Exercise Design

Exercising is a critical component of every emergency management and business continuity plan, and the best way to apply learning and identify important resource gaps.

JIBC’s Exercise Design training is ideal for any public or private organization looking to:

• Build exercise design expertise within their team or organization
• Learn how to deliver seminars, workshops, table-tops, immersive simulations, drills, functional exercises or full-scale exercises

JIBC’s Exercise Design services are ideal for any public or private organization looking to:

• Support their in-house team in the development and/or delivery of any type of exercise , including seminars, workshops, table-tops, immersive simulations, drills, functional exercises or full-scale exercises
• Have an exercise developed for their team
• Have an exercise delivered for their team
• Have an exercise developed and delivered using JIBC’s ExPod Immersive Simulation System

Through our series of Exercise Design courses, your team will learn the fundamentals of creating and implementing both discussion-based and operations-based exercises, including:

• Seminars and workshops
• Table–tops
• Immersive Simulations
• Drills
• Functional exercises
• Full-scale exercises 

Your team will also gain proficiency in all five key exercise design phases:

• Foundation
• Design and Development
• Conduct

• EM150 - Introduction to Emergency Management Exercise Design (online or 2 days on-site)
• EM151 - Designing and Conducting Discussion-Based Exercises (2 days on-site)
• EM152 - Designing Operations-Based Exercises (3 days on-site)
• EM153 - Conducting Operations-Based Exercises (2 days on-site)

You may also be interested in our Emergency Operations Centre, Incident Command System or Specialized Emergency Management training options.

Our JIBC Exercise Design experts can provide support in designing or delivering any type of exercise for your team, including:

• Seminars and Workshops
• Table-tops
• Immersive Simulations
• Drills
• Functional Exercises
• Full-scale Exercises

If you’re developing an exercise in-house, we can also support you at any phase of design or delivery.    

JIBC Exercise Design courses and services are available on-site, at your location, anywhere across Canada or internationally. Because you pick the location, you save on transportation and accommodation costs, time away from work, and productivity gaps. We come to you whether it's at your office, a conference centre or a hotel meeting room. Or you can choose to have the course delivered at one of our campuses. Some courses are also available online. 

Exercising is a critical component of every emergency management and business continuity plan and the best way to apply learning and identify important resource gaps. Different types of exercises are used to test different areas, examples include:

Discussion-based Exercises:

• Seminars and workshops
• Table-tops
• Immersive simulations

Operations-based Exercises:

• Drills
• Functional exercises
• Full-scale exercises

What is Immersive Simulation Technology?

Immersive Simulation Technology places students in the most realistic scenarios possible. Introduced by the JIBC, ExPod is a virtual immersive simulation-based learning tool that can be used to enhance any training or exercise program. And with its web-based format, ExPod can deliver immersive, interactive scenario-based training exercises anywhere, anytime. Read more about ExPod and Immersive Simulation Technology.