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Risk Management Training

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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Learn the science behind why incidents occur

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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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Create a customized strategy to help your organization achieve safety excellence

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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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  • The instructors were amazing.

    Guadalupe Navarro

    Community Engagement Manager, Sonoma County Regional Parks, California, USA

  • Well written textbook, with vocabulary suited for the masses, even English Second Language students, with focused understandable content

    Lanny Donde

    Outdoor Education Teacher, Calgary Academy, Alberta, Canada

  • [Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is a] great reference material containing numerous practical examples of solutions to implement.

    Camille Logeay-Hattori

    Outdoor Guide & Educator, Japan Dimension, Freeride-Japan, Nagano, Japan

  • Comprehensive and deeply informative.

    Will Hobbs

    Program Coordinator, Associate Professor, Brevard College, North Carolina, USA

  • [Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is] like a bible for those who conduct outdoor programs.

    Dr. Kishore Dogra

    Director, Adventure 1 Zone, Maharashtra, India

  • This course is useful for humanitarian workers in remote contexts.

    Paul Harper

    Humanitarian aid worker, Cambodia

  • This course breaks the whole risk assessment down into bit size and meaningful thought processes.

    Tony Tan

    Chief Executive Officer, InnoTrek Pte Ltd, Singapore

  • Very thorough, challenging and thought-provoking…the exercises were well designed to facilitate collaboration and provide opportunities to learn from the experiences of others.

    Ken Dunn

    Owner, Wilderness Recovery Coach, Expedition Recovery, LLC, Pennsylvania, USA

  • Brought the topic of risk management alive. My awareness and knowledge on the topic has expanded into new areas of safety.

    Rich Hunt

    Teacher, Health & Safety Coordinator, British School Manila, Manila, Philippines

  • An invaluable tool when considering the risk management policies, procedures, and practices for my programming.

    John Lacroix

    Race Director, Human Potential LLC, Colorado, USA

  • This course has given me a much more comprehensive view of risk management.

    Alan Champkins

    Head of Centre, Ndubaluba Outdoor Centre, Mkushi, Zambia

  • This course was a great opportunity to get an international overview of risk management.

    Fiona McDonald

    Chief Executive Officer, Education Outdoors New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Huang Yahan

    Executive Director, Overseas & Experiential Education Curriculum Planning, Youth Dreams Association, Macau

  • An excellent combination of case studies, exercises, self-paced work, and meetings.

    Jake Taylor

    Safety Manager, Camp Beaumont, Hong Kong

  • A great course! Interesting and helpful course content.

    Dr. Thomas Exner

    Adventure Guide Certificate Coordinator, Keilir Academy, Reykjanesbaer, Iceland

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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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