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

  • Gilbert Moukheiber

    Adventure Tourism Consultant and Tour Operator, 33North, Lebanon

  • Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course would be beneficial for, and highly related to, any outdoor adventure practitioner!

    Georgina Tan

    Senior Instructor (Training Unit), Outward Bound Singapore, Singapore

  • It was clear, practical, and very relevant to our work. We’ve already started applying what we learned, and it’s making a real difference.

    Miriam van de Plassche

    De Palm Island General Manager & Director of Sustainability, De Palm Tours, Oranjestad, Aruba

  • This was great to share best practices and discuss varied points of view for a range of topics and domains.

    Jake Hammond

    Head of Outdoor Education, Australian International School, Singapore

  • A unique experience – I loved it.

    Manthos Dellatolas

    Owner, Outdoor Explorers, Athens, Greece

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

    Lanny Donde

    Outdoor Education Teacher, Calgary Academy, Alberta, Canada

  • This is the most immersive and rewarding risk management course I’ve ever taken.

    Wenqi Xu

    Associate Professor, Wuhan Sports University, Georgia, USA

  • The instructors were amazing.

    Guadalupe Navarro

    Community Engagement Manager, Sonoma County Regional Parks, California, USA

  • It was very helpful, and I was able to get a wider perspective on risk management.

    Shi Jinhui

    Founder, Fun & Learn , Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • A must for every outdoor program.

    Monica Barrios

    Owner, Director, Inside Out, North Carolina, USA

  • 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

  • Anindita Chatterjee

    Field Leader, iEXP 360, Maharashtra, India

  • Highly recommend this short, intensive course to anyone working on outdoor programs. Its content is relevant, applicable and holistic to all.

    Ben Trewren

    Experiential Learning Manager, Operation Flinders Foundation, Edwardstown, Australia

  • Amanda Preperato

    Grinnell Outdoor Recreation Program (GORP) Director, Grinnell College, Iowa, USA

  • This course consists of great materials to improve your safety culture in the outdoor industry.

    Sulistyo Sapto Winarno (Soel)

    Program Development, Jelajah Outdoor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia