AFRICAN BUSH TRAINING

  Learn more at https://abt-edu.com Contact us at Info@africanbushtraining.com DURATION: 7 Days Full-time Ever wondered what it was like before technology? When you had to follow an animal on foot to understand its habits and behaviour, if your answer is yes then this course is for you!!! Learning to track is a sacred art. It gives you the ability to merge with the wilderness and become one with nature... The course has been developed in partnership with renowned tracking specialists and experts, to provide students with an overview of animal tracks and tracking in remote wilderness areas. The course will give you a comprehensive understanding of the traditional skills of tracking animals, in their natural environment. During the course, learners will develop a keen awareness for all tracks and signs as well as following and finding animals in the bushveld. INCLUDED: Meals, Accommodation, Study Material, Shirt, Cap & Certificate STUDENT FEE: R 8 700:00

  Learn more at https://abt-edu.com 7 Days full-time Get a taste of what it takes to be at the front lines of wildlife conservation in Africa. During this action-packed 7 days students will be taken through the realities of wilderness protection and shown in true hands-on fashion what is being done to keep wildlife safe from poaching and illegal animal harvesting... STUDENT FEE: R 8 700:00 INCLUDED: Meals, Accommodation, Study Material, Shirt, Cap & Certificate COURSE CONTENTS: Anti-poaching Methods & Techniques, Patrols, Ambush, Survival & Bush Craft, Dealing with Dangerous Animals, and much more... Contact us at info@africanbushtraining.com

Learn more at https://abt-edu.com Learn to feel the heartbeat of your environment. Find somewhere to sit, then let your mind go blank. Get good at feeling, seeing, listening, tasting and smelling. We think vision is our strongest sense, but smell is our most primeval – it can deliver more information than any other. When you’ve honed your senses, they will combine into one super-sense: intuition. Getting to know where the food, water and barriers are will help you to find good tracks. Imagine flying above the landscape, gaining a bird’s eye view of the animal you’re tracking. Think as the animal is thinking. If I’m in dangerous-animal country I try to think ‘smarter’ than the animal. Find the shadows and you’ll find the leopard (they rely on them for camouflage). Find the prey and you’ll find the predator. Also, look for ‘track traps’ – soft or sandy patches, into which animals are funnelled; try trails – most animals opt for the path of least resistance. Keep your eyes peeled for colo...

Go to our website at wwww.africanbushtraining.com DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A CUSTODIAN FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN AFRICA...? Our  Anti-Poaching  Course  is  based  upon  extensive  direct counter-poaching experience. It  provides  a  theoretical,  detailed  background  to  the  prevention  of poaching, theft and mutilation of game animals,  from a game reserve perspective. We explore what poaching and anti-poaching are and the 3 levels of poaching. We discuss the anti-poaching unit, how to set one up and the two main options to counter poaching:  active  &  passive  prevention. Examine  poaching  methods  and  the economics  of  poaching,  anti-poaching  equipment  and  the  various  anti-poaching action plans together with the legalities of anti-poaching. If you are a reserve owner, conservancy,  wild...

Go to our website at www.africanbushtraining.com So do you want to be a Professional Field Guide...? Sign up for the 55-day Field Guide Course and enjoy living and working in the bush… The course is endorsed by the Field Guide Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) and the syllabus has been aligned with the unit standards of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) TG/NATSITEGD/02/0040 - Nature Site Guide National Skills Program (FGASA Apprentice Field Guide Qualification) The FGASA Apprentice Nature Guide Qualification is the most sought after qualification required by the guiding industry for employment. The FGASA Apprentice Course also contains the CATHSSETA Nature Site Guide qualification, which is the minimum requirement for guides to register as legal tour guides in South Africa. Beyond Southern Africa’s borders, the higher standard of the FGASA qualification also enjoys recognition in many other countries on and off the African Continent. At AFRICAN BUSH TRAINING,...

Go to our website at www.africanbushtraining.com Start your career in conservation under the mentor ship of renowned conservationists, ex-Kruger Park rangers and veterans in in the field; or just join the course for a life changing wilderness experience…the choice is yours, but one thing is certain - what you will learn and experience is priceless!!! Good veld management is needed to prevent land degradation and to ensure sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation. But good veld management relies on a good knowledge of ecological principles and veld management practices, something many land users did not have the privilege to acquire. This “feet-wet & hands-dirty” course has been developed to teach students the fundamentals of sustainable and responsible wildlife management as they actively partake in the daily running of a wilderness concession located in the world famous Greater Kruger Park!!! Understanding the fundamental concepts and theories behind mana...

Go to our website at www.africanbushtraining.com   A rigorous and demanding course central to the development of lodge managers and leaders of hospitality teams . Compiled and w ritten in collaboration with CATHSSETA (Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education Training Authority) & TRIDEN Hospitality Staff Investment Projects - this ground breaking course is the 　first of it’s kind and one of the most concise Lodge Management learning programmes currently available… The intent of the GAME LODGE MANAGEMENT COURSE is to explore and analyse the operational principles and practices when running a game lodge. The functionality, interrelationships and management of the various lodge divisions and departments are examined - including general team leadership and people management. Drawing upon the experience and expertise of various well respected facilitators and prominent role-players in the African Safari Lodge industry , this course is ideal f...

For more information go to www.africanbushtraining.com ETHOS, TRADITION & VALUES Africa’s leading Field Guide, Wildlife & Hospitality Management School...     ABT is one of the industry's most innovative and exciting seats of learning, with our head quarters based in Phalaborwa and main campus located in the Greater Kruger National Park. While ABT exhibits many features of the traditional 'Bush' school, our uniquely robust approach to such issues as students’ personal growth and professional development continues to win the respect of educationalists worldwide. The school is built on TRADITION, ETHOS, DISCIPLINE and VALUES and this is underwritten by everything we do at ABT... Founded by conservationist , veteran lodge manager and Kruger Park trails ranger, Mr. Johann Jurgens in the early 2000's, this school has grown from what started out to be a small scale training facility, to a leading provider of high quality Qualification- and Lear...