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

  • A game changer to me and my organization, Outward Bound Zimbabwe.

    Normore Chieza

    Professional Outdoor Education Trainee Instructor, Outward Bound Zimbabwe, Chimanimani, Zimbabwe

  • 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

  • Overall a must do course for all outdoor risk managers.

    Sebastian Wong

    Campus Health & Safety Specialist, Singapore American School, Singapore

  • It was amazing networking with people from various outdoor education backgrounds with years of experience combined with really thought-provoking contemporary risk management content.

    Andrew Shoesmith

    Head of Outdoor Pursuits, Culford School, Suffolk, United Kingdom

  • The content of the course is cutting-edge and has been very well thought-out.

    Victor De Melo

    Teacher, Oberoi International School, Mumbai, India

  • Engaging and immediately relevant to my day-to-day work.

    Ben Rowe

    Head Rowing Coach, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Hong Kong

  • 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

  • The most comprehensive risk management course I have completed. I highly recommend Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs training.

    Phil Austen-Smith

    Expedition Director, Ability Expeditions, Malaysian Borneo

  • Ruvan Ranatunga

    Director of Operations & Lead Facilitator, Adventure SEALs Expeditions, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • This course has been an excellent online learning experience.

    Camille Logeay-Hattori

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

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

    Ben Trewren

    Experiential Learning Manager, Operation Flinders Foundation, Edwardstown, Australia

  • The course provided systematic approach to safety management of organisations.

    Rene Valner

    Coach, Sea Kayaking Estonia, Viljandi, Estonia

  • I am leaving with a list of priorities and accompanying objectives to apply immediately post-course.

    Paul Stonehouse

    Assistant Professor of Experiential & Outdoor Education, Western Carolina University, North Carolina, USA

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

    Alan Champkins

    Head of Centre, Ndubaluba Outdoor Centre, Mkushi, Zambia

  • Samanta Chu

    Director, Wilderness Medical Associates Brasil, São Paulo, Brasil