Training

We prepare your teams to operate with confidence; delivering the skill sets to work safely, effectively and to mitigate risk in remote, challenging and hostile environments globally.

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Preparing and enabling your teams

Having pioneered Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) over thirty years ago, our training continuously evolves as we develop content, scope and delivery methodologies to meet the challenges facing our clients. Today we deliver a diverse, dynamic training portfolio to multiple industries worldwide.

Our team has a breadth and depth of knowledge and considerable experience in high-risk and complex environments worldwide. As well as teaching, our instructors are operationally current and deploy regularly on a variety tasks, combining up-to-date experience and specialist knowledge to enhance the delivery of our training courses.

Our training enables the organisations we work with to deliver where others can’t, improve safety and security and create efficiencies while delivering on duty of care responsibilities.

 

Flexible training solutions

We maintain an enviable library of training modules from which we deliver training through established curated courses, including:

  • Wide range of Hostile Environment Awareness Training packages (HEAT)
  • Event, active assailant and active shooter training programmes
  • Crisis and conflict management training
  • First aid and medical emergency
  • Travel awareness and safety courses
  • Contractor on Deployed Operations Course (CONDO)
  • Advanced/ adverse environment driver training course
  • Exposure and scenario training modules to simulate dangerous situations such as kidnap or hostage-taking
  • Refresher courses

The value and efficacy of training depends on understanding the context behind your training requirements and we regularly work with our
clients to deliver bespoke courses to meet their specific training objectives.

We can deliver your training onsite, online and through combined, blended training solutions, designed to ensure students enjoy an interactive learning environment

Regularly scheduled courses are held at our owned and operated purpose-built, fully integrated training facility and are also available in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Thailand.

In-house courses can be delivered for our clients at their own, or third-party facilities globally.

Many of our courses and training solutions are also delivered via our web-based classrooms and blended options.

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AKE Dovehills Centre of Excellence

Our Hereford centre of excellence features dedicated training rooms, scenario areas, and luxury onsite accommodation with
dining and lounge facilities. The property is located within over 50 acres of farm and woodlands with an additional 350 acres
of accessible rural surrounds, allowing for a range of training scenarios to be conducted in absolute privacy.

Our facilities enable us to deliver fully catered bespoke courses, corporate and private retreats, and can facilitate a
range of onsite team-building activities upon request.

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