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Build a clear foundation in risk management with the PECB ISO 31000 Foundation course. Study online at your own pace, with official materials, an exam voucher and one included retake. Learn the principles, framework and process behind informed risk decisions. Self-Study is NZ$470.00 per learner.
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Buy securely online in NZD. Your PECB course will be manually assigned in the PECB Dashboard within 24 hours of successful payment. A paid invoice is generated after payment. No Labs add-on is offered for ISO 31000. Confirm the learning-material access period before purchasing if this is important to your plans.
For Self-Study and eLearning, the examination and included retake must be used within 12 months of purchase. The first retake can be taken no earlier than 15 days after a failed first attempt. This examination deadline is separate from learning-material access. Confirm the learning-material access period before paying. The published classroom agenda describes topics; no live ISO 31000 classes or consultancy package are offered here.
At a glance
NZS ISO 31000:2025 is New Zealand’s identical adoption of ISO 31000:2018. Published on 17 October 2025, it superseded AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009. This course addresses the international 2018 edition.
Source: PECB course outline.
English assessment
Closed book examination, with a 70% pass mark. Online exams are remotely proctored. Check PECB’s permitted materials, identity and technical requirements before selecting an appointment.
| Domain | Questions |
|---|---|
| Principles and concepts | 15 |
| Framework and process | 25 |
For Self-Study and eLearning, the examination and included retake must be used within 12 months of purchase. The first retake can be taken no earlier than 15 days after a failed first attempt. This examination deadline is separate from learning-material access.
Check online exam requirements · Read the exam and retake rules
Source: Current PECB candidate handbook.
Who this course suits best
Build the vocabulary and structure before taking on a specialist role.
Understand the risks you manage in your area and the decisions behind them.
Connect uncertainty, objectives and responsibilities.
Explore risk management before choosing a more advanced pathway.
Before you start: No course prerequisites. No professional experience is required for the Foundation certificate.
Learning objectives
Introduction, ISO 31000 components and starting the risk process.
Assessment, treatment, recording, reporting, monitoring, review, communication and consultation.
These topic groups follow PECB’s classroom outline: 2 teaching days. They are not scheduled NZ classes. Self-paced study time varies; CPD credit is not a guarantee of completion time.
Source: PECB syllabus and prerequisites.
Training and award
Complete the training, pass the examination and apply to PECB. Its application and Code of Ethics requirements still apply. No professional experience is required. This is an individual certificate, not organisational ISO certification or the professional Risk Manager credential.
Foundation holders are exempt from the CPD/annual-fee maintenance requirements in PECB’s current policy.
Source: PECB certification maintenance policy.
ISO 31000 provides guidance rather than requirements for organisational certification. Your personal credential does not certify your employer.
The eight principles
Make risk thinking part of ordinary decisions, not a separate annual exercise.
Use a consistent approach so decisions can be understood and compared.
Fit the approach to your objectives, operating context and resources.
Bring relevant perspectives into the decision at the right time.
Revisit risks as conditions, assumptions and objectives change.
Use useful evidence and make its uncertainty and limitations explicit.
Consider how behaviour and organisational culture affect decisions.
Learn from outcomes and strengthen how risk is managed.
Original Aegentra explanations of the principle names, not a reproduction of the ISO standard.
Source: ISO 31000:2018.
Apply your learning
Original fictional example—not a client case study, official PECB question or compliance determination. Nothing is scored, stored or sent.
A New Zealand service provider plans to move a customer-facing system to a new supplier. A faster migration may reduce cost, but interruption during the change could affect service commitments. Before choosing a treatment, the team needs to agree what it is protecting and how a decision will be made.
Write the objective, stakeholders and boundary. Ask what information would change the decision and whose judgement is needed.
Record assumptions, evidence gaps and consequences. A neat colour in a risk register is not evidence that uncertainty has been resolved.
Compare options, name an accountable person and define what successful treatment would look like. Record the reasoning.
