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Viristar provides expert services to outdoor, adventure, and experiential programs, and strategic consulting to SMEs, government agencies, and nonprofits worldwide.

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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

Engage

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

Understand

Understand how to develop a comprehensive risk management plan

Create

Create a customized strategy to help your organization achieve safety excellence

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  • Sharon Buczaczer

    Program Director, Wilderness Youth Project, California, USA

  • Each organization in the outdoor and experiential education industry can benefit from this enriching course.

    Mariya Georgieva

    Program Manager, LEAF Academy, Bratislava, Slovakia

  • An excellent textbook for learning, but also serves as a useful resource to have readily available for outdoor programs administrators to access.

    Jon Browher

    Outdoor Skills Program Coordinator, Brewster Academy, New Hampshire, USA

  • Very useful.

    Wigoto Prihadi

    Program Director, Co-Founder, Jelajah Outdoor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

  • The most comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on risk management in the outdoor and adventure fields!

    Gabriel Côté-Valiquette

    Auxiliary Faculty, Field Instructor, College of the Rockies, British Columbia, Canada

  • Neil Haarhoff

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

  • Awesome textbook by Viristar–clear and detailed.

    Ira Christian

    Director of Outdoor Studies, Manzanita School and Institute, California, USA

  • Very thorough and incredibly useful.

    Gergely Veghseo

    ESL Teacher, Outdoor Educator, St. George International School, Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Mariya Georgieva

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

  • Well written textbook–clearly laid out and to the point. A useful reference resource.

    Ben Rowe

    Head Rowing Coach, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Hong Kong

  • Every outdoor program company should enroll their leaders in this. Excellent course!

    Dr. Kishore Dogra

    Director, Adventure 1 Zone, Maharashtra, India

  • We have been extremely pleased with the outdoor safety-related trainings…world-class.

    Gabriel Côté-Valiquette

    Program Coordinator, Keilir Adventure Studies, Reykjanesbær, Iceland

  • I thoroughly appreciated taking this course and have found many ways to implement its content within my organization.

    Lydia Lee

    Programs Manager, Common Ground Center, Ohio, USA

  • Huang Yahan

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

  • Dr. Christian Bisson

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

Viristar Partners

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Case Studies

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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