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Risk Management for
Outdoor Programs

Forty-hour online training for outdoor, adventure, and experiential professionals

Risk Management for Outdoor Programs

Forty-hour online training for outdoor, adventure, and experiential professionals

Learn Best Practices & Essential Standards for Outdoor Safety

Experience the most comprehensive, detailed and research-based training on outdoor and experiential safety available today.

LEARN

Learn the science behind why incidents occur

ENGAGE

Engage with case studies, scenarios, & small group projects to master safety principles

UNDERSTAND

Understand how to develop a comprehensive risk management plan

CREATE

Create a customized strategy to help your organization achieve safety excellence

Course Format

Video-Conference Meetings

  • Five calls, usually 90 minutes, 1 week apart
  • Individual & group presentations
  • Round-table seminars
  • Small group discussions
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Independent Work

  • Approximately 10-hours work per week
  • Video lectures
  • Discussion forums
  • Video-based scenarios
  • Case studies & readings
  • Quizzes
  • Assessments of your program

Small Group Projects

  • Risk Management Role-Play
  • Risk Management Review (Safety Audit)

Synthesis & Transference

  • Risk Management Plan Development
  • Customized Action Plan
  • Post-Course Resources & Support

Course Topics

  • Accident Causation Models
  • Risk Assessments
  • Risk Management Plans
  • Outdoor Safety Standards
  • Legal Concepts
  • Safety Culture
  • Human Factors
  • Providers/Subcontractors
  • Equipment Management
  • Activities & Program Areas
  • Incident Reporting
  • Incident Management
  • Emergency Response Planning
  • Media Relations
  • COVID-19
  • Systems Thinking
  • And more
Download a detailed syllabus

PARTICIPANTS

Managers & leadership of experiential, outdoor, wilderness, adventure, and travel programs.

TEXTBOOK

Risk Management for Outdoor Programs e-book; paperback also available.

CEUs

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available from CSU Pueblo.

CERTIFICATION

Graduates receive a certificate from Viristar valid for 3 years.

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The training course is offered each month. Each course runs for 4 weeks (29 days).
 
The course includes five video-conference calls, one week apart. The first call is 45 minutes long; the following four calls are 90 minutes each. Approximately 10 hours of independent work occurs each week between Live Sessions.
 
Calls are held at either 11:00 a.m. New York time or 11:00 a.m. Singapore time.
 
Regular Price: USD $649
 
Scholarships Available

Viristar offers tuition scholarships for the Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course. Partial scholarship assistance may be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need, who are either in low- or middle-income countries or who serve those who are members of a group that has experienced systemic barriers to access on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ability or race.

Choose course dates:

(Times/dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)

Start Date: Feb 5

End Date: Mar 5

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Feb 5, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Feb 12, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Feb 19, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Feb 26, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Mar 5 11:00 a.m. UTC+8

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on New York time, UTC-5/-4)

Start Date: Mar 5

End Date: Apr 2

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Mar 5, 11:00 a.m. UTC-5
Wednesday, Mar 12, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4  (Daylight Saving Time begins)
Wednesday, Mar 19, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, Mar 26, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, Apr 2, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)

Start Date: Apr 2

End Date: Apr 30

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Apr 2, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Apr 9, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Apr 16, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Apr 23, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Apr 30, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on New York time, UTC-4)

Start Date: May 7

End Date: Jun 4

Live Sessions

Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, May 14, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4  
Wednesday, May 21, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, May 28, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, June 4, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)

Start Date: Jun 4

End Date: Jul 2

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Jun 4, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Jun 11, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Jun 18, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Jun 25, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Jul 2, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on New York time, UTC-4)

Start Date: Jul 2

End Date: Jul 30

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Jul 2, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, Jul 9, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4  
Wednesday, Jul 16, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, Jul 23, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4
Wednesday, Jul 30, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)

Start Date: Aug 6

End Date: Sep 3

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Aug 6, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Aug 13, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Aug 20, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Aug 27, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8
Wednesday, Sep 3, 11:00 a.m. UTC+8

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

(Times/dates based on New York time, UTC-4)

Start Date: Sep 3

End Date: Oct 1

Live Sessions

Wednesday, Sep 3, 11:00 am UTC-4
Wednesday, Sep 10, 11:00 am UTC-4  
Wednesday, Sep 17, 11:00 am UTC-4
Wednesday, Sep 24, 11:00 am UTC-4
Wednesday, Oct 1, 11:00 am UTC-4

Independent work occurs between Live Sessions.

Refer to the time zone conversion chart to see the date and time the course occurs for your time zone.

Get an estimate of when the live video-conference sessions will be held in your time zone, using the time zone converter tool below.

(Multiple possible times are given, due to differences in Daylight Saving Time observance.)

11 am in New York is:

8 am in Los Angeles
3 pm/4 pm in London
8:30 pm/9:30 pm in India
11 pm/12 midnight the day after in Singapore
1 am/2 am/3 am the day after in Sydney AU

11 am in Singapore is:

10 pm/11 pm the day before in New York
7 pm/8 pm the day before in Los Angeles
3 am/4 am in London
8:30 am in India
1 pm/2 pm in Sydney Australia

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