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title: How Do I Start My CM Learning Journey?
description: Understand good practices and competency by new crisis management managers
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##### Crisis Management Planning Series
# How Do I Start My CM Learning Journey?
If you are a new aspiring or seasoned crisis management, business continuity, emergency preparedness/ response, and IT disaster recovery professionals, you often find it challenging to identify the right (level) Crisis Management (CM) training and certification course to strengthen your capability development.
[Moh Heng Goh](https://blog.bcm-institute.org/en/crisis-management/author/moh-heng-goh) Dec 6, 2018
###### Crisis Management Certified Planner-Specialist-Expert
When you are reading this blog, you are probably appointed to head or assist the crisis management effort in your company. Suddenly, you asked yourself what and where can I acquire the necessary knowledge and get it up to speed. But where do you start? How do you go about doing it?
Here at BCM Institute; we know precisely what you need and how you can go about getting all the necessary skill sets expected of you in this new role.
If you’ve gone through our [website](https://www.bcm-institute.org/), you’ve probably been overwhelmed by the number of courses available for you. Rest assured, this is an easy way to make sense of it all.
First, find out what is your new job scope. Do you need to show proof of your competency? If you do, then I’d suggest you look into our group of certification courses. Join professionals from international corporations to obtain your internationally recognised CM certificate with us.
#### Types of Courses That You Can Attend
If you look further you will notice that our CM courses are divided into three competency level.
- [CM-300: Crisis Management Implementer](https://www.bcm-institute.org/courses/crisis-management-courses-2/crisis-management-certification-courses/cm-300-crisis-management-implementer/) {Competency Level: Know-Do\]
- [CM-400: Crisis Management Manager](https://www.bcm-institute.org/courses/crisis-management-courses-2/crisis-management-certification-courses/cm-400-crisis-management-manager/){Competency Level: Manage\]
- [CM-5000: Crisis Management Expert Implementer](https://www.bcm-institute.org/courses/crisis-management-courses-2/crisis-management-certification-courses/cm-5000-crisis-management-expert-implementer/) {Competency Level: Know-Do-Manage\]
Noticed CM-200: Crisis Management Planner {Competency Level: Know\] is not mentioned this course is the content of Day (Module) 1 to be taken together with the CM-300 course.
Read more about the level of expertise and the competency or **What is My CM Competency Level?** that you are in and is going to attain
[![\[BL-HL-CM-3-4-5\] Phases Learning Roadmap CM-300-CM-400-CM-5000 Crisis Management Course Phase](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3893111/5ff26902-051e-4cf3-a8b2-ed16dc0af61b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3893111/5ff26902-051e-4cf3-a8b2-ed16dc0af61b)Hope this article helps in your journey to discovering the right course for you. But if you are still unsure of your choices, look out for the "[Is This Crisis Management Course You Are Looking For?](https://blog.bcm-institute.org/crisis-management/is-this-crisis-management-course-you-are-looking-for)"
**Read More** about enhancing your journey toward an expert auditor for business continuity management by clicking "[Crisis Management: How And Where Do I Start?](https://info.bcm-institute.org/pp-crisis-management-how-and-where-do-i-start)"
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