Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Training for Nagano adventure guides, December 6-7, 2023  

 

Syllabus

Download a syllabus here.

Slide Presentations

Slide presentations from the course are available here.
(Slide content subject to change)

Systems Thinking

Case study: Mangatepopo Gorge incident (PDF)
Alternate format: Mangatepopo Gorge incident (blog format)

Worksheet: use paper form or online worksheet

Homework

1)  Review your case study

Group A: Case Study 1:  Africa Outdoor Education Centre Incident
Group B & D: Case Study 2:  UK SUP Drowning Incident
Group C: Case Study 3:  USA Zipline Incident 

Group A              

オオヌマカズヒコ        Kazuhiko Onuma

タムラシゲキ  Shigeki Tamura

オジマ スミエ Sumie Ojima

Group B               

ミウラケン       Ken Miura

ヨシダサトキ  Satoki Yoshida

ナカエ アキコ Akiko Nakae

Group C               

ナガシマ ミキ Miki Nagashima

ウエダ アヤコ Ayako Ueda

ナカムラ ユウキ           Yuki Nakamura           

Group D              

マツクラミク  Miku Matsukura

カンタケ ユウコ            Yuko Kantake

スギモト タツロウ       Tatsuro Sugimoto

Questions:

1)  What happened?

2)  What were causal factors? (What things led to the incident occurring?)

3)  What should adventure guides in Japan do to help prevent a similar incident from occurring?

(In class, on day 2:

Group A (Africa) and Group B (SUP) will present to each other

Group C (Zipline) and Group D (SUP) will present to each other)

2)  Complete self-assessments (documenting notes not necessary)

3) Prepare Risk Management Plan Table of Contents or outline (see examples below)

4) Review textbook (as time permits)​

Sample Risk Management Plans

Experiential Education Program, Thailand

Adventure Tourism Program (kite surfing), Portugal

Safety Culture

Online Safety Culture survey

Strategic Improvement Plan

Online Strategic Improvement Plan form here.

(PDF version here.)

Incident for Incident Report Activity

Incident for Incident Report completion exercise:
use Incident Management case study (see homework, above), or use:
Lyme Bay incident

Other Resources That May Be of Interest

Viristar Risk Management risk management training

Article: Adventure Tourism & the Science of Risk Management

Information on psychological risk management

Information on outdoor safety and considerations of diversity, equity and inclusion

Viristar blog with additional resources for outdoor programs