Risk Management Training for Administrators

Build an Action Plan

In this training for outdoor professionals and program administrators, you will build an action plan to improve your organization's risk management practices. Instructors will help you identify your program's strengths and areas for growth. You will also learn a framework for designing risk management systems that meet the unique needs of your program.

If you oversee a program that takes people off the beaten path, you are a good candidate for this course.
 

Participating Organizations Include:

• Outdoor education programs
• Colleges and universities
• Study abroad, international programs, and travel companies
• Military outdoor programs
• Camps
• Wilderness therapy programs
• Guide services
• Adaptive sports and recreation
• Scientific research entities
• Others operating in remote environments
   

Outcomes and Benefits to Your Program:

• Learn a structured approach to designing a risk management plan.
• Analyze your approach to risk oversight; risk-mission alignment and activity selection; staff hiring and training; equipment, food, and transportation; and emergency and crisis planning.
• Participate in exercises to help you evaluate your approach to staffing, contracting, and serious incident response.
• Learn effective practices and dialog with peer organizations.
   

Tools and Resources:

• Risk Management Action Plan Workbook
• NOLS Crisis Management Template and NOLS Wilderness Medicine Protocol Package
• Resource examples and templates, including a risk release, health form, orientation checklist, transportation policy, and more

Course Policies

Please review our registration and cancellation policies.