5 Day Basic to Advanced Survival Course
The Trueways 5 Day Survival Course takes you from the beginning all the way to developing advanced skills and knowledge. This course, suitable for the beginner and the more experienced alike, allows time to develop and practise all the techniques necessary for extended wilderness survival, including different shelter types, bushcraft skills, survival and expedition camp-craft, weaning away from using outdoor gear and equipment as the course progresses and providing the knowledge and skills necessary for living safely, confidently, comfortably and independently in the wilds.
Why Choose Trueways?
Trueways Survival offers survival and outdoor preparation courses to suit any taste or at any level of experience. Our courses are designed to take the beginner from those very first steps all the way to training in our Global Environments Training packages. Trueways is the only Survival School in the UK with the expertise capable of and offering training anywhere in the world using only their own staff. Let our experience provide you with Real Skills for Real Situations.
Trueways survival courses offer participants the opportunity to learn and practice the skills and techniques needed to survive without the comfort and convenience of four walls and a supermarket! As well as being highly fun and rewarding, these acclaimed courses are based upon the tried and tested methodology of Trueways most senior team member – none other than bestselling SAS Survival Expert John “Lofty” Wiseman, so everything that is taught, demonstrated and explained has the highest level of authority.
Lofty Wiseman's is one of the world's foremost experts on survival. His teachings, including multi-million best selling book, 'The SAS Survival Guide' is used the world over as reference by everyday people and experts alike and can be found in 18 languages. Trueways and Lofty also produced the best selling 'Trueways Survival Skills with Lofty Wiseman' DVD as well as the SAS Survival Guide iPhone and iPad apps and the 'Trueways Survival Skills' playing cards.
Course Content
The key below gives guidance to what is covered, and how, on the course on this page.
Where more than one symbol is used, a combination of training techniques is employed. The list below is also the full survival training syllabus applied by Trueways, allowing you to understand exactly what will be covered on both this course and compare at a glance what to expect on longer or more advanced courses too. Each course duration and level will see variation in this content due to time constraints and the intention of the course, allowing a progression to practical training in ALL aspects of the syllabus. On longer or more advanced courses, refresher training will take place on all the basics, as well as more advanced in-depth training on each topic, with an emphasis on moving towards deeper and broader understanding coupled with developing greater practical skills, and additional advanced topics introduced at the higher levels.
= Discussed 
= Demonstrated 
= Hands on practical 
= Not at this Level
- Dealing with an outdoor emergency or survival situation (immediate actions)
- Understanding human survival needs and prioritising the next steps
- The Importance of First Aid
- Survival Psychology
- The effects of injuries and casualties on the group survival situation
- Protection from the elements
- Environmental medical (physiological and psychological the affects of being too hot or too cold)
- Understand and take care of your clothing
- Taking advantage of and improving pre-existing natural shelter (caves, hollows, overhangs, fallen trees, etc).
- Shelter building, bedding, insulation and weather protection using natural materials and/or salvaged resources anywhere in the world
- Fire lighting and maintenance using any available method
- Signalling for rescue
- Standard international signals
- Improvised techniques
- Sourcing water and making it safer to use
- Water requirements
- Water sources
- Problems in wild water and medical aspects (dangers of seawater, dehydration, heat exhaustion, toxicity, pathology)
- Water treatment and storage
- Acquiring food from the wilds
- Understanding our survival nutritional needs
- Medical problems from malnutrition and/or food imbalances
- Toxins and pathogens in wild food and avoiding them
- Flora (food from plants, roots, tubers, seeds and fruit)
- Fungi (food from fungi, if available)
- Fauna (trapping, gathering or catching and preparing food from fish, fowl, game, insects and invertebrates)
- Survival camp craft and routines
- Gear and equipment
- survival kits
- safe use and best practice for knives, axes, saws, fire kits, etc.
- Making your own resources (cordage, containers, bedding, etc)
- Navigation
- Locally
- Telling time and direction from natural indicators
- Basic map and compass skills
- Safe techniques for crossing unknown countryside
- Safe river crossing techniques
- Moving casualties
- Best routes to safety
- Planning and Preparation for Emergencies
- Understanding international emergency services response
- Discussing real life survival situations and their outcomes (learning from experience)
Course Overview
Attendees of the Trueways 5 day Basic to Advanced Survival Course should come away feeling confident that in a real emergency they could cope if they apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired with us. This course leaves you set for our 7 Day Applied Advanced Course, where you will have the chance to experience as close as possible to a real survival situation, should you choose to progress to that. Otherwise, you will feel prepared for the outdoors, whatever the situation!
