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Strengthen how you establish, operate and improve a risk-management framework with PECB ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager. Online Self-Study includes official materials, an exam voucher and one retake. The professional credential you can apply for depends on your experience and PECB’s assessment. Self-Study is NZ$1,050.00 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 Published on 17 October 2025, it superseded AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009.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
Open 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 | 12 |
| Risk-management framework | 14 |
| Initiating the process and risk assessment | 25 |
| Risk treatment, recording and reporting | 16 |
| Monitoring, review, communication and consultation | 13 |
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
Connect accountabilities, risk criteria and review arrangements.
Support framework design and improvement across functions.
Understand how risk decisions connect to wider organisational objectives.
Strengthen governance, communication and follow-up.
Before you start: A fundamental understanding of risk-management principles, framework and process. A prior Risk Manager certificate is not listed as mandatory.
Learning objectives
Introduction to risk management and ISO 31000.
Framework design and initiating the process.
Risk analysis, evaluation and treatment.
Recording, reporting, monitoring, review, communication and consultation.
These topic groups follow PECB’s classroom outline: 4 teaching days plus an examination day. 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
| Application tier | Professional experience | Activity evidence | Maintenance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Risk Manager | No professional experience required | No activity hours required | Exempt |
| Risk Manager | 2 years overall, including 1 in risk management | 200 hours | 60 CPD hours / 3 years |
| Lead Risk Manager | 5 years overall, including 2 in risk management | 300 hours | 90 CPD hours / 3 years |
| Senior Lead Risk Manager | 10 years overall, including 7 in risk management | 1,000 hours | 180 CPD hours / 3 years |
Passing the examination does not automatically award a full credential. PECB checks your experience, activity evidence and application. All tiers require agreement to its Code of Ethics. Non-Provisional credentials have a three-year maintenance cycle and PECB-set fees; first-year maintenance is included where applicable under the current package policy.
Source: PECB certification maintenance policy.
ISO 31000 provides guidance rather than requirements for organisational certification. Your personal credential does not certify your employer.
Apply your learning
Original fictional example—not a client case study, official PECB question or compliance determination. Nothing is scored, stored or sent.
Different business units assess similar risks differently. A board receives a long register but cannot see which decisions need its attention. The task is to connect objectives, criteria, ownership and escalation—not to add another reporting template.
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$1,050.00 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. Professional credentials may have ongoing PECB maintenance fees after the included first year.
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.
Yes, this examination is open book under PECB’s permitted-material rules. The English exam has 80 multiple-choice questions over 3 hours 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.
A previous Risk Manager certificate is not listed as a mandatory prerequisite. A fundamental understanding of risk-management principles, framework and process. A prior Risk Manager certificate is not listed as mandatory. Choose the course for your existing knowledge and responsibilities rather than assuming a compulsory sequence.
The Provisional Risk Manager route does not require professional experience. Passing and applying are still separate steps; PECB reviews the application and requires agreement to its Code of Ethics. A full professional tier requires the relevant experience and activity evidence.
PECB lists five years of professional experience, including two in risk management, plus 300 hours of risk-management activities for Lead Risk Manager. Other tiers have different thresholds. PECB decides eligibility after assessing the application.
Non-Provisional credentials operate on a three-year maintenance cycle with CPD, PECB-set fees and ethical requirements. Risk Manager requires 60 CPD hours per cycle, Lead Risk Manager 90 and Senior Lead Risk Manager 180. Provisional credentials are exempt from maintenance. Check PECB’s current fee schedule rather than assuming a fixed lifetime cost.
Not in the current NZ offer for this course. ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager is offered as online Self-Study. The classroom agenda is a useful description of the topics, not a schedule of live Aegentra classes.
It is a three-hour, 80-question, open-book examination with a 70% pass mark. Preparation should cover the five domains and applying concepts, not simply finding definitions. Aegentra does not publish an unverified pass rate or guarantee a pass.
ISO 31000 training does not by itself demonstrate compliance. The RBNZ exposure draft discussed in our NZ guide has its own requirements and applicability rules and does not reference ISO 31000. Assess the applicable final standards and evidence separately; the guide provides cross-references, not a compliance determination.
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