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

  • 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

  • A great learning experience.

    Naada Nag

    Lead Instructor, Outward Bound Vietnam, Cát Hải, Bình Định, Vietnam

  • 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

  • Useful and practical…highly recommended for anyone working in the outdoor industry, at any stage, level or position.

    Graham Bos

    Program Facilitator, Power to Be, Vancouver, Canada

  • As an insurance professional I found participating in the Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course incredibly valuable.

    Dan Bookham

    Vice President for Business Development, Allen Insurance & Financial, Maine, USA

  • This course has given me a much more comprehensive view of risk management.

    Alan Champkins

    Head of Centre, Ndubaluba Outdoor Centre, Mkushi, Zambia

  • Comprehensive and deeply informative.

    Will Hobbs

    Program Coordinator, Associate Professor, Brevard College, North Carolina, USA

  • Viristar’s risk management course is recommended to anyone working or volunteering in outdoor education or outdoor activities. Highly effective and an excellent opportunity to upskill!

    David Powell

    Managing Director, Ability Expeditions, Malaysian Borneo

  • 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

  • The course provided a detailed and simple explanation of risk management to guide you through assessing your workplace.

    Emma Bartlett

    Administrator–Overseas Trips and Resource Management, United World College South East Asia, Singapore

  • I loved the ample opportunities we had to network and collaborate with other outdoor risk management professionals.

    Claire Sutton

    Outdoor Education Program Coordinator, San Francisco Waldorf High School, California, USA

  • 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

  • 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

  • Taras Ferencevych

    Program Manager, Independent Schools Experiential Education Network (ISEEN), New York, USA

  • 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