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Courses
Discover Field Guiding
This course by Ferdie Muller is very flexible and can be adjusted and changed to suite the request of the guest and normally runs from a Sunday to a Sunday and includes theory and practical training in the following aspects;
• Direction finding
• Star gazing
• Tracking
• Basic ecology & geology
• Basic plant identification
• 4X4 Driving
• Basic survival techniques
• Basic bird identification
• Weapon handling
• Tracking buffalo or rhino
Introductory Field Guide Course
This course runs over 26 days and starts on a Monday and covers the following aspects as suggested by the industry.
• Guiding in the natural environment
• Creating a guided nature experience
• Geology, soils, and landscape
• Weather & Climate
• Taxonomy
• Botany & Grasses
• The Class Amphibia (amphibians)
• The Class Pisces (Fish)
• The Class Mammalia (mammals)
• Conservation management
• Astronomy
• Ecology
• Biomes of Southern Africa
• The Class Insecta (insects)
• The Class Reptilia (reptiles)
• The Class Aves (birds)
• Animal behaviour
• Historical human habitation
• Tracking
• Weapons and weapon handling
(theory as well as practical)
• Bush driving and vehicle maintenance
(theory as well as practical).
• Registered First Aid course with certificate
Intermediate Field Guide Course
This course run by Ferdie Muller on the Elephant Coast in KwaZulu Natal, runs over 26 days and starts on a Monday. The Intermediate Field Guide Course covers all aspects as suggested in the Introductory Field Guide Course, but at a higher level with more practical exposure.
Game Farm Management
(supported by UNISA)
This course, run by Ferdie Muller, is run over a two year period and includes intensive theoretical analysis combined with practical training.
The benefits of this course are that you receive a hands on experience approach on aspects such as;
 • Habitat analysis
• Game fencing and maintenance
• Water for game
• Construction of road and road maintenance
• Vehicle maintenance
• Building cottages & camping facilities
• Look out points
• Animal behaviour
• Field management
• Guiding
National Diploma Nature Conservation
(supported by UNISA)
This course, run by Ferdie Muller, is run over a four year period and includes intensive theoretical analysis combined with practical training. The benefits of this course are that you receive a hands on experience approach.
The subjects covered are as follows:
1) Conservation Development 1
2) Conservation Ecology I
3) Resource Management I
4) Conservation Communication I
5) Plant Studies I
6) Animal Studies I
7) Soil Science
8) Conservation Ecology II
9) Resource Management II
10) Conservation Communication II
11) Plant Studies II
12) Animal Studies II
13) Conservation Ecology III
14) Resource Management III
15) Plant Studies III
16) Animal Studies III
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