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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.

Learn

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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  • The instructors were amazing.

    Guadalupe Navarro

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

  • The textbook offered valuable insights, practical guidance, and thoughtful analysis that will undoubtedly benefit anyone involved in outdoor activities

    Samson Lumbwe

    Swimming Coach, Lifeguard, Physical Education & Recreation Teacher, Trident Prep Kalumbila, Kalumbila, Zambia

  • Jonah Berger

    National Youth Programs Manager, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association/Camp Footprint, Pennsylvania, USA

  • The textbook is comprehensive, well written, easy to understand and very relevant to the nature of risk management in the outdoor industry

    Alan Champkins

    Head of Centre, Ndubaluba Outdoor Centre, Mkushi, Zambia

  • Karen P.S. Tan, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee USA

  • Overall a must do course for all outdoor risk managers.

    Sebastian Wong

    Campus Health & Safety Specialist, Singapore American School, Singapore

  • Crystal Hudelson

    Director of Rock Instruction, Climbers of Color, Washington state, USA

  • I feel more equipped and better prepared now than I have ever been.

    Jon Twofifty

    Outdoor Experiential Trainer, Urbanite Camps, Nairobi, Kenya

  • Scott Bohachyk

    Director of Ocean And Climate Literacy, Ocean Wise Conservation Association, British Columbia, Canada

  • MacKenzie Holbrook

    Outdoor Programs Assistant Coordinator, Colorado Mesa University Outdoor Program, Colorado, USA

  • [Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is] a useful, systematic, comprehensive and practical reference.

    Wenqi Xu

    Associate Professor, Wuhan Sports University, Georgia, USA

  • Chris Li

    Operations Manager, Terratribes, Yangshuo, China

  • Alexander Cabangon

    Experiential Learning Coordinator, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Hong Kong

  • Kenny Peavy

    Head of Risk & Safety, Green School Bali & Green Camp Bali, Bali, Indonesia

  • I know our school will have an improved culture of risk management as a result of the course.

    Nick DePreter

    Assistant Director, John Dorr Nature Laboratory – Horace Mann School, Connecticut, USA

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