Risk Management

Training courses to foster positive safety outcomes

Viristar offers comprehensive, engaging trainings designed to help outdoor, adventure and experiential professionals achieve excellence in safety outcomes.

Our acclaimed Risk Management for Outdoor Programs 40-hour online training is considered a world-leading outdoor safety course. Participants from over 60 countries on six continents have benefited from this rigorous course, which takes place over four weeks (29 days).

Viristar also offers a free COVID-19 risk management course. This is a legacy product but contains public health guidance applicable beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to risk management trainings, Viristar also offers other risk management services, including risk management audits, incident reviews, expert witness services, adventure safety accreditation, and support with developing safety system documents, procedures and systems.

Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Rigorous and intensive online training course, taking 40 hours over four weeks (29 days)

Content includes safety science, incident causation models, risk assessment, human factors, systems thinking, legal considerations, documentation, emergency response, safety management systems, and much more

Curriculum designed for managers of adventure, experiential, wilderness and travel-based programs

Course includes five once-a-week video-conference calls with approximately 10 hours of independent work between each call

Textbook included with training. Course completion certificate valid for three years.  Custom courses also available. 

COVID-19 Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Best practices for managing public health emergencies for outdoor, experiential and travel programs

Free online course, approximately one hour in length

This legacy content is specific to the COVID-19 pandemic; principles can be applied to similar health situations

To enroll, click the ‘Enroll Now’ button below; create an account, and use the key ‘Awareness2020’ to complete enrollment. Click the ‘Learn More’ button for additional details.

Testimonials

  • Viristar does an excellent job guiding experienced outdoor program operators to see areas of improvement we otherwise wouldn’t see.

    Bill Feng

    Senior Manager of Operations, Keru Knowledge, Shanghai, China

  • 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

  • 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

  • Lisette Gachanja

    Program Director, Urbanite Camps, Nairobi, Kenya

  • The Risk Management for Outdoor programs course has helped us tremendously as we plan our expansion into a new geography.

    Johannes Visser

    Head of Expansion, OrcaNation, Nairobi, Kenya

  • Viristar knows the content delivered throughout the training very well. I love how they are able to relate and connect the content to real-life experiences.

    Avindran Tharmasegaran

    Outdoor Education Coordinator, Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 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

  • The course was excellent–both in the content and the manner of delivery.

    Ali Lott

    Assistant Head of Science Faculty, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore

  • The course was both challenging and enlightening…very engaging and filled with information.

    Katie Rogers

    Founder & Director, Baden-Powell Scoutcraft Fellowship, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany

  • Great training that gave me the opportunity to make look at risk assessment with a common sense lens.

    Jeff Koops

    Athletic Director, British International School of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia

  • Huang Yahan

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

  • I feel more confident, motivated, and better prepared to make improvements in our risk management process.

    Daniela Borontiș

    Educational Programs Coordinator, Scout Leader, Romanian Scouts, Mehedinți, Romania

  • 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

  • This course provided me with the proper resources and instruction to learn valuable information about risk management in outdoor programs.

    Madeline Showalter

    Parks & Recreation Outdoor Supervisor, Blacksburg Parks and Recreation, Virginia, USA

  • Learning from case studies and classmates’ real-life experiences made for a rich learning experience!

    Tammy VuPham

    Programs Lead, Trainer, Outdoor Asian, Alpine Ascents International, Washington state, USA