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

  • Rich Hunt

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

  • 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 has been an excellent online learning experience.

    Camille Logeay-Hattori

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

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

    Katie Rogers

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

  • 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

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

    Dr. Kishore Dogra

    Director, Adventure 1 Zone, Maharashtra, India

  • Rob White

    Experiential Outdoor Learning Coordinator, Discovery Bay International School, Hong Kong

  • Comprehensive in value-adding to my risk management knowledge.

    Boo Hui Wen

    Senior Instructor, Outward Bound Singapore, Singapore

  • Noam Pratzer

    Founder, Get Out Adventures, Toronto, Canada

  • Lucas Song

    Owner & CEO, Taiwan Discovery, Taipei, Taiwan

  • 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

  • An excellent course. It combines theory with practical elements. Really made me think about how we assess and manage risk within our organisation.

    Sue Azam-Ali

    Group Scout Leader, 1st Kuala Lumpur, British Scouting Overseas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Samantha Dimitraki

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

  • Very helpful. I learned a lot about systems thinking and the different domains of potential risks.

    Shi Jinhui (Kelly)

    Co-Founder & Director, Fun & Learn Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Jennifer Blackaller Ruiz

    Manager–St. Lawrence, Ocean Bridge; Ocean Wise Conservation Association, British Columbia, Canada