Climate Resilient Infrastructure Online Course

Climate Resilient Infrastructure Online Course

Based on the CRIG, this course provides participants with a shared language, practical frameworks and real-world examples to support planning, funding, monitoring and adapting infrastructure assets to the increasing challenges of climate change.


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  • Overview
  • Topics & Modules
  • Course Format
  • Outcomes
  • FAQs

About this Course

Research shows that practitioners who are upskilled on the latest technical information, provided with peer developed case studies, strategies and professional training will have the confidence to implement new and more sustainable asset management options.

The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Course is an interactive, content rich, self-paced online course designed to build practical capability in identifying and integrating climate resilience into infrastructure asset management and financial planning frameworks.



Online
Delivery



CPD
3 hours



Duration
Self Paced



Member: $150* | Others: $200*

*Ex GST

Based on the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Guideline, the course provides participants with a shared language, practical frameworks and real-world examples to support planning, funding, monitoring and adapting infrastructure assets to the increasing challenges of climate change.

Participants will undertake an Action Learning Project that builds throughout the course and results in a Business Case for the integration of climate resilient materials and assets within their organisational policies and processes. Access to the CRIG for six months will be included and participants who complete the course will receive the IPWEA Climate Resilient Infrastructure Digital Badge.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the likely changes in the climate in Australia to 2100 and beyond.
  • Identify climate change impacts and resilience options for buildings, bridges, roads, footpaths, green infrastructure, water and waste water assets, storm water assets, coastal assets and the most commonly used infrastructure materials.
  • Integrate climate change resilience into asset and financial management planning and reduce the risk of maladaptation.
  • Overcome barriers to change within their organisation.
  • Know where to source further information.

Who Should Enrol

This course would be ideal for professionals who are responsible for the planning, management, funding and long-term performance of infrastructure assets, particularly those seeking to build capability in climate resilience and adaptation.

Infrastructure Asset Managers

Local Government Officers

Engineering and Technical Professionals

Strategic and Financial Planners

Policy and Governance Professionals

Community Planners

 

Course Modules (Click on each Module to learn more)
Module 1 - Foundations of Climate Resilience
Module 2 - Damage and the Deterioration Risk
Module 3 - Applying the Decision Tree
Module 4 - Your role as an Elected Member
Module 5 - Building Consensus and the Business Case

 

Module Details

Module 1: Foundations of Climate Resilience

Before you can assess risk, choose adaptation options, or build a business case, you need to understand how Australia's climate is changing, and how those changes translate into damage and deterioration of the assets and materials you manage. This module introduces climate resilience to help you make those choices.

Module 2: Damage and the Deterioration Risk

There are seven materials that are integral to Australian infrastructure, all of which are affected by climate hazards. In this section, you'll explore how these materials respond to physical damage and chemical deterioration under climate stress, followed by six resilience qualities that define a durable asset. You'll then apply what you've learned to assess the material-level vulnerability of your own asset.

Module 3: Adaptation and Lifecycle Planning

After determining a residual Risk Rating, the next step is adaptation. This involves choosing a response that reduces a climate risk to an acceptable level over the life of the asset, and locking that response into the way the asset is planned, financed, and maintained.

Module 4: Applying the Decision Tree

The Decision Tree is a practical tool that provides structure to your climate risk assessments for infrastructure, focussing on the primary impacts of climate change on an asset in terms of usage, physical damage and chemical deterioration.

Module 4: Building Consensus and the Business Case

In this module, you'll learn to lead the organisational change that climate-resilient asset management requires, and link your technical outputs to the long-term asset performance and financial reporting that decision-makers actually use.

By completing this course, participants will identify climate change impacts and resilience options for buildings, bridges, roads, footpaths, green infrastructure, water and waste water assets, storm water assets, coastal assets and the most commonly used infrastructure materials.

 

CPD Points

Participants who complete this course will earn 3 CPD hours. These hours are calculated based on the course's structured learning activities, readings, case studies, and reflection exercises.

Total estimated 3 hours.
Eligible for CPD by Engineers Australia (EA) in accordance with EA Guidelines.

 

Credly Badge

Showcase your IPWEA Education Pathway achievements with a Digital Badge.

IPWEA has partnered with Credly to provide a convenient way for you to showcase your professional accomplishments. Upon course completion, you will now receive a ‘digital badge’ to recognise your achievements. A digital badge is easily shared online, data rich and verified. It is the ideal way to showcase your achievement.

