Survival Train the Trainer Course: Master the Skills to Lead
Are you ready to take your training skills to the next level? Whether you’re an experienced first responder or someone looking to break into the world of survival instructing, ARC’s Survival Train the Trainer Course is the perfect opportunity for you.
What’s Inside the Course?
In this comprehensive, hands-on course, you’ll learn the essential skills to thrive as a professional wilderness survival trainer. We cover everything from designing impactful training sessions to managing difficult participants and creating engaging content that keeps learners on track. All of this while learning cutting edge survival techniques.
- Extensive Survival Training: Adapt and lead in austere temperate environments.
- Effective Training Techniques: Learn how to structure your sessions, choose the right methods, and keep your audience engaged.
- Communication Skills: Master the art of verbal and non-verbal communication, active listening, and feedback to enhance your impact.
- Overcoming Challenges: Tackle real-world scenarios like difficult learners, time constraints, and technical issues with proven training tactics.
- Engagement Strategies: Discover how to make your sessions interactive, fun, and memorable, ensuring your students walk away with valuable knowledge.
- Confidence Building: Gain the confidence to lead diverse groups of learners, and become the trainer everyone turns to for support and guidance.
Why Choose Our Course?
- Expert Trainers: Our course is led by seasoned professionals who have extensive experience in training and education. These come from a demanding industry with the highest standards for delivery and performance within the military.
- Practical Approach: We provide real-world scenarios and hands-on activities so you can practice and apply what you learn. For each discipline, you’ll learn in depth background details as well as multiple different ways to accomplish survival objectives.
- Certification: Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a Train the Trainer Certification that you can proudly add to your credentials. This will give you the skills, confidence and tools you need to develop your team and future students.
Who Should Enroll?
This course is perfect for anyone who wants to improve their training capabilities. Whether you’re a team leader, educator, coach, or anyone involved in facilitating learning in extreme environments, this course is for you!
- SAR Team Members
- RQS Team Members
- Forrest Service Personnel
- Wilderness First Responders
- Aspiring Trainers
- Corporate Trainers
- Team Leaders and Managers
- Coaches and Mentors
- Educators and Facilitators
What Will You Gain?
By the end of ARC’s Survival Train the Trainer Course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to:
- Confidently deliver engaging an effective training sessions.
- Handle challenging situations with ease.
- Inspire and motivate learners to reach their full potential.
- Design training programs that are impactful, and memorable.
- Become a highly sought-after trainer in your field.
- Be proficient in several key Search and Rescue skills like vectoring aircraft, finding LZ's, patient care and leading a small team.
Survival Train the Trainer (5 days)
With Rescue in Mind
The Survival Train the Trainer Course was specifically designed for rescue units leading teams through hazardous terrain under challenging conditions. It focuses on the critical skills needed to locate, assist, and rescue individuals—especially those with medical conditions requiring immediate attention.
However, this comprehensive training is also ideal for anyone aspiring to become an outdoor survival instructor. Whether you're aiming to work with government agencies, non-governmental organizations, humanitarian aid groups, missionaries, or scouting organizations, this course will prepare you to teach survival skills effectively in any environment.
On par with a SERE 300course, our curriculum dives deep into advanced survival methodologies and techniques. Beyond just mastering these cutting-edge skills, you'll also learn how to teach them confidently across various weather conditions, ensuring you can deliver effective, life-saving training to others in any situation.
Day 1
The morning session is dedicated to building a solid foundation in survival principles through detailed PowerPoint instruction. You’ll explore the essential topics of Communications, Health, Personal Protection, Substance, and Travel. These core survival principles form the baseline for taking care of others in any environment, providing a framework that allows each training scenario to be tailored for specific conditions.
In the afternoon, we dive into advanced navigation techniques. You’ll gain hands-on experience with map reading, compass use, and GPS navigation, along with systems like Lat/Longand UTM/MGRS to further enhance your orientation skills.
Before dinner, you’ll participate in a packing laboratory, where we’ll review and optimize your gear to ensure you’re fully prepared for the next day’s challenges. Any lingering questions will be addressed, ensuring you're ready and confident to step into the wild the following morning.
Day 2
Day 2
Practical navigation is the cornerstone of this day’s training. You'll begin by mastering basic point-to-point navigation, then progressively advance to terrain association techniques, all while learning how to use celestial aids for additional guidance. This step-by-step approach ensures you build a deep understanding of navigation that can be applied in real-world scenarios.
Signaling techniques for both day and night are thoroughly explored, with hands-on experience using electronic, pyrotechnic, and expedient methods to ensure you can communicate in any environment or situation.
In the afternoon, you’ll focus on expedient shelter-building, learning how to quickly construct a safe and reliable shelter in the event of sudden weather changes.
Firecraft is another essential skill covered in-depth. You’ll learn the most effective, time-tested methods for starting a fire, including techniques that guarantee success even in wet or frosty conditions, ensuring you’re always prepared when warmth and safety are critical.
Day 3
Day 2
Today’s training focuses on navigating new terrain with only rudimentary tools, emphasizing the importance of being self-reliant without relying on technology. You’ll learn how to identify and safely source water, mastering the critical process of ensuring it’s safe for consumption—vital for extending your time in the field.
Next, we’ll explore the construction of an alternate shelter designed to maintain structural integrity even under the stress of heavy rain or snow. You’ll practice alternative methods for collecting and igniting natural materials, ensuring you can start a fire in any condition.
The day continues with practical exercises in setting up expedient snares and processing small game for cooking. You’ll also dive into plant identification, learning how to test for edibility and safely forage for food, rounding out your self-sufficiency skills in the wild.
Day 4
Today’s training centers on innovative methods for maintaining your core temperature at 98.6°F, using only natural materials found in the wild. You'll learn how to improvise and adapt to environmental conditions, ensuring your survival even in extreme temperatures.
In addition to core survival techniques, you'll receive specialized training in Axemanship, covering the safe and effective use of axes for tasks like falling trees. We’ll also focus on maintaining your critical tools in harsh conditions to ensure they remain reliable throughout your time in the field.
A Knots and Lashing session will teach you essential techniques for securing shelter, tools, and gear, enhancing your efficiency and safety.
Finally, the day will include practical exercises on improvising field tools for carrying patients and maintaining their health in emergency situations. This comprehensive training ensures you’re equipped to handle both individual survival and the care of others in challenging environments.
Day 5
It's time for the final tests and reviews, where you'll have the chance to demonstrate everything you've learned. This session offers a unique opportunity to teach key lessons, with experienced instructors providing valuable feedback on how to enhance your teaching effectiveness.
We’ll also revisit Adult Learning Theory, focusing on its application both in the field and the classroom. Understanding how to effectively engage and instruct others is essential for any survival trainer, and today you'll refine those skills.
Finally, there will be plenty of time to share your experiences, celebrate the victories of the week, and connect with fellow participants. It's a chance to reflect on your personal growth, the lessons you've learned, and the friendships formed throughout this transformative experience.