Entry-level pathway to ISO 31000:2018 — risk principles, framework, and process. Published Self-Study enrolment starts from $379 + GST and includes the official exam access stated on this page. Training is delivered online. Available formats and booking arrangements are listed on this course page.
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The PECB ISO 31000 Foundation Self-Study course costs A$379 excluding GST (A$416.90 including 10% GST for an Australian billing address) through Aegentra Academy, an official PECB authorised training partner in Australia. That price includes the official PECB examination voucher, the full course materials, 12 months of myPECB access, and one free exam resit within 12 months. Typical total learning effort is 8–12 hours. A separate eLearning option is not currently published. For non-Australian billing addresses, Australian GST is not charged and any applicable local taxes are determined at checkout.
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Explore free ISO 31000 resources$379 + GST, and that is the whole cost. The official PECB examination voucher is included, so there is no separate exam fee later, and you get two attempts — the initial sit plus one free resit within 12 months — along with 12 months of myPECB access. Typical effort is 8–12 hours of self-paced study, and the course carries 14 CPD credits.
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| Course | Course focus | Exam | Price (+ GST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Understand the standard — the eight principles, the framework and the risk process | 1 hour; 40 questions, closed book | $379 + GST |
| Risk Manager | Run risk in a function or business unit — assessment, criteria, treatment and reporting | 2 hours; 60 questions, open book | A$579 + GST Self-Study; A$599 + GST eLearning |
| Lead Risk Manager | Design and chair an enterprise risk programme — governance, appetite, KRIs and board reporting | 3 hours; 80 questions, open book | $979 + GST |
No. ISO 31000 is guidance, not a certifiable management system standard. There is no accredited Stage 1 / Stage 2 organisational certification route and no accredited organisational ISO 31000 certificate.
What does exist is individual certification. PECB offers individual Foundation, Risk Manager and Lead Risk Manager pathways. Foundation is a certificate-holder pathway, while the Risk Manager schemes are personnel credentials. None certifies the employer.
The reason ISO 31000 works this way is deliberate. ISO wrote it to apply to any organisation of any size in any sector, and to stay that universal it avoids prescriptive “shall” requirements. Without them there is nothing concrete for an auditor to raise a nonconformity against. If you need a certifiable risk-adjacent standard, that is ISO/IEC 27001 for information security — see the ISO 27001 Foundation course. If you are researching what risk certification costs an organisation in Australia, the ISO 31000 certification guide for Australia sets out the whole picture, including why the organisational side of the question has no price.
40 multiple-choice questions across 2 competency domains, closed book, 70% to pass. The domains are fundamental principles and concepts of risk management, and the risk management framework and process. Each question has three options with one correct answer, mixing stand-alone questions with scenario-based ones that share a short case.
Foundation is the only ISO 31000 level sat closed book. No reference material is permitted — not the standard, not your course notes. Risk Manager and Lead Risk Manager are both open book. That single difference should shape how you study: at Foundation you are being tested on recall of the vocabulary and the shape of the framework, so ISO Guide 73 terminology needs to be genuinely memorised rather than looked up.
PECB’s current ISO 31000 Foundation Candidate Handbook publishes the 40-question format, while PECB’s current official course brochure publishes a one-hour exam duration.
Yes. In Australia the standard is published by Standards Australia as AS ISO 31000:2018, an identical adoption of ISO 31000:2018 — same eight principles, same framework, same process. If a position description, tender or internal policy asks for AS ISO 31000, PECB ISO 31000 training covers it.
One detail trips people up. The previous edition was AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009, a joint Australian and New Zealand standard. For the 2018 revision it was published as an Australian Standard rather than a joint one, so the “/NZS” was dropped. A document still citing AS/NZS ISO 31000 as current is referring to a superseded edition — worth knowing if you are reviewing an old risk policy.
Australia has unusual standing here: AS/NZS 4360:1995 was among the first national risk management standards published anywhere and directly shaped ISO 31000 when the international standard was drafted. The historical relationship helps explain why the terminology remains familiar in Australian risk practice.