IPWEA Digital Badges recognise the knowledge and skill gained via our courses in a way that is shareable with your network. We’ll be introducing the following badges for our four current pathway courses.

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Steve Verity

Steve Verity

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Principal Advisor - Asset Management, IPWEA

Steve is an Emeritus member of IPWEA with over 35 years’ experience in infrastructure and asset management across public and private sectors. He is active on multiple standards committees and working groups, and serves as IPWEA’s representative on the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management. Steve applies strong planning, risk, and funding approaches to support sustainable service delivery. He has also contributed to research and infrastructure performance reporting initiatives that strengthen evidence-based decision-making. He brings practical insight, broad experience, and a commitment to mentoring others in developing asset management capability.

Tamara Allen

Tamara Allen-Canny

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Senior Advisor - Asset Management, IPWEA

Tamara is a passionate advocate for building asset management capability across local government and industry. With over two decades of senior executive experience, she has worked across growth, rural, and regional councils in Victoria and Queensland. Tamara brings deep knowledge in infrastructure and engineering services, having led teams in asset management planning, capital works delivery, maintenance, and disaster recovery. Tamara understands the real-world challenges councils face in managing assets effectively and sustainably and has extensive experience in leading asset transformation programs in both large and small councils. Through her work with IPWEA, she supports others in developing practical skills and strategic approaches to asset management. Her leadership and lived experiences have helped teams build confidence and deliver long-term value for their communities.

Terms and Conditions

Cancellation:

Participants may cancel their enrolment at any time. Cancellations received prior to the commencement of the course will not incur any penalty. Cancellations received after the course has commenced will be required to pay 100% of the course fee.

Enrolment suspension and transfer:

  • Applications to suspend and transfer enrolment to the next course must be received by the course administrator before the start of Module 1.
  • Applications for suspension and transfer received after commencement of Module 1 will incur a fee equal to 50% of the course registration fee to transfer to a future course.
  • Participants who have transferred enrolment to a Course must recommence on the next available course.
  • Participants who are granted an enrolment suspension and transfer will be provided access to all modules of the subsequent Course. Any of the work completed on the eLearning portal during the initial enrolment will not be transferred to the subsequent course.

Course fee payment:

Participants must ensure course fee payments are complete prior to the commencement of the course. In the event of late enrolments, IPWEA will accept an official Purchase Order as proof of pending payment. Participants who have not paid the course fee, do not receive feedback on their assignment submissions and cannot complete the course.

Extensions:

Extensions to complete work/assignments which are due will only be given in the following circumstances:

  • Illness or injury of the candidate or his/her immediate family where the candidate is one of the primary caregivers;
  • Death or incapacity of a family member or close relative;
  • Abnormal or unanticipated work load resulting from entity restructures or severe natural weather events such as earthquakes, storms, floods.

Assignment:

Assignments must be the participant’s own work. The use of AI to complete assignments can be detected. Participants using AI to complete assignments are not demonstrating that they understand the key concepts in the course and will be asked to resubmit.

Course Closure and Finalisation:

Participants will have access to the online course environment, IPWEA eLearning platform for a reasonable period following the conclusion of the course to facilitate assignment completion.

Our commitment to participants:

  • The Assignments will remain confidential and will only be used for the mentor’s assessment and feedback.
  • Mentors will respond to participant questions in a timely manner.
  • Mentors will provide support to all participants as far as practical to assist them to complete the course.

Privacy:

Personal information will be handled in accordance with IPWEA’s privacy policy, available on IPWEA’s website.

Use of AI tools:

IPWEA appreciates the convenience and assistance that artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer. However, to ensure you achieve value from the learning experience, we strongly recommend limiting the use of AI in your interactions, discussions and assessment submissions. This course is designed to enhance your individual critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and professional skills. Using AI extensively may hinder this development. While we don't entirely prohibit the use of AI, we ask you to use such tools responsibly and primarily for tasks like organising or summarising thoughts, rather than to generate submissions. Any work submitted should reflect your understanding, insights, and the contextualised application of the knowledge gained throughout the course. Any excessive reliance on AI detected in submissions may impact assessment outcomes.

Once you complete your registration, you will receive an email containing detailed instructions on how to log in, along with additional relevant information. This email is sent out a week before your course start date, so please keep an eye on your inbox. If you don't receive this email, please reach out to admin@ipwea.org.

