[OR-5] What is an OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer Course?

Overview of OR-5000 or [OR-5] OR Expert Implementer Course

While professionals generally still prefer to attend an onsite classroom-based course with a facilitator or instructor being present, (electronic) online video face-to-face workshop practices are fast gaining momentum.

Operational Resilience Learning Roadmap

The roadmap above is a snapshot of what you can expect from the programme. It is divided into the respective modules 1-4.  Find each module's syllabus by clicking the four [Course Content] buttons. 

The content has been carefully crafted to ensure that your participation and outcomes align with the OR-5000 OR Expert Implementer competency level for each day. 

Click any four buttons [Course Requirement] to learn more about your [OR-5]. What is an OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer Course participation and involvement in this course?

The course fee is SGD 3,850 for 100% online and SGD 4,150 for online + onsite, payable before the class starts. 

Course Content

Breakdown of the Time Spent

Mandatory time commitment: You must be physically available during the time slot for 6 (3-hour) sessions.  Self-paced 8-hour eLearning.

Operational Resilience for Financial Institutions

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, various regulatory developments have impacted the financial services industry, such as refining the management of disruptions, increasing interconnectedness and third-party/ outsourcing dependencies and dependencies on IT. 

This emphasises that operational resilience will remain a significant concern for the board, regulators, policymakers, investors and customers.

The challenge is organisations' approaches to dealing with differing regulations globally. In terms of resilience structure, organisations have looked at their governance frameworks and ensured they are fit for purpose.

They utilise stress and scenario testing to assess their capabilities, which goes beyond their existing business continuity and crisis management programs.

What are the Differences and Concerns?

The primary concern with blended learning is that it will be another eLearning training with the same number of teaching days as the "onsite course," delivered over the video channel.

Click the icon on the right to learn more about the difference between Blended (100% online) and Hybrid Learning (50% onsite and 50% online), which BCM Institute offers.

The entire process is redesigned with pre-reading (at your own time and pace) and preparatory work (rather than one hour doing the work in class) supported by proprietary guidance notes.

In fact, after several cohorts, the content of those who had attended our other advanced-level courses highlights a better way to provide the same outcome.

Instructors: Note that the instructors delivering the modules will remain the same as those providing the on-site training. At BCM Institute, most instructors are BCM and Risk Management professionals (in this case, operational resilience and operational risk) with a minimum of 12 years of direct BCM experience, as they hold regional or global resilience responsibilities.

International Participation: Another significant change will be greater participation by international delegates, compared with the traditional majority of Asian participants.  Be expected to discuss and work as teams from around the world.

Readings: More pre-readings should be expected, as the objective is to ensure that knowledge that could be acquired via reading is acquired outside the training session. More time is allocated to sharing experiences between the participants and facilitators.

Schedule for Courses: This is the schedule and start dates for the next course.  Click "OR-5000 Course Calendar" to learn more about the "RUNs" for the year.

Latest Update [1st June 2026] 

This is no longer just a training programme. It has transformed into a “Training-led Implementation” approach.

Instead of simply learning concepts, participants are now:

• Applying operational resilience frameworks during the course, with the help of pre-course reading and exercises
  

• Accessing the actual contextualised OR submission to the regulators aligned to OR standards
  

• Working on real organisational challenges
  

• Exchanging practical insights from implementations learned from Europe and North America
  

• Building actionable outputs that they can take back immediately
  
  

This shift reflects a deeper reality—organisations are moving from understanding resilience to operationalising it. 

Gain Competency: For organisations looking to accelerate their journey, BCM Institute’s training and certification programs, including the OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer course, provide in-depth insights and practical toolkits for effectively embedding this model.

To learn more about the course and schedule, click the buttons below for the OR-3 Blended Learning OR-300 Operational Resilience Implementer course and the OR-5 Blended Learning OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer course.

In-house Training. If you have over 6 participants attending OR-5000 and want to run the course in-house, please contact us.