Our one month program will focus on basic training & provide hands on experience in: Facilitation, Camping, Game Ranger Training, Lodge & adventure camp Management & Game Farm Management.
Facilitation
- Camp Facilitation
- Low Ropes
- Team building
- Program design
- Situational awareness
- Presentation
- Debrief & Report writing
- Do & Don’ts of camping
Ranger Training
- Introduction to being a Field Guide
- Concervation
- Ecology
- Tree Identification
- Grasses
- Bird Identification
- Community outreach
- Tracking
- Map work & Direction
- Radio procedure
- Phonetic alphabet
- Anti poaching
- Situational awareness
Lodge & Adventure Centre Management
- Tourism & Hospitality – Introduction
- Customer service
- Booking Management
- Front of House
- Lodge & Event Marketing
- Staff Management & Leadership
- Meal Planning
- Meal preparation / Catering
- Stock taking & planning
- Basic Maintenance & Repairs
Camping
- Trip Planning
- Meal Planning
- Camp set up
- Situational awareness
- Camp structure
- Meal preparation / Catering
- Cost & Budget
- Camp Safety
- Wilderness First aid
Game Farm Management & Maintenance
- Basic maintenace
- Roads
- Erosion
- Fence maintenance
- Water management
- Invasive plant species control
- Firebreaks & Firefighting
- Farm Safety
During this month students will go camping, sleep out under the stars & do game drives in a Big5 reserve. We will assist students to register with FGASA. ( Field Guide Association of South Africa) ARA, (Adventure & Recreations Association).
Students will gain first hand experience of the Lodge, Adventure Centre daily operations. During this month the will be exposed to the inner workings and get a feel for “ a day in the life of a Lodge manager, ranger, field guide or facilitator.”
Accommodation is reserved at our Phiri Enyane Private camp. Two separate dormitories for boys & girls. Students need to bring their own bedding. A communal kitchen, braai area and mess hall.