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| Train as a Safari Field Guide in South Africa |
Spend six months or a year training in the African bush with an optional six months working on a game reserve.
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If you are looking for a career that will be an adventure, or a hands-on experience in the bush that you will never forget, this course is for you.
This 6 or 12 month course is the ideal platform for a successful career in the African game lodge industry. Over the years, field guiding has become more specialised and sophisticated. It has become a career, which is increasingly viable in larger areas of Southern Africa as tourism continues to grow, but also one which demands dedication and education.
This course has been designed to develop highly skilled professionals in this exciting area of field guiding and lodge management, by providing a well-rounded and specialised education. Students spend six months practical and academic training on campus and a further six-month work experience placement program at a variety of game lodges around South Africa. The curriculum includes bush skills such as shooting, 4x4 driving and bush knowledge such as conservation, reserve management, geology and animal behavior. The lodge management section includes supervisory skills and many varied aspects of how to work in lodges in the African Bush.
The academic curriculum is accredited by the Field Guide Association of Southern Africa (the industries leading independent body on the training and operation of field guides throughout South Africa), the South Africa Qualifications Board and the Hospitality, Education and Sports Training Authority. The curriculum has been developed by accomplished industry experts. Unlike many other training providers, this course gives students a regular exposure to working and guiding around dangerous game, such as Elephant, Lion, Rhino, Leopard, Cheetah and Hippo.
This is invaluable experience and gives students excellent grounding for placements and possible future employment in ‘Big Five’ reserves. The course is run from two campuses in the Limpopo province in the northeastern region of South Africa, an area famous for its big game and dramatic scenery of the African bush and the Drakensberg mountains
Students will leave the course with the following qualifications:
·Certificate of Practical Recognition
·FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) national certificate - Level 1 - practical and theory
·FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) level 2 or Trails Guide theory certificate (practical must be taken at a later date)
·FGASA Advanced Rifle Handling Certificate
·SASSETA (Rifle handling, proficiency, maintaining of fire arms and shooting)
·THETA (The Hospitality, Sports, Education and Training Authority) National Qualification (Level 3) in Nature Guiding.
·National First Aid Certificate
·Dangerous game experience
·4x4 competency
·ethical guiding principles
·6 months work experience and testimonial from a 3-5 star lodge (OPTIONAL)
Location
The course are run from two campuses in the Limpopo province in the northeastern region of South Africa, both areas famous for their big game and dramatic scenery of the African bush and the Drakensberg mountains. Students spend six months practical and academic training on campus and then spend the final six months doing work experience at one of a number of lodges located in the lowveld of South Africa.
The two campuses are located in the lowveld approx 500km North east of Johannesburg. The areas that the course traverse for practical training are areas of true Big game territories; the African bush at its best. The reserves are home to predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah as well as elephant and rhino and hippo.
Accommodation at either campuses is comfortable in an idyllic bush setting. The rooms are shared and student have access to all basic facilities, social area & swimming pool and lecture facilities.
What is included
Pre departure support and discounted services
Welcome and Orientation session
Accommodation & all meals
Manuals, providing detailed notes on all topics covered during the course (FGASA approved)
Tuition, including guest speakers
Ammunition and shooting assessments
FGASA registration and exam fees (Level 1)
6 month placement at a game lodge for practical experience (if doing 12 month course), with regular follow-ups by the staff.
Online wildlife training courses.
In country coordinator
All in country 24 hour support
Minimum Participation age is 21 years old for the 12 month course
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