We’re pleased to introduce Emma Bartlett, a member of the Accreditation Council for the Adventure Safety Accreditation.

Emma serves as Cross Campus Head of Trips and Outdoor Education at Bangkok Patana School in Bangkok, Thailand. She oversees risk management and operational planning for a complex and expansive trips program that includes approximately 130 trips and 5,400 student participants each academic year. 

Her portfolio spans professionally guided and student-led experiential education programs across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Kenya, India, Colombia, Australia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia and the Maldives, among other destinations.

Bangkok Patana School is proud to deliver The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. The program encourages students to develop new skills, engage in community service and complete an adventurous journey. Under Emma’s oversight, the school maintains a robust Bronze, Silver and Gold program, with students undertaking adventurous journeys in hiking, kayaking and cycling. In addition to International Award expeditions, the trips program includes drama tours and modern foreign language and history trips as well as sporting and competition trips

Emma brings 21 years of experience in leading outdoor trips, managing risk and integrating experiential learning into formal education. She has led and managed programs across six continents, ranging from single-day excursions to three-week expeditions and term-long outdoor programs.

Previously, she served as Trip Safety Manager at United World College of South East Asia, where she managed more than 800 local and overseas trips annually. She also worked as a house parent for students in grades 8–12 and has lived and worked in residential school communities in three countries. Earlier roles include Outdoor Education Teacher positions at Methodist Ladies’ College and Gippsland Grammar.

Emma holds a Middle Years Diploma of Education, a Graduate Certificate in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Outdoor Education from La Trobe University.

Through her work with the Adventure Safety Accreditation Council, Emma brings deep expertise in large-scale trip management. She is committed to helping outdoor and adventure organizations pursue Adventure Safety Accreditation.

About Adventure Safety Accreditation

Viristar provides a safety accreditation service for adventure, travel, experiential and outdoor programs. This accreditation is an impartial, trusted recognition of quality risk management. Adventure safety accreditation from Viristar indicates that an organization has met widely accepted industry standards of good safety practice.

Viristar’s Accreditation Council oversees the integrity, quality and operations of Viristar’s Adventure Safety Accreditation Program.
Learn more about Adventure Safety Accreditation at https://www.viristar.com/accreditation/.