Wilderness Survival School

Survival Skills

Wilderness Survival School aims is to teach each student to be proficient and confident in key skills set, including:

 

Survival tin, the importance of carrying one as well as the basic and advanced uses of, including additional extras we recommend that you add. More on survival kit/kits

 

Shelter building, man made, improvised and natural, where to locate yourself and what hazards to look for we will teach you the different shelters you need to survive.

 

Fire lighting, wet or dry, you will be trained in confident fire lighting and we will explain about different fire lays, grading the materials and wood burning properties.

 

Signals We will teach you various types of signals how to build them and where to place them for rescue and to let others know of your location and situation.

 

Water, collecting, filtering and purifying, you will be shown where and how to make it safe for consumption.

 

Food, a balanced diet, you will be shown a selection of plants and fungi and how to treat them, you will also be shown trapping techniques for catching meat, fish and game.

 

Navigation, you will be shown how to navigate using the sun, stars and watch.

 

Medical, you will be shown certain plants/fungi that can aid medical conditions and basic first aid measures.