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1 Year Safari Field Guide Training

With 6 months Lodge Placement

(5% saving booking here!)

Lion yawning on Karongwe Game Reserve

South Africa | Karongwe, Selati, Makuleke | Kruger
About the course| Lodge Experience / where conducted | Availability & prices

4 x 4 Driving on the One Year Professional Safari Field Guide Training Course in South Africa. Train in the Kruger National Park and in Game Reserves and conservancies in the Kruger area

About the course

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This comprehensive and unique ONE YEAR course has been designed to supply the safari industry with high calibre professional Field Guides. However, this course is not only available to people wishing to enter the industry as field guides, but for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of the African bush or for gap year students.

THEORETICAL COMPONENT (Approx 6 months)

You can graduate with:

  • EcoTraining Level 1 exam
  • Field Guide FGASA Level 1 Theory (subject to 75% pass mark)
  • Field Guide FGASA Level 1 Practical assessment (subject to passing the theory and being deemed competent on a practical assessment)
  • SASSETA Competency Certificate – Rifle (qualification - rifle handling only)
  • Advanced Rifle Handling (Basic, Intermediate/back-up, Advanced/Lead)
  • FGASA Trails Guide Back-up
  • FGASA Level 2 Theory - work book completed and exam written (75% pass mark)
  • Birding with Lawson’s Birding Academy
  • Tracking qualification (Level 1, 2 or 3) (optional)
  • Wilderness medicine (Level 1 and 2)
 
For certification and accreditation information and subjects covered, please ask us for further information.

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LODGE EXPERIENCE: (Approx 5 months)
As part of your year training, EcoTraining will assist in placing you at a lodge in Southern Africa for a period of approximately 5 months. During your lodge placement you will be expected to carry out a wide variety of duties which may or may not include the following:
  • General Guiding Duties (can logged towards FGASA level 2 practical assessment)
  • Assisting in the bar, serving drinks, undertaking stock takes
  • Assist with meeting guest/s at meeting point/airport, carrying their luggage
  • Housekeeping
  • Maintenance
  • Reception duties
  • Food & Beverage duties
Where is the course conducted
 
The course is conducted from the Karongwe camp, on Karongwe Game Reserve, where the Level 1 FGASA safari guide training course is conducted, as well as the Selati camp on the Selatii Game Reserve where the local South African training is conducted from and also in the stunning Makuleke camp where our birding trips and courses and trails course is conducted from. Makuleke is simply breath taking.

 
Availability and prices
Note: This is an EcoTraining course. The prices below are 5% cheaper than with EcoTraining direct...
 
2009 & 2010 Available

Cost (S.A Rand) Includes one transfer to camp and back)
19 October 2009 to 14 September 2010 FULL R101,700
11 January to 23 November 2010 FULL R115,000
22 February to 20 December 2010 FULL R115,000
20 September 2010 to 6 August 2011 Yes R115,000
16 August 2010 to 13 June 2011 Yes R115,000
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