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Instructor Mentoring Scheme
Helping you become the best bushcraft practitioner you can be
The Instructor Mentoring Scheme is an initial 8 month course with additional options designed for professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge and take their existing skills and confidence further. Part 1 comprises of 4 inspiring 2 day blocks where you will gain real ownership and more thorough practical understanding of the key skills. Part 2 is a platform to grow through ongoing support, experience, opportunities and professional networking, with options to suit different timescales, requirements and budgets.
Bushcraft Mentoring
Taken over 4 sets of 2 days each key subject is expanded both in depth and width in order for you to adapt to a variety of scenarios.
Unit 1
Day 1 Shelter frame designs. Variety of materials plus various refinements
Day 2 Fire Lighting, reading the landscape to find dry material. Confident use of various tinder and kindling. Developing your understanding of trees
Unit 2
Day 3 Confident use of the Bow Drill. Comparing base boards and drills, creating an efficient set. Hand Drill and Pump Drill basics
Day 4 Effective Water Filtering. Various materials. Splitting Wood regardless of size. Using Axes
Unit 3
Day 5 Wild Food and Wilderness Cookery course (see web site)
Day 6 is a day of a variety of options depending on requirements.
Unit 4
Day 7 Natural Cordage- various materials for variety of set tasks/scenarios
Day 8 Bow Drill using natural cordage. Additional session to fit IOL Level 3 units
Course Dates
Weekend 1 - 29-30 November
Weekend 2 - 17-18th Jan
Weekend 3 - 28-29 March
Weekend 4 - 13-14 June
Course Location
This course is located at our Spring Woods site in Derbyshire. Please visit our Contact page for details on how to find us.
Helping you become the best bushcraft practitioner you can be
The Instructor Mentoring Scheme is an initial 8 month course with additional options designed for professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge and take their existing skills and confidence further. Part 1 comprises of 4 inspiring 2 day blocks where you will gain real ownership and more thorough practical understanding of the key skills. Part 2 is a platform to grow through ongoing support, experience, opportunities and professional networking, with options to suit different timescales, requirements and budgets.
Bushcraft Mentoring
Taken over 4 sets of 2 days each key subject is expanded both in depth and width in order for you to adapt to a variety of scenarios.
Unit 1
Day 1 Shelter frame designs. Variety of materials plus various refinements
Day 2 Fire Lighting, reading the landscape to find dry material. Confident use of various tinder and kindling. Developing your understanding of trees
Unit 2
Day 3 Confident use of the Bow Drill. Comparing base boards and drills, creating an efficient set. Hand Drill and Pump Drill basics
Day 4 Effective Water Filtering. Various materials. Splitting Wood regardless of size. Using Axes
Unit 3
Day 5 Wild Food and Wilderness Cookery course (see web site)
Day 6 is a day of a variety of options depending on requirements.
Unit 4
Day 7 Natural Cordage- various materials for variety of set tasks/scenarios
Day 8 Bow Drill using natural cordage. Additional session to fit IOL Level 3 units
Course Dates
Weekend 1 - 29-30 November
Weekend 2 - 17-18th Jan
Weekend 3 - 28-29 March
Weekend 4 - 13-14 June
Course Location
This course is located at our Spring Woods site in Derbyshire. Please visit our Contact page for details on how to find us.