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COURSES
TRAIL SAFETY
Current courses and training programs for hikers but suitable for trail runners, mountain bikers, guides, rangers and trekkers or for anyone working on trails, tracks or in national parks or wilderness and remote areas.
DAY-WEEKEND COURSES
EMERGENCY SIGNALLING
This essential 12 hour course covers all aspects of trail centric emergency signalling used to attract attention in the event of an emergency. Covers PLBs, tracking devices, phones, radios lateral signalling techniques, fire, flares, smoke, lasers, reflection, strobe, panel and sound devices ( whistles, alarms etc). Course is practical instruction based on real world applications.
Type: In Person/ On Location
Duration:12 hours
Delivery: Instruction & Application
Location: Various (VIC, SA, ACT)
Cost: $550 per person
Level: Basic Skills
COMING SOON
CROSS COUNTRY TREKKING
This course is structured to transition mid to experienced hikers to the basic level of cross-country trekking. Course covers equipment & gear selection, cross country navigation, wilderness first aid & survival, advanced safety planning, food selection and remote area caching. Desert, arid, savannah, alpine/sub alpine and temperature forest course options.
Type: In Person/ On Location
Duration: 4 days / 3 nights
Delivery: Instruction & Application
Location: Various (VIC, SA, ACT, NT, WA)
Cost: $550 per person
Level: Basic Skills
COMING SOON
HIKER SELF RESCUE
A highly recommended course for solo or duo hikers and trekkers, this course offers practical and specialised instruction for self-rescue: How to carry out your own emergency and evac procedure when conventional or rescue systems fail. Covers essential planning, kit selection; protocols, comms, do's and don't. Based on real world experiences and applications.
Type: In Person/ On Location
Duration: Weekend Course
Delivery: Instruction & Application
Location: Various (VIC, SA, ACT)
Cost: $220 per person
Level: Advance Skills
COMING SOON
REMOTE HIKING FIRST AID
This hybrid but high demand course covers essential components of first aid, wilderness medicine, well being, health management and psychological factors relevant to long distance remote area hiking. This is a course that is practical, hands on, delivered by experienced instructors and trail rescue paramedics.
Type: In Person/ On Location
Duration: 24 hours
Delivery: Instruction & Application
Location: Various (VIC, SA, ACT)
Cost: $660 per person
Level: Basic & Advance Skills
COMING SOON
HIGH RISK HIKING - BUSHFIRE
This course concentrates specifically on the risks associated with bushfire risks when hiking in a national park and the key considerations, decisions, actions-on and kit to use to reduce that risk; evade and evacuate and/or coordinate rescue. Course is based on the assumption the bushfire occurs while on trail.
Type: Online
Duration: Self Paced
Delivery: Our Online Training Portal
Location: Global
Cost: $120
Level: Basic Skills
COMING SOON
TROPICAL HIKING
Get ready for your next tropical hike or expedition by completing this excellent field based course offering practical skills for hiking, trekking and living in tropical jungle and rainforest conditions, which includes hiking in lowland rainforests, montane/cloud, monsoon/seasonal and flooded/swamp and mangrove conditions - Wet & Dry Season Course Options
Type: In Person/ On Location
Duration: 4 days/3 nights
Delivery: Instruction & Application
Location: Daintree, FNQ
Cost: $450
Level: Basic & Advance Skills
COMING SOON
FROM THE FIELD
Actual footage and images of rescues, searches, terrain and conditions from the field
Image: Whenever you spot Livistona Palm in the East Kimberley, good chance there is water.
Image: Heavy rain in the Wet Tropics can often mean flash or violent flooding. Daintree, QLD
Image: Pri 3 casualty evac of a disoriented and exhausted hiker on the Larapinta Trail, NT
Image: Sheer cliff faces and challenging terrain in the Ragged Ranges of the East Kimberley.
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