2-Day Training, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day:

*You do not need to register for the conference to attend this course.

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.

NOLS Alumni, AMGA members, and AEE members get 10% off and AEE-accredited organizations get 15%. Discount provided once you sign up.