Field Logistics in Emergencies (with credit-rated option)

Overview

DESCRIPTION

Logistics activities account for a very large proportion of the costs involved in a disaster relief operation. Logisticians explore ways of minimising costs while maximising the impact of aid in order to ensure effective humanitarian response. This course aims to help you develop the competencies needed to manage field logistics in a humanitarian context.

Field Logistics in Emergencies is a highly participatory course, with group exercises and theory based sessions. You will experience what it is like to be at the centre of an emergency response in a challenging simulation which will test your knowledge and understanding of what a Field Logistician does.

This RedR course has been approved by the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT) and the HELP Forum. It will be run at the Medecins Sans Frontiers training space in Brussels, allowing for additional hands-on activities and learning opportunities.

What does the course cover?

• Logistics and the emergency environment

• Logistics needs assessments

• Humanitarian supply chain management

• Warehousing, inventory control and asset management

• Transportation, distribution, and fleet management

• Power generation

• Security risk management, security strategies, and risk, threat, and vulnerability

• Communication and technology

• Staff and financial management

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Describe the role and responsibilities of a logistician in a humanitarian programme

• Identify key procedures and documentation required to establish effective and accountable logistics services and infrastructure

• Identify the key principles and components of humanitarian supply chain management and procurement

• Plan an effective process for warehousing, inventory control and distribution of commodities to beneficiaries

• Plan and manage an effective asset management process

• Define the principles of fleet and vehicle management

• Explain the basic principles, advantage and limitations of key radio and satellite communication systems and describe how these are managed in the field

• Identify key human resources issues facing a logistician in recruiting and managing a logistics team

• Describe the basic principles of financial administration, budgeting and cost control in accordance with donor regulations

The credit-rated assessment:

Field Logistics in Emergencies is a competency based, assessed course worth 10 Masters level credits that can be transferred to the Masters in Development and Emergency Practice (DEP)from Oxford Brookes University or other similar postgraduate qualifications.

Please note there is a 15% additional fee to take the course as credit-rated.

Course Overview:

Registration will take place from 8.45 am on Monday. Training will run from 9 am and conclude at 5.30 pm. Each day is broken up into four sessions, separated by an hour lunch break and 20 minute coffee/ tea breaks in the morning and afternoon.

From the second day, training begins with a review of the topics covered the previous day to ensure that the concepts, tools, and frameworks are fully understood. Every day ends with a period of reflection, evaluation, and questions.

Participants will be actively encouraged to participate in classroom discussions, group work and a desk-based simulation. The trainers will draw on both theoretical and practical knowledge in order to make the experience and learning applicable to the realities of field logistics in a humanitarian disaster.

Day 1

After registration and a welcome in the morning of the first day, you will be introduced to the topic of logistics. In the remainder of the morning you will learn about logistics needs assessment and risk assessments. In the afternoon, the workshop will cover supply chain management and procurement and supply.

Day 2

Day two begins with an introduction to warehousing, followed by inventory control organisation and reporting and then asset management. After lunch, the course will cover security-risk threat and vulnerability, after which you will discuss distribution. At the end of the day, you will learn about security amidst crowds and mobs. The subject of transportation logistics will close the day.

Day 3

Day three begins with a discussion of fleet management, covering vehicles with 4 x 4 or four wheel drive capabilities. You will then learn about generators before breaking for lunch. In the afternoon, the course will cover office accommodation setup and management followed up site security. Communication and technology will be discussed in the next session, which will close with incident reporting.

Day 4

On the fourth day, you will begin by learning about staff management and recruitment. The second session will be about donor regulations and then field finance and the audit trail. The reminder of the day will be spent on a logistics planning simulation.

Day 5

The logistics planning exercise will carry on into the last day of the course, concluding with team presentations and a group debrief of the logistics planning simulation. Later, you will have a chance to make action plans for your logistics career objectives, using the knowledge you have gained on the course. The last session is reserved for wrapping up the course: recapping the key points, answering any lingering questions, completing course evaluations, and receiving your certificates of completion.

FAQs

Early Bird tickets (10% Discount) are available until 1 month before the course start date, after which standard fees will apply.

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Who should attend?

The course is appropriate for: potential or new field logisticians and experienced humanitarian staff interested in gaining a deeper knowledge of logistics ‘on the ground’; individuals in commercial or private sector logistics roles interested in transitioning to a humanitarian role; generalist aid workers who want to transition into a logistical role; managers or staff from other areas in humanitarian response, such as finance, technical work, or programme management, whose work brings them into contact with logistics and want to better understand it.

People who are new to the humanitarian or logistics sectors are welcome to attend the course, but some theoretical humanitarian knowledge is presumed. Practical humanitarian experience is not required for the course.

What is the credit-rated fee for?

All participants will be assessed on the in-class component of the assessment process and provided with feedback.

An additional charge of 15% of course fees applies for those wishing to complete the post-class written assessment.

The additional 15% charge can be paid at the time of the original course booking, or at any subsequent time before submission of the written assignment. Please note that the assessment fee must be paid before RedR can assess and provide feedback on your written assignment.

Payment of the credit-rating fee signals intent to complete the assessment process. The credit-rating fee is charged in line with RedR UK's agreement with Oxford Brookes University and is therefore non-refundable.

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

The minimum age for this event is 18.

What's the refund policy?

-For bookings cancelled two or more weeks before a course, administrative charges will apply. Applicants will be entitled to a refund of 85% of the course fees paid, or if places are available will be offered a transfer of 90% of the course fees paid onto the next instance of the course. 
-For bookings cancelled one to ten working days* before a course begins, 25% of the course fee will be refunded (*during normal UK working days, Monday-Friday and working hours 9am-5pm).
-For bookings cancelled less than 24 hours (working days only) before a course, or after a course has started, no refund will provided. 
-If the applicant chooses to transfer to another course and then cancels their booking a second time, neither a further transfer nor a refund will be offered.
-The refund must be claimed within two months from the cancelled course start date.
-Please note that unfortunately we are only able to cover our local bank charges and not the recipient’s bank charges when we make refunds.
-Refunds may take up to 30 days.

Cost

£560 – £1,354