Discover RIMPA Microcredential built for today’s information management professionals
Our online microcredentials offer a unique opportunity to deepen your expertise, enhance your skills, and gain recognition in your field, all from the comfort of your own home or office.
What is a Microcredential?
A Microcredential is a specialised, competency-based certification that validates your mastery of a specific skill or knowledge area. Unlike traditional qualifications, microcredentials are short, targeted, and highly practical, focusing on the skills you need most in today’s dynamic records and information management (IM) environment. Delivered online, they offer a flexible pathway to enhance your expertise without the long-term commitment of a full qualification
Why Choose This Program?
Our Microcredential is designed by and for IM professionals, ensuring immediate relevance to your daily work and career progression.
Course Overview
- Format: 100% Online - featuring 3 online modules, practical templates, and assessments
- Duration: Approximately 15 hours of study with 3 months’ access to course materials
- Entry Requirements: None - open to all professionals and learners who are eager to enhance their knowledge and skills
How It Works
- Register Online: Enrol quickly and easily through our secure portal
- Learn at Your Own Pace: Access your course 24/7, anytime and anywhere
- Complete Knowledge Quizzes: Demonstrate your knowledge of the concepts learnt
- Complete Practical Assessments: Apply your new skills
- Earn Your Certificate: Showcase your achievement with an industry‑endorsed credential, ready to share with employers and on LinkedIn
Key Benefits Include:
- Industry‑Recognised: Recognised and supported by RIMPA Global, a leading records and information management Association.
- Flexible & Self-Paced: Learn anywhere, anytime, at a pace that suits your schedule.
- Immediate Workplace Impact: Apply your newly acquired skills directly to your current role.
- Stackable Learning: Combine future multiple micro‑credentials to build toward higher professional qualifications.
Who Should Enrol?
This microcredential is ideal for:
- Records and Information Management (IM) professionals seeking to deepen their expertise
- Governance and compliance officers responsible for information oversight
- Students or early‑career professionals aiming to establish a strong foundation in IM practices
- Anyone managing information assets who wants to stay ahead of industry standards
Explore Our Microcredential
Developing an Information Asset Register
This short course provides you with the knowledge and practical skills to identify, classify, assess and manage information assets across an organisation. As organisations face increasing regulatory scrutiny and data-driven demands, the ability to maintain a comprehensive and accurate Information Asset Register (IAR) is critical for risk management, compliance and strategic decision-making.
By the end of this micro-credential, you will be able to confidently build a fit-for-purpose Information Asset Register (IAR) that supports governance, compliance, privacy and operational transparency.
Leaning Objectives:
Across three structured modules, you will:
- Understand what an information asset is and why it matters
- Identify and document information assets across your organisation
- Assign ownership, assess risks, apply classification and retention rules
- Structure and maintain a usable and sustainable Information Asset Register
Duration and Access:
- This course should take you approximately 15 hours to complete.
- Access to the course will be valid for 3 months from the date of purchase.
How this coure works
This course is self-paced and should take approximately 15 hours to complete, including assessments. Each module includes:
- Short readings
- Interactive learning activities
- Links to templates or tools for use in your own workplace
- Applied assessments that build toward a sample IAR