Standard Booking or Gift Pack?
It's possible to book any Trueways Survival course as a direct booking, or you they can be purchased as an excellent Trueways Gift Pack. If you're booking for yourself or you know exactly what course and location you want, a direct booking has the benefit of ensuring that you secure the exact course you want immediately. A direct booking also has the advantage of providing you with all of the course specifics, such as location maps, instructor contact details, detailed equipment list, at the point of booking. However, a gift pack is idea as it's so much more than just an experience voucher. It's something fun and exciting to open and enjoy for hours on the day it's received. As well as a flexible course voucher you'll also receive a 'Trueways Survival Skills with Lofty Wiseman' DVD, a Survival Kit packed with essential goodies, Free membership to our Survival Club and copy of Lofty's Global Best Selling book, 'The SAS Survival Guide'.
Whatever You Choose, Flexibility is Guaranteed!
Regardless of whether you go for a direct booking or a Gift Pack, you can change course dates or location as many times as you like! (*not within 28 days of start date). No hidden catches, just the flexibility you need so there's no excuse not to get booked in! To View All Gift Packs Click Here or To View All Direct Course Bookings Click Here
Course Equipment, Site Directions and Timings
A full and complete equipment list will be provided along with specific directions once your booking is confirmed. However, as a minimum you will need to bring with you some basic kit such as; Waterproof jacket & trousers, suitable footware, knife, torch, billy can or cooking pot, drinking cup/mug and a water bottle. For over night courses you will also need a sleeping bag, a bivi bag and a basha or tarp as well as a torch. Don't worry if you haven't got everything you need, we do hire the less common stuff which is typically a lot cheaper than buying.
All courses start at 10am on their start date and typically finish around 4pm on the end date.
Although it is possible to reach some of our training locations by public transport, by the very nature of the courses taught there is some necessity for remoteness with regard to many sites. Therefore, for some sites a taxi may be required for the final leg of your journey if you are not traveling by road.
For those travelling by road, all training locations offer parking in some form.
Every attendee of a Trueways Survival Course is given a Free Trueways Survival Kit to use during the course and keep afterwards. Attendees are encouraged to adapt the kit to their own personal requirements and those of any environment with which they may travel with it. The kit contains everything needed to survive for a wide variety of environments and situations when combined with the skills taught. Your Survival Kit will contain; a button compass, night light, flint, striker, cutter, book matches, pencil, sewing kit, wire saw, whistle, snare wire, puritabs, safety pin, fishing kit and instructions.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic course. Your instructors have great rapport with the group and were dynamic in their teaching. They paced the days very well and I could definitely not absorb any more knowledge. Although only 3 days, the experience was epic. Huge highs followed devastating lows. A great adventure.
Jadon Ortlepp (jadonblade@.....)
Despite the rain and the cold, everyone had a great time in the field. The extra night in the field was particularly helpful. Highly recommended.
Jia Zhu (jia.mibs@.....)
5 day survival course. A very good course, I arrived there with loads of gear, sleeping bag, bivi bag, tarp, cooking gear,espresso machine :)),and by the 4th day I end up using NONE of this, only my water bottle, my knife and my fire steel. I learn really what I need to survive, how to manage my resources and a lot of good stuff. Good job Trueways. Thanks guys.
Donca Bogdan (maximus79ro@.....)
Hi Trueways, Attended the Cumbrian 3-day survival course on the 16/07/2010, the typical British weather didn't disappoint, testing the shelters we built to the limit. Learnt a surprising amount in such a short period of time and gave me the confidence to tackle the wilderness myself. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our course instructors who made the weekend very enjoyable. I'll be sure to return on another extended course and may bring a few friends along with me. Regards, Thomas Carson
Thomas Carson (james.carson7@.....)
Hi Trueways, Thanks for an excellent, informative and interesting 5 days, I can highly recommend the training and instructors. I am looking next to do the coastal course. First class training and good value for money.
Chris
Chris Poole (palantiri@.....)
Thanks to our instructor for making the stay in Cannock wood very enjoyable. He showed us all as much as he could and all the people on the course were great. Paul and Ian were top blokes thanks for a great time.
James Holmes (jthdecorators@.....)
Just like to say thanks for an excellent 5 day in Stafford, would recommend it to anyone who's interested, cant wait to go again, maybe a winter one in Scotland.
Colin Harper (colinharper@.....)
Additional Information
| Course Length | 5 days |
|---|---|
| Course Environment | Woodland |
| Course Level | Level 3 |
| Course Prerequisite | Open to All |
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