Introduction to Bushcraft

It does not matter if you are a complete novice or an expert our Bushcraft Fundamentals course will introduce you to all the essential skills of bushcraft and survival and will teach you how to utilise these effectively in almost any survival situation.

This course is aimed at those who might not have the time or confidence to attend the weekend or overnight experience. It is designed to not only develop and introduce skills to you but also introduce you to the S-BASS philosophy on Bushcraft and survival skills.

This is our most popular course and course covers the basic skills required to survive and thrive! Following the Seven priorities of survival: Attitude, First Aid, Shelter, Water, Fire, signals and food.

Throughout the day our highly knowledgeable instructors will guide you through the process of identifying exactly what we need to survive as a species and give you the skills and knowledge to be able to keep yourself and others alive in a potential survival situation.

You will be given practical hands-on experience on; how to build a variety of tarp shelters, collect and purify contaminated water and make it safe to drink, prepare your own wild food including foraging for wild plants and being shown how they can be utilised, and taught several different means of establishing a fire including site selection, material selection and test many different ignition sources while out in the woods. You’ll also be shown how to build some simple nets and alerts. With the final section teaching about signals and how to alert people of your presence.

The course adapts to the changing seasons, so will be different at different times of the year.