None. There is no prerequisite, no prior certification and no requirement to work in risk. Foundation is designed for general managers, project owners, board members, internal auditors and anyone who contributes to risk decisions without being a risk specialist — and after passing you may apply for the PECB Certificate Holder in ISO 31000 Foundation pathway, subject to PECB’s application review and final decision.
That is different from the levels above it. Risk Manager and Lead Risk Manager can both be sat without experience too, but passing does not itself award a credential. You may apply for the tier supported by your verified professional experience; without sufficient experience, you may apply for the Provisional tier, and PECB reviews the application and makes the final decision.
Foundation teaches the framework and the vocabulary. Seeing both applied to a worked organisation adds practical context, so we publish the working documents in full and free — no email required.
The examples illustrate one possible implementation. Regulatory mappings are cross-references, not compliance determinations. The course develops knowledge assessed by PECB; role, engagement and regulatory eligibility depend on experience and the relevant organisation.
The official PECB course and exam package starts at A$379 + GST — with no separate exam fee after enrolment. Optional Aegentra Labs exam preparation is clearly priced separately.
The exam voucher is included in your enrolment, and so is one free resit if you don’t pass first time. Both the exam and the credential are issued directly by PECB.
After passing, you may apply for the eligible ISO 31000 Foundation certificate. PECB validates the application before issuing the certificate; no professional experience is required for this Foundation pathway.
An exam pass is the first step. You must then submit PECB's online certificate application and complete the applicable declarations. PECB validates the certificate requirements; Foundation does not require professional or project experience.
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The published price is A$379 for Self-Study, before tax. It includes the official PECB course materials, the first exam attempt, one free retake, and the certification application fee. This course publishes 12 months of material access. Course-material access, examination and retake deadlines, and any certificate-application deadline are separate. Confirm the material-access start date in your booking confirmation and check the deadlines recorded in myPECB before scheduling your examination. PECB’s partner-course policy sets a 12-month examination and included-retake cycle from purchase for Self-Study and eLearning, or from course completion for instructor-led training. A failed attempt does not restart that cycle. The first retake requires at least 15 days after the unsuccessful examination; booking rules and the recorded myPECB deadline also apply. PECB’s partner-course policy also includes the first year of the Annual Maintenance Fee where maintenance applies; Foundation and Provisional credentials are maintenance-exempt. There is no separate first-exam or certification-application charge after enrolment.
No ongoing PECB maintenance fee or CPD submission is required for a Foundation credential. PECB’s current maintenance policy lists Foundation, Provisional, and Transition credentials as maintenance-exempt.
Yes. Every Academy course supports AUD and multiple local currencies, including NZD, USD, SGD, GBP, EUR, INR, AED, MYR, PHP, IDR, and VND when a live quote is available. Currency and tax are separate: an Australian billing address adds 10% GST, while a non-Australian billing address has no Australian GST. For example, an Australian working in New Zealand may pay in NZD and use an Australian billing address, but 10% GST will still be added because the billing address is Australian.
The currently published self-paced option is Self-Study at A$379 before tax, using the official PECB slide-based materials. A separate recorded eLearning price is not currently published for this course. The official exam package is still included. Check this course page for any separately published private live online option; an enquiry does not confirm availability.
Yes. PECB publishes remote online exam sessions that candidates can take from home or another suitable location through the PECB Exams application. The published course record lists these exam facts: duration — 1 hour; format — Multiple-choice; assessment — 40 multiple-choice questions across 2 competency domains — fundamental principles and concepts of risk management, and the risk management framework and process. Each question has three options with one correct response.; pass mark — 70%; language — English (other PECB languages available on request). New Zealand candidates should choose a published session that suits their local time, meet PECB’s identity and technical requirements, and complete the system check before exam day. PECB’s general exam policy does not publish a New Zealand restriction.
After passing, you may apply for the eligible ISO 31000 Foundation certificate. PECB validates the application before issuing the certificate; no professional experience is required for this Foundation pathway. A Foundation certificate does not require professional experience or project hours. After you pass, submit PECB’s online certificate application and complete the applicable declarations; PECB validates the certificate requirements.
