Description
A pandemic can affect almost every aspect of our lives – our work, family and community. This course will help organizations understand the issues that need to be considered in the event of a pandemic, and the importance of being prepared.

Planning for a pandemic is essential. Being informed and prepared will help minimize the impact in our daily lives. This course describes what a pandemic is, how an influenza virus spreads, and what the impact of a pandemic may be. It emphasizes steps that workplaces can take to plan for employee absences, describes the elements of a business continuity plan, as well as actions that may help slow the spread of the virus and keep employees healthier.

This course expands on information in the free introductory Pandemic Awareness course.

The course features case studies, review quizzes, and “Ask a Question”. Those who score at least 80% on the final exam will be able to print a certificate of completion.

Topics include

• What is a pandemic?
• The influenza virus and how it spreads
• Why prepare?
• Business continuity plan
• Health and safety concerns when working at home
• Staying healthy
• Being prepared at home
• Helping your community
• Finding reliable information

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to

• Know the main characteristics of an influenza (flu) pandemic
• Understand how the flu virus spreads
• Be able to establish a business continuity plan to help prepare your workplace
• Know health and safety concerns about working at home
• Know ways to help stay healthy
• Be prepared at home and in your community
• Be able to find reliable information during a pandemic

• All workers
• Managers and supervisors and those with planning responsibilities
• Anyone wanting to learn about planning for a pandemic.

Delivery Method
This course is delivered as an on-line e-learning course. All you need is a computer, access to the Internet - and you are ready to go! This e-learning course is designed to help you learn at your own pace and in your own environment at your own convenience.

During checkout, you can choose to register as a single learner or select a multiple learner license. With a multiple learner license you will act as an administrator and add learners from your company. See the tabs above for additional information.

Register as an individual for online access to a specific course. This service is suited to a broad range of individual learners, including:

• students
• small businesses
• professionals wishing to comply with professional development requirements

Learn at your own speed, anytime, anywhere you have access to an internet-enabled computer.

Register a number of learners for online access to a variety of different courses. Monitor their learning experience using simple on-line tools and reports. This service is suitable to a broad range of learners, including:

• business & industry
• educational institutions
• government departments and agencies

Learners learn at their own speed, anytime, anywhere they have access to an internet-enabled computer.

Save with multi-seat licenses!
The more seats you buy the more you save.

A multi-seat license allows you to select course(s) for multiple users for a period of one year. The cost is based on the total number of seats purchased. You specify the course title and number of seats (users) and when the service is launched you enter the users names and assign them passwords. You can even track their learning experience using a few simple online reports!

Multi-seat pricing is based on the single user seat price (see course product page) with the following multi-seat discounts applied:

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