Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) Online

The online HEAT’s overall objective is to prepare participants to independently manage their own safety before, during and after deployment to an unfamiliar hazardous environment that has a substantial, high, or extreme Safety level.

The course prepares the participants to understand and react to safety and security concerns in hostile and/or hazardous environments.

Participants will be trained to recognise and avoid potential threats and respond appropriately, along with recognising and mitigate potential threats and respond appropriately to various safety incidents.

The online HEAT course training are real time interactive, collaborative trainings, with simulations and exercises. The number of participants is kept low to ensure direct contact between trainers and participants. The training will be facilitated by experienced expert trainers.

The course is designed for participants with a wide range of backgrounds and occupations, and with hostile environment experience ranging from none to significant.

The course certification is valid for three years globally.

Course elements:

• Mental Health and Well being
• Safety Risk Management System (SRMS)
• Personal Safety – Mitigation and Response to Threats
• Safety Management Tools
• Radio and Phone Communications
• Travel, Convoy & Vehicle Safety
• Driving in Hostile Environments
• Coping with Capture
• Mental Health and Well being
• Negotiation and Humanitarian Access
• Mine and UXO Awareness
• Introduction to Trauma Management