No project or audit hours are required for the Foundation credential, so there is no project-hour evidence to submit.
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The ISO 31000 pathway is Foundation for the core principles, Risk Manager for operating the process, and Lead Risk Manager for designing and leading the enterprise framework. Choose the level that matches the work you will perform.
Entry-level pathway to ISO 31000:2018 — risk principles, framework, and process.
Risk management framework, process, and integration across the business.
Lead an enterprise risk program end to end — design, deploy, and chair the framework.
The credential may support progression into risk, governance, implementation, audit and consulting roles. Actual eligibility, remuneration and engagement requirements depend on experience, sector, location and employer or client requirements.
The credential may support progression into risk, governance, implementation, audit and consulting roles. Actual eligibility, remuneration and engagement requirements depend on experience, sector, location and employer or client requirements.
Foundation is not a substitute for Risk Manager or Lead Risk Manager. It introduces the principles, framework structure and relationship between risk appetite, tolerance and treatment used in the advanced courses; Foundation is recommended but is not a formal prerequisite.
Foundation stacks cleanly with ISO 27001 (information-security risk), ISO 27005 (information-security risk management), ISO 22301 (business continuity), and ISO 9001 (quality, with risk-based thinking). For practitioners building a multi-standard credential portfolio, Foundation is an entry-level risk-methodology credential pathway.
APRA-regulated entities must meet CPS 220 and CPS 230 using their approved risk frameworks. Foundation training may support risk-method vocabulary, but neither prudential standard prescribes this credential and employer requirements vary.
ASX Corporate Governance Principle 7 addresses risk oversight and review. Foundation training may support related vocabulary, but the Principle does not prescribe this PECB credential and each employer sets its own requirements.
Commonwealth and state bodies operate under applicable public-sector risk policies and frameworks. ISO 31000 may be used as a supporting method, but those frameworks do not establish a universal requirement for this PECB credential.
Resource-sector and SOCI-regulated operators may manage risks across several hazard domains. ISO 31000 can help structure a general risk method, but this course does not establish SOCI compliance or eligibility for a risk role.
The exam is closed-book, so plan for recall rather than lookup. Work through these checkpoints before you sit it.
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Official PECB training through an authorised partner. PECB is accredited by IAS and UKAS as a personnel certification body under ISO/IEC 17024 and by ANAB as a certificate issuer under ANSI/ASTM E2659-24. Accreditation is program- and scope-specific—verify the applicable credential before enrolment.
PECB ISO 31000 Foundation appears in the current ANAB certificate-issuer directory under ANSI/ASTM E2659-24. Foundation awards Certificate Holder status; it is a certificate program, not a personnel-certification designation. Verify the current directory entry directly with ANAB.
This official PECB course is sold and supported by Aegentra Academy. PECB supplies the course material, examination and professional credential scheme. Aegentra's wider practice also runs governance, risk and compliance engagements and Microsoft 365 hardening for Australian organisations. Named eLearning trainers are credited separately on this page when the course record supplies them.
Published Self-Study and eLearning courses run online through the myPECB platform, so professionals across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and New Zealand enrol online. Any live online option and its booking arrangements are stated on the relevant course page. Physical classroom and onsite Academy training are not offered. Multi-seat team pricing is available for five or more seats — email Academy@aegentra.com.au for an enterprise quote. Tax invoices with GST and ABN are issued automatically at checkout.
ISO 31000 is guidance rather than a certifiable management system, so organisations are never "ISO 31000 certified" — only individuals hold credentials. PECB ISO 31000 Foundation appears in the current ANAB certificate-issuer directory under ANSI/ASTM E2659-24. Foundation awards Certificate Holder status; it is a certificate program, not a personnel-certification designation. Verify the current directory entry directly with ANAB. Foundation carries 14 CPD credits and costs $379 + GST with the exam voucher and a free resit included.
