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This course provides understanding and preparation in international humanitarian response within the context of humanitarian practice for Engineers. The course consists of a series of lectures and workshops held at UNSW Kensington with an embedded one week field exercise in Mount Macedon Victoria in partnership with RedR Australia. Successful completion of the activities results in RedR accreditation of the participant. RedR prepares and deploys skilled people to help communities and government agencies plan, prepare, rebuild and recover before, during and after crises and conflict. The RedR course is embedded in a series of lectures and workshops delivered at UNSW Kensington before and after the 1 week course. The theory and practice covered in the lectures and workshops provide a depth of knowledge and problem solving on humanitarian disaster response and recovery. This will build on the ‘ENGG3001 Fundamentals of Engineering’ and complement the core principles of humanitarianism, its history, current design, SPHERE application, and simulation role play for disaster recovery and conflict scenarios delivered by RedR Australia. Workshops will focus on group work involving rapid decision making and communication as well as enhancing self-reflection techniques to incorporate knowledge and scenarios experienced throughout the course. Students will work in teams to maximise learning outcomes and develop their communication skills.