Risk Management for Outdoor Programs
Forty-Hour Online Training for Outdoor, Adventure, Travel, 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
Build team investment and engagement in new approaches and practices
Understand
Understand how to develop a comprehensive risk management plan
Create
Create a customized strategy to help your organization achieve safety excellence
Course Format
Self-directed study combined with real-time group discussions and detailed next-steps planning
Video-Conference Meetings
- Five calls, usually 90 minutes, one week apart
- Individual & group presentations
- Round-table seminars
- Small group discussions
Independant 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.
Testimonials
Enrollment Options
Option 1: Enroll and Pay Now
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 am New York time or 11:00 am Singapore time.
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Enroll nowOption 2: Pay by Installments and receive a redemption voucher once payments are complete
Make two payments in your own time, and enroll in a course once the full fee has been paid.
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