
Viristar offers comprehensive, engaging trainings designed to help outdoor, adventure and experiential professionals achieve excellence in safety outcomes.
Our acclaimed Risk Management for Outdoor Programs 40-hour online training is considered a world-leading outdoor safety course. Participants from over 60 countries on six continents have benefited from this rigorous course, which takes place over four weeks (29 days).
Viristar also offers a free COVID-19 risk management course. This is a legacy product but contains public health guidance applicable beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to risk management trainings, Viristar also offers other risk management services, including risk management audits, incident reviews, expert witness services, adventure safety accreditation, and support with developing safety system documents, procedures and systems.
Risk Management for Outdoor Programs
Rigorous and intensive online training course, taking 40 hours over four weeks (29 days)
Content includes safety science, incident causation models, risk assessment, human factors, systems thinking, legal considerations, documentation, emergency response, safety management systems, and much more
Curriculum designed for managers of adventure, experiential, wilderness and travel-based programs
Course includes five once-a-week video-conference calls with approximately 10 hours of independent work between each call
Textbook included with training. Course completion certificate valid for three years. Custom courses also available.


COVID-19 Risk Management for Outdoor Programs
Best practices for managing public health emergencies for outdoor, experiential and travel programs
Free online course, approximately one hour in length
This legacy content is specific to the COVID-19 pandemic; principles can be applied to similar health situations
To enroll, click the ‘Enroll Now’ button below; create an account, and use the key ‘Awareness2020’ to complete enrollment. Click the ‘Learn More’ button for additional details.