3-Day ONLINE Training, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. MT each day:
In this training, you’ll evaluate your organization’s risk management practices and build a comprehensive risk management action plan. NOLS doesn’t just teach operational risk management - we practice it every day. This means you learn a current and responsive risk management framework informed by our experience managing wilderness programs for 58 years and counting. You will:
Learn a structured approach to designing or refining a risk management plan.
Analyze your approach to risk oversight, curriculum, staff hiring and training, field support services, and emergency planning.
Participate in exercises to help you evaluate your approach to staffing, contracting, and serious incident response.
The training culminates in an in-depth emergency scenario. You will leave the training having written a personalized action plan.
You'll also receive the following tools:
Risk Management Action Plan Workbook
NOLS Crisis Management Template and NOLS Wilderness Medicine Protocol Package
Resource examples include a risk release, health form, orientation checklist, transportation policy, and more.
AORE is an association built to help you grow your career and connect with others in the outdoor industry. The community is the most beneficial part of an association, so we are excited to host networking opportunities for you to connect with others you may not otherwise. These are non-facilitated meet-ups that allow both members and non-members to share experiences, exchange tips, and forge new connections.
We encourage you to bring successes, challenges, questions and stumbling blocks you’ve encountered in your career.
We are excited to offer Leave No Trace Level 3 Training! In order to become and maintain your Leave No Trace Level 3 Certifying Instructor status through the Leave No Trace/AORE Provider Agreement, you will need to:
Be a current Leave No Trace Level 2 Instructor
Be a current AORE or SORP Professional or Organization member
You can pay the fee in full or opt to pay a deposit of $500 during registration (with the remaining balance due by December 2, 2024)
Your travel, lodging and food for the Level 3 Certification 5 day course (not covered in your program fee)
Please note that registration will be open through Wednesday, July 31st; a final go/no-go decision will be made on August 1st based on the minimum number of attendees to run the course.
Upon the completion of the Level 3 training course, you/your program:
Will need to maintain your AORE membership
Your Level 2 courses price will be $850 a participant
You will need to have general liability insurance for any of the Level 2 courses you facilitate. See the Leave No Trace insurance requirements here.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online sessions: (Times/dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)
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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Individuals overseeing outdoor programs, including program coordinators, risk management officers, safety committee members, lead training staff, Board members, and executive leadership.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online sessions: (Times/dates based on New York time, UTC-4/-5)
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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Individuals overseeing outdoor programs, including program coordinators, risk management officers, safety committee members, lead training staff, Board members, and executive leadership.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online sessions: (Times/dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)
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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Individuals overseeing outdoor programs, including program coordinators, risk management officers, safety committee members, lead training staff, Board members, and executive leadership.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online sessions:
Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 a.m. UTC-5
Wednesday, May 14, 11:00 a.m. UTC-4 (Daylight Saving Time begins)
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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Program Coordinators/Managers, Risk Management Officers, Risk Management/Safety Committee members, members of Boards of Directors, executive leadership.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online 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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Program Coordinators/Managers, Risk Management Officers, Risk Management/Safety Committee members, members of Boards of Directors, executive leadership.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online 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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Program Coordinators/Managers, Risk Management Officers, Risk Management/Safety Committee members, members of Boards of Directors, executive leadership.
The course is a combination of five real-time video-conference sessions, spaced one week apart, and independent work periods between live sessions.
Five live online 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 individual and group work occurs between live sessions.
Outcomes
Gain critical knowledge of best practices in outdoor program risk management
Learn procedures, systems, and plans essential to meeting key outdoor safety standards
Understand how to apply successful risk management strategies to adventure programs, experiential education, wilderness expeditions, and outdoor trips
Valuable for
Program Coordinators/Managers, Risk Management Officers, Risk Management/Safety Committee members, members of Boards of Directors, executive leadership.
