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COURSES - Basic Emergency Survival Weekend Course
This course is for the complete novice to Emergency Survival. We cover the difference between Emergency Survival, Combat Survival, Bushcraft & Primitive Living, all of which is commonly mistaken for one another, making learning the basics difficult. We then take you through a pre-trip plan, route cards, outdoor & survival equipment. Then it’s down to the 6 priorities of survival: Shelter, Fire, Water, Food, Location & First Aid. During this course you are given plenty of time to feed yourself and to be well rested, as we believe this way your mind is in a better state for learning. After all, you are here to learn survival techniques, not go through a survival ordeal. We stay well away from military-style boot camp training.
Course Outline The course starts on Saturday Morning 08:00hrs. We start with site selection and getting the shelters up. We will then go through a pre-trip plan and some common mistakes that people are not often taught while filling them out. Next is route cards and then onto some lectures about outdoor clothing, outdoor equipment, survival equipment - including kits and knives. We stop around 12:00hrs (noon) for lunch for 30 to 60 minutes, depending how we are getting on. Then it’s on to the 6 priorities of survival: Shelter, Fire, Water, Food, Location & First Aid for the rest of the day and Sunday. Sunday will start at 07:00hrs getting dressed and fed, then lessons start at 08:00hrs. Finishing time on Sunday depends largely on the size of the group. We always make sure that everything is covered and there’s time for a group photo and certificates. The certificates are nice enough to be framed and a course report is available if this course is work related.
Accommodation is in a shelter made from a tarp. You will learn the construction of shelters made from nature. An instructor will be there throughout the night to lend a hand if needed.
We provide the loan of a tarp and a Mora Clipper knife.
A full packing list relevant to this course and details of the location will be sent on receipt of your deposit. A generic packing list can be found “here” to give you some idea of what you may need. Food is not included in this course in order to keep prices low. However, food and the loan of cooking equipment can be provided for an additional fee of $50. Cooking will be on an open fire or gas stoves.
Food includes Saturday Lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast (cooked and cereal) and lunch, tea, coffee and snacks.
Cost : $199. A $50. deposit is required to hold your place which is refundable until 4 weeks before the course start. After this time it is not refundable. However, in the good spirit of School in the Woods, if we can fill your place we will refund your deposit in-full at anytime.
Location: Norval, Ontario.
Timings: Please arrive between 30 and 60 minutes prior to program start, to complete administration requirements. Thank you.
2011 Dates :
April 30th & 1st May
June 11th & 12th
August 13th & 14th
October 22nd & 23rd
December 10th & 11th