Survival In Australia (1-Day Course): $248 (Adult) / $208 (Child)
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SCT’s one-day outdoor training Essential Basic Survival Course 1 is both rewarding and challenging as part of survival in Australia.
This comprehensive course will introduce you to the world of wilderness and bush survival skills in an innovative and insightful way, providing you with the core essentials to surviving your journey into the outdoors.
The principles and key priority steps taught on this course are relevant in any terrain or environment, and will give you a solid foundation to surviving in the field.
Who Is This Survival Course For?
This course is ideal for anybody who’s new to the bush and wants to learn survival in Australia, as well as experienced outdoorsmen and women who would like to refresh and further their skills.
Do I Need Previous Survival In Australia Experience?
No experience is necessary, as we will provide full training on the day and will adjust to the levels within the group. View all of our survival and bushcraft courses here.
This course is a pre-requisite for our Essential Basic Survival Course 2, which comes before our Intermediate Survival Courses 1 and 2.
The fun and challenging course will test your ability to think laterally, as well as use and repurpose what you have on you and what you have around you in nature. It will teach you a diverse range of core and necessary survival skills gleaned from a mixture of real world wilderness survival and bushcraft concepts.
With this basic level of survival in Australia, our instructional teaching is very structured. Techniques are explained and then demonstrated, before you get to practise what you have been shown.
What Will I Learn On The Day?
There will be individual work as well as some group work such as:
- ‘Top 5 survival priorities’
- natural and emergency shelter construction
- highly useful survival knots
- how to light tinder with a ferro rod
- the most effective fire lay
- wilderness first aid (snake bite treatment)
- and lots of other activities listed in the individual units below
Some activities will be timed (depending on the course) where you will have a set period of time to perform certain tasks. This adds an element of realism to those particular tasks to help simulate a real-world scenario.
This method of learning provides the opportunity for genuine skill and knowledge acquisition, as well as personal development.
Is This Course A Pathway To Further Survival In Australia Training?
Yes. It serves as the foundation for Essential Basic Survival Course 2 and supports progression into SCT’s intermediate survival courses.
THE LIFE SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN ON A COURSE THROUGH SURVIVAL COURSES TASMANIA WILL HELP TO INSTILL SELF-RELIANCE, SELF-BELIEF, AND HELP YOU TO BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE WILDERNESS
“I recently completed the Essential Basic Survival Course 1, and I couldn’t be more impressed. This course is packed with value from start to finish. Alex’s delivery is both informative and engaging, making even complex topics easy to grasp.
What stood out the most was Alex’s genuine passion for survival & bushcraft, and ensuring every participant feels confident and prepared for the bush. He was open to all questions and even went above and beyond to share knowledge beyond the course material.
Just an hour into the course, I was already certain—I’ll be coming back for the follow-up courses!”
“Fantastic Day! Alex is a great instructor – he has a rare combination of incredible knowledge, clear explanations, and patience with his students. Thank you so much for the training, and I’ll see you on the next course shortly.”
“I found Alex to be very knowledgeable and helpful…and, despite being an experienced bushwalker of more than 30 years myself, I was able to learn some very useful skills and tips for surviving an emergency in the wilderness. Thanks heaps and look forward to getting out there again.”
“I had the best time! It was really great to get outside and challenge myself. Alex is a fantastic instructor who explains survival and bushcraft techniques clearly, and has a lot of patience with his students. Thanks again for the training…I’ll see you soon for the next course.”
“I had an absolutely brilliant time! I enjoyed every minute of it…Alex is an excellent trainer! I’d love to do the next stage of the course soon. I would highly recommend this course to anyone keen on learning some great bushcraft & survival techniques and skills.”
“Alex is a fantastic instructor who is extremely empathetic and considerate. He does a brilliant job of ensuring everybody is included, and is confident yet humble with the concepts being taught. He uses engaging examples throughout pointing to his decades of experience. I highly recommend his courses!”
“We both had fun…the survival course was very good and covered many essential topics. The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and adapted to our pre-existing knowledge well.”
“The course was fantastic…I really enjoyed it. I’m keen to learn more, so I’ll definitely be coming back. The instructor’s knowledge base and manner of instructing are both magnificent.”
