Graduate Diploma in Bushfire Planning and Management (GD-BFIREPM) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

The Graduate Diploma in Bushfire Planning and Management will qualify graduates for specialist bushfire assessment planning and design or bushfire management positions within either the building practice sector (Bushfire Planning Stream) or the forest and natural resource management sector (Bushfire Management Stream) and provide a pathway to further study, by:

Bushfire Planning Stream

• Developing knowledge, skills, understanding and competence in the area of bushfire science and building and planning design to mitigate bushfire risk;
• Developing a thorough approach to bushfire planning assessments theory and practice through an understanding of conceptual planning and building issues and knowledge of the environmental, regulatory and policy drivers that influence building and planning in fire-prone areas of Australia;
• Increasing knowledge and analytical capabilities appropriate to building and planning in bushfire prone environments;
• Developing risk management strategies including knowledge of emergency risk management arrangements and bushfire safety policies that influence the planning of new development and the necessary considerations and actions in response to bushfire threats;
• Developing competence in the assessment, planning and design of new developments or modification to existing buildings in bushfire prone environments using both prescribed provisions and through development of alternative solutions based on sound principles;
• Increasing knowledge of the principles of performance based design;
• The completion of a bushfire planning project that addresses alternative solutions within the bushfire building and planning regulatory space and,
• Extending scholarly and critical attitudes in bushfire planning disciplines.

Bushfire Management Stream

• Developing knowledge, skills, understanding and competence in the area of bushfire science and management;
• Developing a thorough approach to bushfire management theory and practice through an understanding of the biological, environmental and social drivers of forest fire management in Australia and internationally;
• Increasing knowledge and analytical capabilities appropriate to bushfire management;
• Developing competence in the design, conduct and analysis of bushfire management practices;
• The completion of a project report that critically reviews a fire-related topic that is current in a fire management workplace and,
• Extending scholarly and critical attitudes in bushfire management disciplines.