JUNGLE SAFETY TRAINING COURSE
This course is suitable for expedition leaders, teachers or instructors with plans or aspirations to lead expeditions in tropical forests as well as those with previous jungle experience who wish to brush up on current good practice.
DAY ONE - JUNGLE SAFETY
Topics include health and safety in the jungle environment, hazards and risk assessment, equipment selection, tropical survival, medical issues and navigation.
DAY TWO - OPERATING IN THE JUNGLE
Topics include the finer points of living and camping in the rain forest together with considerations for planning expeditions and leading groups in the environment.
Day two considers more practical skills and look in detail at the practicalities of setting up jungle base camps, using machetes, improvised stretchers and shelters as well as the wider picture of emergency planning.
This course is facilitated by experience jungle instructors.
