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

  • 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

  • Lisette Gachanja

    Program Director, Urbanite Camps, Nairobi, Kenya

  • The course helped me understand what we need to have in place to implement a safe outdoor education program for our students.

    Bill Kralovec

    Director, Tashkent International School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

  • Ryan Moss

    Live Adventure Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Very thought provoking…you come away with a concrete, actionable plan that will help you develop risk management further within your organization.

    Roisin Pearson

    Deputy Head, Safeguarding & Well-being Education Specialist, British School Manila, Manila, Philippines

  • This course was comprehensive, and the most informative part were the weekly self-assessments to reflect on where our organization was in terms of risk management.

    Beta Eaton

    Director of Global & Experiential Learning, Kents Hill School, Maine, USA

  • I found this course incredibly useful…I was surprised and impressed with how much I learned and how applicable everything was.

    Dave Payne

    Director of Experiential Education, Sparks Rowing, Washington DC, USA

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

    Sebastian Wong

    Campus Health & Safety Specialist, Singapore American School, Singapore

  • This is one of the most comprehensive risk management courses for outdoor education that I’ve ever done!

    Gijs deJong

    Head of Outdoor Education & Sports, The Global College, Madrid, Spain

  • The information learned through this course will definitely help our organization move forward to better manage risk and promote a culture of safety.

    Caitlin Pierzchalski

    Manager, Ocean Bridge Pacific, Ocean Wise Conservation Association, British Columbia, Canada

  • This course has changed how l view things.

    Priscah Nyagumbo

    Board of Directors, Lawrencedale Outdoors, Zimbabwe

  • A must for every outdoor program.

    Monica Barrios

    Owner, Director, Inside Out, North Carolina, USA

  • The training was set up for the participants to succeed. The resources were really useful.

    Alexander Vasarab

    Owner and Guide, Wylark Mountaineering, Oregon, USA

  • It was great to have a variety of experience and perspectives that made for some great discussions.

    Jen Siliko

    Outdoor Pursuit Center Director, Miami University, Ohio, USA

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

    Boo Hui Wen

    Senior Instructor, Outward Bound Singapore, Singapore