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 60 years. 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
Resources 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.
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 60 years. 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
Resources examples include a risk release, health form, orientation checklist, transportation policy, and more.
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: (11:00 am Singapore time UTC+8. Times and dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)
Wednesday, Jan 7, 11:00 am – 11:45 am UTC-5
Wednesday, Jan 14, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-5
Wednesday, Jan 21, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-5
Wednesday, Jan 28, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-5
Wednesday, Feb 4, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-5
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: (11:00 am Singapore time UTC+8. Times and dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)
Wednesday, February 4, 11:00 am – 11:45 am UTC+8
Wednesday, February 11, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC+8
Wednesday, February 18, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC+8
Wednesday, February 25, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC+8
Wednesday, March 4, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 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: (11:00 am New York time UTC-5/-4. Times and dates based on New York time, UTC-5/-4)
Wednesday, Mar 4, 11:00 am – 11:45 am UTC-5
Wednesday, Mar 11, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-4
Wednesday, Mar 18, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-4
Wednesday, Mar 25, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-4
Wednesday, Apr 1, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 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: (11:00 am Singapore time UTC+8. Times and dates based on Singapore time, UTC+8)
Wednesday, April 1, 11:00 am – 11:45 am UTC+8
Wednesday, April 8, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC+8
Wednesday, April 15, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC+8
Wednesday, April 22, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC+8
Wednesday, April 29, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 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: (11:00 am New York time UTC-5/-4. Times and dates based on New York time, UTC-5/-4)
Wednesday, May 6, 11:00 am – 11:45 am UTC-4
Wednesday, May 13, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-4
Wednesday, May 20, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-4
Wednesday, May 27, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm UTC-4
Wednesday, Jun 3, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 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.