Course Types Offered

Risk Management and Custom Courses

Viristar offers a wide variety of thoughtfully crafted, high-quality trainings to support the professional development of individuals in the outdoor, experiential, travel, adventure, informal education, safety, rescue, regulatory, nonprofit and environmental sectors. 

Learn more about our standard courses below. Or contact us so that we may craft bespoke training experiences targeted to your group’s needs.

Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Acclaimed, rigorous online course for managers and leaders of experiential, adventure, wilderness, and travel programs

Course takes 40 hours over four weeks (29 days)

Regularly scheduled open-enrollment courses available. Custom group courses with custom dates and times also available.

Covid-19 Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Legacy course covering good practice for managing public health emergencies for outdoor, experiential and travel programs

Free online course, approximately one hour in length

Content specific to COVID-19 pandemic; principles can be applied to similar health situations

Custom Course

Viristar will work with you to design and deliver a high-quality training program customized to your group’s needs

Topics can include safety, wilderness and rescue medicine, curriculum development, nonprofit management subjects, strategic planning, business administration, standards development/conformance, environmental education, and more