Event Management: Planning a Safe Event

Do you aspire to a career in events? Perhaps you’re on a new career path as an event planner, event manager or organizer. If so, this course will give you core information you need to understand event management safety for all sorts of events and festivals.

By the end of the course, you will be able to create a risk assessment, conduct a site survey and increase your awareness of the audience well being.

Former Events manager Jarno Stegemen brings his years of experience in music festivals to help you grasp a fundamental part of events management.

Event and festival assistants Aspiring event organizers

Part 1 – Introduction to Event Safety

Introduction

What is health & safety at events?

The importance of health & safety at events

Part 2 –Planning Your Event

The importance of an event plan

Knowing your audience

Understanding your event site

Knowing your audience quiz

Part 3 – Site survey and site design

What is a site survey?

What to look for when conducting a site survey

Exercise: checking your event site capacity

Interview: Introduction of Joseph Pred

What is site design?

Part 4 – Risk Assessment for your event

What is a risk assessment?

The 5 steps to create a risk assessment

Risk assessment example

Interview: Joseph Pred

Exercise: Create your own risk assessment

Interview: What to think of when you create a risk assessment

Part 5 – Medical support and first aid at your event

Plan what and who you need at your event

The facilities

What to look for when hiring a medical team

Exercise: medical support on your event site

Part 6 – Minimizing the risks, increasing the safety of your event

Signage

Communication channels

Emergency procedures

Cancellation process

Exercise: 3 case studies of accidents at events. What would you do?

Part 7 – Responsibilities

Who is responsible at your event?

Who should you talk to?

Part 8 – Conclusion

The 5 steps of a risk assessment

Time to plan your event

Final thoughts

BONUS lecture

Part 9 – Resources

The Event Safety Guide (UK edition)

The Safety at Sports Grounds guide

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