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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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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
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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  • This course provided me with the language, direction and information that I needed in order to help improve my organization’s current Risk Management approach.

    Allison Hill

    Director of Programs, Momenta, Manitoba, Canada

  • Dr. Todd Davis

    Assistant Professor & Outdoor Program Director, Delta State University, Cleveland Mississippi USA

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

    Gabriel Côté-Valiquette

    Program Coordinator, Keilir Adventure Studies, Reykjanesbær, Iceland

  • [Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is] a fantastic resource to take away from the course.

    Roisin Pearson

    Deputy Head, Safeguarding & Well-being Education Specialist, British School Manila, Manila, Philippines

  • Exhaustive and valuable [textbook] content…highly relevant to and beneficial for all outdoor educators.

    Mohammad Zulhilmi Bin Mohammad

    Head/Lead Instructor (Training), Outward Bound Singapore, Singapore

  • The material was very thought provoking, giving insights into the short falls of our own organization.

    Wayne King

    Experiential & Service Learning Coordinator, International School of Beijing, Beijing, China

  • The quality of the course content is a reflection of an enormous amount of time spent researching the latest thinking in safety and risk management.

    Gabriel Côté-Valiquette

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

  • A handy and easy to follow textbook.

    Sulistyo Sapto Winarno (Soel)

    Program Development, Jelajah Outdoor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

  • [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

  • Mariya Ivanova Georgieva

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

  • This was a really beneficial course…it’s given me the language I needed to deepen my understanding of risk management.

    Kate Johnston

    Outdoor Educator, Singapore

  • Anna Miano

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

  • Excellent curriculum based on well researched, evidence based, current, up to date content.

    Lanny Donde

    Outdoor Education Teacher, Calgary Academy, Alberta, Canada

  • Samantha Dimitraki

    Assistant Manager, Ocean Wise Conservation Association, British Columbia, Canada

  • Dr. Ksenia Kozak

    Director of Training–Troopmasters & Head Counselor, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Pennsylvania, USA

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