Ability Expeditions and Viristar Announce Partnership to Bring Safety Training to Ability Expeditions Community
Risk Management Courses to Boost Safety & Quality in Time of Pandemic
KOTA KINABALU, Sabah – Ability Expeditions is pleased to announce a collaboration between Ability Expeditions and Viristar to bring world class online training courses on risk management for experiential and outdoor programs to members of the Ability Expeditions network.
Ability Expeditions will be making available comprehensive, multi-week trainings to its community members at a discount, increasing the accessibility of training opportunities to international schools and program providers in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Ability Expeditions Managing Director David Powell stated, “We’re very pleased to make these online training opportunities available. We and our program partners value safety, and these courses will advance the ability of providers to offer high-quality experiential programs with excellence in risk management.”
The trainings, facilitated by Viristar, will help schools and organizations that provide outdoor, adventure, travel-based and experiential programs successfully navigate COVID-19 and other safety challenges.
The rigorous courses are several weeks long. They combine online self-study with group work and seminar-style video-conference calls. Topics include safety culture, best practice standards, COVID-19, systems thinking, and more.
Viristar Director Jeff Baierlein stated, “We are delighted to bring our comprehensive safety trainings to the Ability Expeditions community. Outdoor and experiential program providers around the world have benefited from Viristar’s risk management courses, and we know that international schools and others in the Ability Expeditions network will find great value in them as well.”
Individuals wishing to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in an outdoor risk management training at a discount can learn more at https://courses.viristar.com/ae-presents-risk-management-for-outdoor-programs/.
Ability Expeditions has over 20 years' experience providing educational expeditions for schools, universities and youth groups. Program themes include community service, adventure, and environmental conservation. AE holds programs at its residential Adventure Centre in the Kiulu Valley of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Ability Expeditions also offers jungle trekking, ascents of Mt. Kinabalu, zip lining, climbing, abseiling, rafting, and virtual team-building experiences. Safety is a top priority with all Ability Expeditions programmes.
Viristar provides consulting and training services to experiential, outdoor, education and non-profit organizations world-wide. Viristar has provided its acclaimed risk management trainings for internationals schools and program providers in Malaysia, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Slovakia, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Australia.
