Risk Management Courses to Enhance Outdoor Adventure Safety for Instructors and Course Leaders Worldwide
Viristar is proud to announce a new partnership with the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), supporting enhanced safety for outdoor and adventure professionals. Through this collaboration, AIARE instructors and providers will receive exclusive access to Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs training at a discounted rate.
AIARE will extend a 20 percent discount on this four-week, online course to its network of instructors and affiliated organizations. Interested participants can use the code AIARE at the time of registration.
Emma Walker, Education Director of AIARE, stated, “Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course provides an opportunity for AIARE course leaders and instructors to strengthen their understanding of risk management. This training aligns with our commitment to support professional development and promote consistent, high-quality practices.”
The trainings, facilitated by Viristar instructors, will help outdoor professionals navigate safety challenges.
The rigorous 40-hour training, offered online throughout the year, includes both self-paced study and seminar-style group discussions. Topics covered include incident prevention, safety culture, adventure standards, emergency planning, media relations, legal considerations, documentation, staff training and supervision, systems thinking, and more.
Founded in 1998, AIARE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization that provides research-based avalanche curriculum to over 110 providers across the United States, as well as in France, Chile, and Argentina. The organization is dedicated to preventing avalanche-related injuries and fatalities through education, training, and research.
Viristar provides consulting and training services to outdoor education, adventure tourism, outdoor recreation, travel, wilderness and experiential education programs. Viristar has provided risk management training for outdoor and adventure professionals in over 70 countries on six continents, and offers risk management reviews and adventure safety system development services worldwide.
For more information about the Risk Management for Outdoor Programs training, visit https://www.viristar.com/course/risk-management-for-outdoor-programs/.