There is no separate exam fee at Aegentra Academy — the official PECB examination voucher is included in the course price. ISO 31000 Foundation Self-Study is A$379 excluding GST (A$416.90 including Australian GST). Risk Manager is A$579 for Self-Study (A$636.90 including Australian GST) or A$599 for eLearning (A$658.90 including Australian GST). Lead Risk Manager Self-Study is A$979 (A$1,076.90 including Australian GST). Each option includes 12 months of myPECB access and one free resit within 12 months. For non-Australian billing addresses, Australian GST is not charged and any applicable local taxes are determined at checkout.
Five modules covering the structure of ISO 31000:2018, the eight risk principles, the framework for risk management (leadership and commitment, integration, design, implementation, evaluation, improvement), the risk-management process (scope and context, risk assessment, risk treatment, monitoring), and exam preparation. Total effort is 8-12 hours of self-paced study.
Accreditation is program- and scope-specific; verify the applicable credential before enrolment. The credential may support relevant roles. Actual eligibility and engagement requirements depend on experience, sector, location and employer or client requirements.
No. ISO 31000 is guidance, not a certifiable management system standard. There is no Stage 1 / Stage 2 audit and no organisational ISO 31000 certificate. Individuals can be certified under ISO 31000 through PECB (Foundation, Risk Manager, Lead Risk Manager). What this Foundation course gives you is the individual credential, not an organisational certificate.
ISO 27001 requires a documented risk-assessment methodology but does not mandate which one. An organisation may adapt ISO 31000, or the information-security-specific ISO/IEC 27005, when designing its risk criteria, assessment and treatment process. The Foundation course teaches the ISO 31000 vocabulary and method; it does not by itself establish ISO 27001 conformity.
Multiple-choice and closed-book, sat online under remote proctoring: 40 questions across two competency domains — fundamental principles and concepts of risk management, and the risk management framework and process. Each question has three options with one correct answer. Pass mark is 70%, and PECB’s current official ISO 31000 Foundation brochure publishes a one-hour exam duration.
Every authorised PECB Foundation course follows the applicable PECB scheme. Aegentra publishes its exact Self-Study option at $379 excluding GST, including the official exam voucher, one free resit within 12 months and 12 months of access. No eLearning option is currently published for this course.
No. APRA CPS 230 and CPS 220 impose their own obligations on APRA-regulated entities. ISO 31000 can help structure a general risk-management method, but it does not establish compliance and neither prudential standard requires this PECB credential.
ISO 31000 may be used as a supporting method in Commonwealth risk work, but the Commonwealth Risk Management Policy and an entity’s own requirements determine compliance. Aegentra has not published evidence that Foundation is a minimum credential for Commonwealth risk staff.
PECB publishes 14 CPD credits for completion of the ISO 31000 Foundation course. Whether another professional body accepts those credits depends on that body’s current rules; verify acceptance directly before relying on it.
The Foundation credential does not expire and does not require renewal. The certificate is dated and refers to the ISO 31000:2018 edition; if the standard is significantly revised in future you may choose to take a refresher course.
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Self-Study — Typical total learning effort: 8–12 hours. A separate eLearning option and workload are not currently published for this course. These are typical total-learning-effort estimates. They are separate from course-material access, exam duration, any live-class calendar span, and professional-experience requirements.
After payment, the Academy team confirms your enrolment with PECB and you receive login details by email — usually within one business day.
This course publishes 12 months of material access. Course-material access, examination and retake deadlines, and any certificate-application deadline are separate. Confirm the material-access start date in your booking confirmation and check the deadlines recorded in myPECB before scheduling your examination.
One PECB-issued resit is included under the applicable conditions. PECB’s partner-course policy sets a 12-month examination and included-retake cycle from purchase for Self-Study and eLearning, or from course completion for instructor-led training. A failed attempt does not restart that cycle. The first retake requires at least 15 days after the unsuccessful examination; booking rules and the recorded myPECB deadline also apply. Aegentra does not publish a pass-rate claim without an audited cohort dataset.
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