Our team conducts customized training and curriculum development for outside organizations throughout the year. Our substantial risk management and accreditation history combined with a wealth of experience across segments of the travel industry enables us to offer custom training programs, program development and consultation services at a high level.

Our skilled office team works closely with individuals and organizations to propose tailored programming that meets your leadership develop and technical training needs. We often are able to provide training at varied locations around the world, often at your location.
Corporate Team Building
The leadership development and team building derived from wilderness expedition-based courses are tremendously effective and can last for years down the road; increasing efficiency, employee morale, and overall performance. IWLS has worked with numerous corporations to structure custom team building courses and leadership development.

Fundraising Trips
Consider working with IWLS to set up a fundraising expedition to a unique mountain or location around the world. Over the past few years, IWLS has helped raise over $300,000 for charitable organizations.

School or University Groups
We have worked with schools and universities to provide customized expeditions and skills courses to students and educators alike. These are often pioneered by students bringing a group of friends together, faculty exploring a May term adventure for credit, or building a long term custom program that fits into their university programming.

IWLS and AMGCSI are proud to have worked with the following organizations to develop courses specific to their needs: Outward Bound International, Liquid Alaska, Temsco Helicopters, Putney Student Travel, Sheldon Jackson College, UK Boy Scouts, Adventure Treks, Georgia Southern University, Western Colorado University, Rowland Hall, The Boy Scouts of America, Westminster College, Cornerstone Wilderness Therapy, U.S. Military, Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation, Beyond Limits, Government of St. Kitts, Venture Scouts, Latin School of Chicago, MIT Sloan, and many more…

With over 25 years of experience leading expeditions and training professionals, we pride ourselves in our success designing customized courses for professional groups to practice and develop new skills, further their professional education, strengthen leadership roles, implement risk management techniques, and devise incident response plans. These custom courses are designed to meet your professional group’s specific need and goals.    

A customized professional course may incorporate a series of different activities (such as backpacking, rock climbing, and sea kayaking), focus on a specific skill set (such as technical ropes rescue), or support additional goals (such as devise an incident response). These courses can be a unique length of time, a unique teaching structure, or cover unique topics. No matter what your specific needs are, IWLS brings the highest level of safety, technical mastery, world-class instruction, and professionalism to all of our courses. Below are a just a few examples of custom groups and courses that IWLS has previously facilitated. 

Government and Military
IWLS has hosted a series of technical skills training courses, leadership development programs and risk management seminars for elements of the U.S. Military, Search and Rescue organizations, and other government entities.

Jobsite Technical Skills
IWLS has hosted a series of technical skills training courses for construction companies in difficult terrain, such as the unique landscape found in Coastal Southeast Alaska. Job site safety in technical terrain, training for staff to mitigate hazards, and leadership development are some of our common industrial job site custom applications.

Outdoor Industry Professionals
IWLS specializes in courses designed to develop new skills, further your education, refine your leadership, and utilize risk management techniques for outdoor industry professionals. We offer custom courses designed specifically for the aspiring and/or practicing professional, program administrators, and program directors with topics such as professional incident response, and professional wilderness rescue.

Certifications
Our guide training and technical skills certifications can be tailored to fit your organization's needs, serving both as an added value for participants, but a risk management tool for your organization. Additionally, we are able develop curriculum and training criteria rubric to substantiate and document the associated IWLS certification for your internal purposes.

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