Be prepared for travelling and working in high & extreme risk areas
When you are being deployed and working in high and extreme risk areas, your personal safety and security is vital. You want to focus on the mission and therefore you need the skills to operate safely in these areas.
The Advanced HEAT Course (Hostile Environment Awareness Training) will give you a rational attitude and self-confidence, thus increasing your personal and professional effectiveness in the field. During this HEAT training you learn and practice the skills needed to operate safely in high & extreme risk areas.
Regular personal feedback is given to enhance your personal learning in a safe learning environment. After completion of the course you will be able to handle extreme situations with self-confidence.
This course is based on the Entri/CSDC curriculum. You can join the Advanced HEAT without pre-training.
What do you get?
- Participants give this training a score of 8,6
- 3 experienced trainers
- 14 professional actors
- 1 mental support officer
- Maximum 14 participants
- Practice in groups of up to 7 participants
- Safe learning environment
- Immersive scenario
- 24 hyper-realistic simulations
- 70% practical exercises & simulations and 30% theory
- Realistic exercise area
- Real weapons & inert ammunitions
- 4 dates per year
- Medical kit (for your travels)
- Quick reference cards (for your travels)
- Free e-learning after one year
- Easily accessible from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and Amersfoort Central Station
- Excellent hotel & delicious food
For whom?
Staff working and/or travelling in high & extreme risk areas.
If you are travelling to an area that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has classified as unsafe, this course is the right course for you. Please keep in mind that even if an area is classified as safe you must make your own judgement concerning the risks.
You can always join the Advanced HEAT Course, even without former training like the Basic Course. The Advanced Course has all the elements of the Basic Course and more.
Topics
- Security & Situational Awareness
- Field Security Plans
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Gender-Specific Risks
- Personal Risk Profile
- Contingency Planning
- Hibernation/ Relocation/ Evacuation
- Communication Skills (in the field)
- Radio & Satellite Phone
- Basic Land Navigation
- Map, Compass & GPS Reading
- Convoy Travel Security
- Medical First Aid
- Life-Saving Skills in Remote Areas
- Dealing with Aggression
- Personal Survival and Mental Welfare
- Stress Management
- Hostage Prevention & Survival
- Field Safety Skills
- Checkpoints & Road Blocks
- Active Shooting, Ambushes and Carjacking
- Ammunition and Weapon Awareness
- Simulations and Field Exercises
Details
More information:
Acceptance: You do not need to have completed any other training for this training.
Language: English (in-company also available in French and Dutch)
Duration: 5 days, including 4 evening programs (44 hours)
Start time day 1: 12:00
End time day 5: 12:00
Division: 30% theory, 30% practice, 40% simulations
Group size: maximum 14 (maximum 7 during simulations)
Dietary requirements: vegetarian/vegetarian/pestarian/other
HEAT Certification: At the end of the training, you will receive a HEAT certificate.
Keeping your training up-to-date: After one year, you will receive a free e-learning course.
Location: Amersfoortsestraat 20, 3769 AS Soesterberg, Netherlands
Car and public transport: information
Taxi to/from Amsterdam Schiphol: information
Taxi to/from Amersfoort/Soesterberg: information
Cost: € 4.650,-
Includes accommodation (4 nights)*, food & beverages*, all course materials, and VAT.
*Accommodation and food & beverages are automatically reserved for all participants for overnight stays during the course.
Your own professional medical kit and instruction cards
During the training, you’ll receive an emergency medical kit to take with you on your future missions. The kit’s contents are specially selected for remote areas without adequate medical facilities nearby. During the Medical First Aid module, you’ll learn how to use similar medical supplies.
You’ll also receive instruction cards. These waterproof and compact information cards summarize the key modules of the HEAT training. You can take these cards with you on your mission and use them as a quick reference if you encounter an emergency.
Safe learning environment
A safe learning environment is maintained at all times during the course. Your safety and well-being are our primary concerns. More than 20 different trainers and actors are involved in this course. Professionals are always present for supervision and to offer advice. We have an extra psychosocially trained staff member present to guarantee a safe learning environment.
Before and during the course, you can share prior experiences with the trainers. They can discreetly adapt the course for you to ensure this will be the best and safest learning experience you have ever had. And if you need extra personal guidance, we will make time for it.
Practice through hyper-realistic simulations
The course methods are based on role-playing, hyper-realistic simulations, and a continuous storyline. For five days, you will be submerged in a scenario. The course is situated in a war-torn village in a professional exercise center. You will be part of a team assessing a crisis in a foreign country. The scenario starts when you arrive at the course location and ends after five days. Theory and practical learning are combined with situation updates that will require action from your team. You will travel to several locations and will be confronted with ethical dilemmas, hostile situations and constant pressure due to insecurity.
What participants say about our Advanced HEAT Course
"Amazing, thanks for the training. One of the bests I have had. Trainers and actors were top-notch, amazing exercises (very funny at the same time) and come back to the theory to make the link. It was a learning and living experience to work along other participants."
"Learning about myself was the greatest benefit of the course, followed by the actual theoretical and practical knowledge that have been taught. Having instructors with a thorough background makes things easier. Definitely a new experience, a great experience."
"I learned how to let go of the ego and just accept what is happening. Letting go of my usual reactions from my work. Understanding the reactions in the body and mind without having to do anything about it. Trust your senses. Great acting."
Training location(s)
Netherlands
Our training courses in The Netherlands take place at Conference Hotel Kontakt der Kontinenten in Soesterberg.
Please adjust your clothing according to the weather forecast. You should wear outdoor shoes as the ground might be wet, slippery, and sloped. Your clothing should enable you to lie down and crawl on the (sometimes dirty) ground.
Unfortunately, CSD cannot record an optional reservation for you. However, you can move or cancel your registration free of charge up to three weeks before the start of your chosen training.
Yes, you are welcome.
After registration, you will receive a timetable with the programme from us.
We strongly recommend staying overnight at the hotel, as the program is very intensive and immersive. The days end at 10 PM, and the next day’s programme starts early.
Please note that full participation in the course is required. To receive your certificate, you must attend all modules. Due to the full-day program, there is no time available for work.
CSD does not provide an invitation letter or visa support.
CSD does not provide transportation for open training courses. However, on the training details webpage, you can find suggestions for transportation.
CSD does not fund participants.
You are responsible for covering your own travel costs.
This is possible when you have multiple participants that we can include on an invoice. Please contact us to discuss the options.
Participant safety is crucial in all our training courses. We can tailor the training to your mental and physical limits if you communicate them to us. You are also free to take a time-out at any time. If you feel we can accommodate you in a better way, we can adjust the course to ensure you have the best learning experience.
There is no sleep deprivation (intentionally depriving participants of sleep) in our open courses; we will not wake you up at night. A well-rested participant learns more than a tired participant. Also, in our open courses, sleep deprivation is not a learning goal.
A HEAT course is not physically demanding. If you are in reasonable physical health, you can complete the course easily. If you have physical limitations, please let us know, and we will adjust the course to ensure it is suitable for you.
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