Choose a date or event that requires a fresh decision—for example a failed migration test, a changed service commitment or a supplier incident.
Ask whether the decision criteria are agreed, whether the evidence is sufficient and whether anyone has accepted responsibility for follow-up. Escalation should be tied to authority and objectives, not simply the largest number in a spreadsheet.
New Zealand context
PSR GOV 2 calls for a risk-management approach “in accordance with the New Zealand standard ISO 31000:2018”. This security-governance reference is not a requirement for every organisation or individual to take a PECB course. Check the framework’s applicability to your organisation.
Source: Protective Security Requirements — GOV 2.
Explore NZ standards, public-sector maturity and regulatory cross-references. These references help you ask better questions; they are not compliance determinations.
Your next step
| Course | Learning focus | English exam | NZD per learner |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 31000 Foundation | Understand the essentials | 1 hour · 40 questions · closed book | NZ$470.00 Self-Study |
| ISO 31000 Risk Manager | Apply the risk process | 2 hours · 60 questions · open book | NZ$745.00 Self-Study NZ$743.54 eLearning |
| ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager | Lead the framework | 3 hours · 80 questions · open book | NZ$1,050.00 Self-Study |
Prices in NZD. No GST is added for New Zealand billing addresses. Australian billing addresses attract 10% GST. Foundation and Risk Manager are not compulsory certificates before the next course; check each course’s expected starting knowledge.
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Before you decide
Self-Study is NZ$470.00 per learner. Official materials, the exam voucher, one included retake and the application fee are included. Prices in NZD. No GST is added for New Zealand billing addresses. Australian billing addresses attract 10% GST. Contact us to confirm access and enrolment arrangements. Foundation certificate holders are exempt from PECB’s professional certification maintenance requirements.
NZS ISO 31000:2025 is New Zealand’s identical adoption of ISO 31000:2018. Standards New Zealand published it on 17 October 2025, superseding AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009. The course addresses the international 2018 edition; it does not establish compliance with every NZ regulatory or contractual obligation.
ISO 31000:2018 remains the published international edition. As checked on 11 October 2026, the replacement project is at Committee Draft stage 30.60. That is development work, not a published replacement. No final publication date is shown on the ISO project page checked.
ISO 31000 is guidance, not a requirements standard for organisational ISO certification. Individuals can pursue PECB risk-management certificates or professional credentials. Training, passing an examination and receiving an individual credential do not certify an organisation.
Yes, PECB offers online remotely proctored English examinations. You must meet its identification, device, internet and permitted-material requirements and book an available appointment. Check your selected time zone and NZ daylight saving. No particular appointment is guaranteed.
No. Foundation is closed book. The English exam has 40 multiple-choice questions over 1 hour with a 70% pass mark. Open book does not mean unrestricted internet access or help from another person.
For Self-Study and eLearning, the examination and included retake must be used within 12 months of purchase. The first retake can be taken no earlier than 15 days after a failed first attempt. This examination deadline is separate from learning-material access.
No prior course or professional experience is required for this Foundation pathway. To receive the certificate, complete the training, pass the examination and meet PECB’s application and Code of Ethics requirements. Purchase alone does not award the certificate.
The award is PECB Certificate Holder in ISO 31000 Foundation. PECB reviews and issues it after the applicable requirements are met. It is not the professional Risk Manager credential, and Foundation does not require ongoing maintenance under PECB’s current policy.
It has been superseded in New Zealand by NZS ISO 31000:2025. Australia uses AS ISO 31000:2018. Older documents may still refer to the joint 2009 edition; check which version an applicable contract or policy actually specifies.
ISO 31000 itself does not impose a universal requirement to take a training course. PSR GOV 2 references an ISO 31000 risk-management approach for organisations subject to that framework. Sector, employer and contractual requirements should be assessed separately.
This official PECB course is paid. Our NZ standards guide includes a free original cross-reference worksheet, not an official PECB course or a free copy of the copyrighted standard. No ISO 31000 Labs add-on is included in this offer.
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