A survey can fail long before analysis begins: leading questions, a sample that misses the poorest households, enumerators who rush, tablets that lose a week of interviews, or personal data that leaks. Each failure wastes budget and can lead decision-makers to the wrong conclusion or harm the people interviewed. Over five days you learn to anticipate and manage these risks rather than discover them after fieldwork.
You map risks across the data lifecycle, from design and sampling to training, fieldwork, upload, cleaning and storage. Practical sessions cover questionnaire design and piloting, sampling error and non-response bias, skip logic and validation rules, building forms for ODK, KoboToolbox and CommCare, device management, offline sync, back-ups, encryption, consent, anonymisation and data protection principles. You also plan enumerator safety, supervision, spot checks, back-checking and quality dashboards. The course is built for research officers, M&E specialists, statisticians, survey managers, programme staff and consultants working for NGOs, government agencies, universities and market research firms. It is delivered in classroom, online and in-house formats with a CPD-accredited certificate, and each participant leaves with a risk register and quality assurance plan for a real survey.
Reliable decisions depend on reliable data, yet the conditions under which information is collected are often difficult. Remote locations, short timelines, large teams of temporary enumerators and sensitive questions all increase the chance of error, delay or harm. Mobile data collection has removed many paper-based problems but introduced new ones, from corrupted submissions to unsecured devices and unclear ownership of respondent data.
The Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course teaches participants to treat survey quality and safety as risks to be identified, rated and controlled. They begin by learning a straightforward risk method and applying it to each stage of a data collection exercise. Design topics include defining indicators, writing clear questions, choosing sampling approaches and testing instruments before launch.
Technology and ethics occupy the second half of the programme. Participants build and test electronic forms, practise secure data transfer, set up monitoring rules to catch suspicious entries and prepare protocols for consent, privacy and incident response. Hands-on labs use free tools and sample datasets, and the course closes with each participant presenting a quality assurance plan for a survey of their choice.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
Training is hands-on and centred on a running survey case. Methods include:
Day 1: Risk Thinking for Data Collection
Day 2: Questionnaire Design and Testing
Day 3: Sampling and Fieldwork Planning
Day 4: Mobile Data Collection Lab
Day 5: Data Protection, Quality Assurance and Reporting
The programme is suitable for people who plan, run or rely on surveys, including:
Delegates completing the lab work and attending the sessions are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion, issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools programme, you'll be able to build a risk register covering design, fieldwork, technology and data protection risks, write clear, unbiased questions and test them through cognitive interviews and pilots, choose a sampling approach and explain its limits, including non-response bias, and construct electronic forms with skip logic, constraints and multilingual labels. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is suitable for people who plan, run or rely on surveys, including: Monitoring and evaluation officers, Survey managers and field supervisors, Research officers in universities and think tanks, Statisticians and data managers in government agencies, Programme managers commissioning baseline and endline studies, Market and social research consultants, Data protection and information officers, and Humanitarian assessment and information management staff.
Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools starts October 19, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Risk Management for Data Collection, Survey Design & Mobile Tools Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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