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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
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
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.
"A great course! Interesting and helpful course content."
"Viristar's Risk Management for Outdoor programs course is the most comprehensive risk management course I have completed...Highly recommended."
"Each organization in the outdoor and experiential education industry can benefit from this enriching course."
"The Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course is a must for all outdoor recreation executives and leadership."
“A very well-designed training...every organization working in the outdoors should take this course.”
“The course was incredibly robust, participatory, and informative…I was very impressed."
“Amazing course…I have learned so much on the topic and have much more vast knowledge on the topic that I can take back to my Outdoor Program.”
“A really beneficial course...it's given me the language I needed to deepen my understanding of risk management.”
“This course was fantastic. As a leader of an experiential program at an independent high school, I felt the course was wildly beneficial…do it!”
“Very eye opening... This course is a MUST!”
“Incredibly useful…I was surprised and impressed with how much I learned, and how applicable everything was.”
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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.
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