“The course was really informative…and we certainly learnt a lot! We both really enjoyed it. The instruction was detailed, grounded and provided in a clear, coherent, and engaging manner. It was an excellent introduction to bushcraft and survival, especially for my son who is wanting to go hiking more often. We would thoroughly recommend anyone interested in bushcraft and survivalism to attend this course.”
“I went on SCT’s courses to become more independent when hiking and camping. Through Alex’s courses I have learnt the skills I was hoping to and so much more. I’m now more confident and I’m doing things that I never thought I would. Alex is extremely generous with his knowledge and time, and is very encouraging no matter what level of skill you start with.”
“It was a great day…we had fun on the course and learnt loads! Can’t wait to practise some of the skills we learnt when we’re out in the bush. Some of the places we go are pretty hard to get to.”
“The Intermediate Survival Course 1 I did was great! I learnt how to make a multi-pronged fishing spear, a disc knife, and many other things. I’m really enjoying the courses and gaining lots of knowledge. It just goes to show…the more you learn, the less equipment you need in a survival situation or just on a camping trip even. I consider these skills priceless. Alex is a brilliant instructor and explains everything well and clearly – I appreciate how he’s tailored some things to my personal request.”
“I learnt a great deal from the Intermediate Survival Course 2. Having done all of SCT’s courses, the second intermediate course was a really good progression from the Intermediate Survival Course 1. I’d definitely recommend doing all of the courses.”
“Alex is a true professional of his craft and a great instructor overall. It has been a pleasure to get to learn from him across all of his courses…he has a true wealth of knowledge with immense experience!”
“Alex is very knowledgeable, down-to-earth, and approachable with survival and bushcraft life-skills where you can feel comfortable asking questions while learning out in the field. Hands-on activities including building shelters, finding water, and navigating unfamiliar terrain (and much more!), with real teamwork and without a smartphone, gave me more confidence in handling adversity in the Australian bush. I’d recommend the SCT courses to anyone looking to learn and expand their survival and bushcraft skills with active learning and having an awesome time doing so. I’ve done all of SCT’s courses, and I got a lot out of them!”
“I’ve done all of SCT’s bushcraft and survival courses now, and they’re fantastic! I really learnt a lot, and they have given me so much self-confidence to go out for hikes on my own…even in places I wouldn’t have dreamt to venture into before.”
“The Essential Basic Survival Course 1 was a perfect introduction to overall survival training. As a hiker, having these skills not only makes me more aware of my safety, surroundings, and which essentials to pack — it gives me increased confidence in handling challenging situations that could arise.
Alex is very passionate and informative in this field. I left the class with a great appreciation and respect for survival training and will be taking another class through his company in the future.”
Course Syllabus – Survival In Australia Essential Basic Survival Course 1: $248 (Adult) / $208 (Child)
Duration: 1 day – 8:30am to 4:30pm
The cost includes: 1 day of survival & bushcraft instruction from a fully qualified instructor, hot beverages, land use fees, insurance and your own fire steel to take home
Minimum age: 8 years (students under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult)
This exciting 1-day basic course will introduce you to a number of diverse, essential survival and bush skills gleaned from various survival, bushcraft and wilderness rescue concepts. These core bush skills will focus mainly on survival methods and gear.
They include:
- Survival priorities (Top 5: Protection / Shelter, Fire / Warmth, Water, Rescue Signals, Food).
- Essential equipment – 16 items (the most important kit or gear to carry).
- Proper clothing and ‘kit mentality.’
- Survival knife specifications, features & techniques for using (compared to other knives e.g. camp knife or field knife) – what to look for when purchasing.
- Basic survival knots.
- Light tinder with a fire steel / ferro rod.
- Basic wilderness first aid – including managing snake bites.
- Basic natural navigation – using the sun.
- Simple & effective rescue signals.
- How to set up tarps properly / emergency blankets.
- Improvised natural shelter construction.
- Prepare the most effective fire lay method.
- Water (treating and purifying).
There are a lots of skills to be learnt on this basic course covering survival in Australia, so expect a full day and a steep learning curve, however, it will be highly informative, hands-on and fun at the same time.
Our qualified instructors are trained in varied and dynamic survival techniques and in traditional bushcraft, with qualifications from some of the top survival and bushcraft schools internationally.
See our survival and bushcraft blogs here.
You can view a definition of what bushcraft is in contrast to survival here.