual, WorkQual etc), as it does not use the ISO17024:2012 standard. This means the assessor can also be the candidate’s instructor and a lighter level of quality assurance applies. Assessment is still robust with the Accredited Testing Provider still required to ensure assessment tools used are compliant and that evidence is retained for external audit and moderation.
CorePass is flexible allowing a wide range of incident management systems to be used as part of certification requirements. Accredited Testing Centres can develop and use examinations that are aligned to their locally adopted system including:
- Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)
- Incident Command System (ICS) [US, Canada and South Africa versions]
- National Incident Management System (NIMS)
- Gold Silver Bronze (GSB) Command/Joint Emergency Service Inter-Operability Principles (JESIP)
Contact us or your local Accredited Testing Centre for further information.