No prior specialist knowledge of the topic is required. The course is suitable for both technical and non-technical roles seeking a shared, practical understanding.

All registrants will be provided 6 months of complimentary access to the CRIG as this resource has been used as a core reference in this course.

  Delivery and Format

The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Assets is an online, self-paced course delivered via IPWEA Academy.

  • Approximately 3 hours total learning time
  • Start anytime – learn at your own pace
  • Short videos, diagrams, case studies and curated resources
  • Practical reflection and action learning tasks (completion required, not graded)
  • Access to the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Guideline (CRIG) for six months as a core reference
  • Digital badge issued on completion via Credly

Terms and Conditions

Cancellation:

Participants may cancel their enrolment at any time. Cancellations received prior to the commencement of the course will not incur any penalty. Cancellations received after the course has commenced will be required to pay 100% of the course fee.

Enrolment suspension and transfer:

  • Applications to suspend and transfer enrolment to the next course must be received by the course administrator before the start of Module 1.
  • Applications for suspension and transfer received after commencement of Module 1 will incur a fee equal to 50% of the course registration fee to transfer to a future course.
  • Participants who have transferred enrolment to a Course must recommence on the next available course.
  • Participants who are granted an enrolment suspension and transfer will be provided access to all modules of the subsequent Course. Any of the work completed on the eLearning portal during the initial enrolment will not be transferred to the subsequent course.

Course fee payment:

Participants must ensure course fee payments are complete prior to the commencement of the course. In the event of late enrolments, IPWEA will accept an official Purchase Order as proof of pending payment. Participants who have not paid the course fee, do not receive feedback on their assignment submissions and cannot complete the course.

Extensions:

Extensions to complete work/assignments which are due will only be given in the following circumstances:

  • Illness or injury of the candidate or his/her immediate family where the candidate is one of the primary caregivers;
  • Death or incapacity of a family member or close relative;
  • Abnormal or unanticipated work load resulting from entity restructures or severe natural weather events such as earthquakes, storms, floods.

Assignment:

Assignments must be the participant’s own work. The use of AI to complete assignments can be detected. Participants using AI to complete assignments are not demonstrating that they understand the key concepts in the course and will be asked to resubmit.

Course Closure and Finalisation:

Participants will have access to the online course environment, IPWEA eLearning platform for a reasonable period following the conclusion of the course to facilitate assignment completion.

Our commitment to participants:

  • The Assignments will remain confidential and will only be used for the mentor’s assessment and feedback.
  • Mentors will respond to participant questions in a timely manner.
  • Mentors will provide support to all participants as far as practical to assist them to complete the course.

Privacy:

Personal information will be handled in accordance with IPWEA’s privacy policy, available on IPWEA’s website.

Use of AI tools:

IPWEA appreciates the convenience and assistance that artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer. However, to ensure you achieve value from the learning experience, we strongly recommend limiting the use of AI in your interactions, discussions and assessment submissions. This course is designed to enhance your individual critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and professional skills. Using AI extensively may hinder this development. While we don't entirely prohibit the use of AI, we ask you to use such tools responsibly and primarily for tasks like organising or summarising thoughts, rather than to generate submissions. Any work submitted should reflect your understanding, insights, and the contextualised application of the knowledge gained throughout the course. Any excessive reliance on AI detected in submissions may impact assessment outcomes.

Course Benefits

 

Understand Community Infrastructure Needs

Gain the knowledge and tools to better oversee the services that infrastructure assets provide to your community.

 

Support Informed Decision-Making

Make informed decisions related to services for your organisation.

 

Master Key Asset Management Concepts

Gain an understanding of key topics relating to infrastructure Asset Management, internationally accepted terminology, case studies, and more.

 

Access Ongoing Learning Resources

Access course modules for a period of 12 months as a lasting resource that you can revisit as you progress your asset management journey.

 

Earn a Recognised Digital Credential

Upon completion receive the Infrastructure Asset Management Planning for Elected Members Digital Credential – allowing you to showcase your achievement in your CV, via LinkedIn and on other social media platforms.

CRIG (Included text for this course)

The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Guideline provides nationally relevant, collaboratively developed, industry best practice guidance on the integration of climate risk and resilience into asset and financial management planning.

The Guideline details a range of climate hazards including higher temperatures, heatwave, frost, hail, changes in rainfall, increased storm and cyclonic intensity flooding, coastal and riverine erosion, drought, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and bushfire weather.

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