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Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course provides comprehensive training on safety management for professionals in the experiential, outdoor, wilderness, adventure and travel context.

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Engage with case studies, scenarios, and small group projects to master safety principles

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Understand how to develop a comprehensive risk management plan

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Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Dates: 1 July – 29 July, 2026
Live Sessions: 11:00 am New York time UTC-4. Times and dates based on New York time, UTC-4

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Tuition: USD 649
Location: Online
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Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

July, 2026
1 July, 2026
Tuition USD 649
Online

Live Sessions: 11:00 am New York time UTC-4. Times and dates based on New York time, UTC-4

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  • I loved the ample opportunities we had to network and collaborate with other outdoor risk management professionals.

    Claire Sutton

    Outdoor Education Program Coordinator, San Francisco Waldorf High School, California, USA

  • Mariya Georgieva

    Program Coordinator, Outward Bound Vietnam, Cát Hải, Bình Định Province, Vietnam

  • [Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is] very comprehensive, well laid out, easy to follow, and has excellent content and useful examples.

    Paul Delane

    Head of Outdoor Education, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, Western Australia

  • Inspiring…got a new paradigm of first aid knowledge.

    Participant, Wilderness First Aid course

    Odyssey Institute, West Java, Indonesia

  • Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course was a true game-changer for me.

    Thinuwan Gayantha Nanayakkara

    Freelance Outdoor Educator, Alpha Experiential, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka

  • The example forms and lists [in Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook] are invaluable, allowing an organization to adopt them with limited changes.

    Paul Stonehouse

    Asstistant Professor of Experiential & Outdoor Education, Western Carolina University, North Carolina, USA

  • Neil Haarhoff

    Director of Outdoor Education, Stanford Lake College, Limpopo, South Africa

  • [Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is] so good and has all the information I need.

    Peter Osongti Ayompe

    Outdoor Education Specialist, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore

  • Dr. Christian Bisson

    Professor of Adventure Education & Adventure Education Program Coordinator, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, USA

  • I learned a lot from the Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course.

    Tuva Rødningsand Kirkerud

    Instructor Friluftsleder, FRIGO-Oslo kommune, Oslo, Norway

  • Samanta Chu

    Director, Wilderness Medical Associates Brasil, São Paulo, Brasil

  • Very practical textbook that provides rationales behind each theory.

    Bill Feng

    Senior Manager of Operations, Keru Knowledge, Shanghai, China

  • The book is comprehensive and well organized, with visuals that capture the text perfectly!

    Monica Barrios

    Owner, Director, Inside Out, North Carolina, USA

  • Anna Miano

    Membership & Marketing Manager, Association for Experiential Education, Florida, USA

  • Informative…I greatly appreciated the differentiated learning styles that are offered in this course.

    Lesley Pfeiffer

    Program Supervisor, Sonoma County Regional Parks, California, USA

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AEOE Presents: Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Welcome to the new Viristar Partner Experience​ Viristar are excited to partner with AEOE to bring you our Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course, which provides a comprehensive training on safety management for outdoor and experiential professionals. To better serve our partners, we have moved from a password-based access to our training product, to a ... <a title="AEOE Presents: Risk Management for Outdoor Programs" class="read-more" href="https://courses.dev.viristar.com/case-study/aeoe-presents-risk-management-for-outdoor-programs/" aria-label="Read more about AEOE Presents: Risk Management for Outdoor Programs">Read more</a>
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Colorado Outside Presents: Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Welcome to the new Viristar Partner Experience​ Viristar are excited to partner with Colorado Outside to bring you our Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course, which provides a comprehensive training on safety management for outdoor and experiential professionals. To better serve our partners, we have moved from a password-based access to our training product, to ... <a title="Colorado Outside Presents: Risk Management for Outdoor Programs" class="read-more" href="https://courses.dev.viristar.com/case-study/co-presents-risk-management-for-outdoor-programs/" aria-label="Read more about Colorado Outside Presents: Risk Management for Outdoor Programs">Read more</a>
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