[OR] What is the Level of Expertise in Operational Resilience?

Two building blocks, linking closely to the Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BoK), support our participants' learning journey. 

One is the Competency Level or CL, and the other is the Level of Expertise or Expertise Level.

Operational Resilience Certification Level Vs Expertise Level and Competency Level

Expertise Level

All training syllabi within BCM Institute have been designed to assist professionals in upgrading their competency using the "Know," "Do," and "Manage" levels of expertise.

This applies to the respective areas of Operational Resilience (OR) domains, including the Operational Resilience Audit (ORA).

This is for professionals who want to be acknowledged for their fundamental understanding of operational resilience.

It usually includes personnel who are involved in the OR project or programme but are led by a designated OR professional (For example, the Operational Resilience Coordinator at the department or division level and for senior management being led by the Organisation Operational Resilience Coordinator))

This is for professionals who want to be acknowledged for their understanding and training of the intricacies and maintenance of their organization's plans, whether for OR or ORA.

To obtain any of the disciplines’ (OR or ORA) Specialist certification, one has to have at least one year of experience in the discipline of choice, pay an application fee and pass the relevant qualifying examination.

Professionals tasked with overseeing and managing the organisation’s programs and plans would like to know how to plan, implement, and sustain them.

They will be given the Expert certification only upon passing the appropriate qualifying Expert examination, demonstrating to the Certification Review committee that they have at least three years of experience and paying an application fee.

Operational Resilience Audit Competency Level Vs Training Requirement

Comparison Between Expertise, Competency and Certification Level

 The Competency Level (CL) is a set of building blocks for BCM Institute's training and certification requirements. Each subject domain is broken into three distinct levels:

1. Foundation (CL 1)
2. Intermediate (CL 2)
3. Advanced (CL 3)

The breakdown for each of the domains is as follows:

• [OR] [Operational Resilience] CL 1OR, CL OR and CL 3OR
• [ORA} [Operational Resilience Audit] CL 1ORA, CL 2ORA and CL 3ORA
  
  

The arrangement of the tiers represents the increasing specificity and specialization of the operational Resilience (OR) and Operational resilience audit (ORA) skills and knowledge content.