UCP eLearning 44 hours Level 3 Award in Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)

Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

The training is designed for CEO’s, Managers, corporate executives, development managers in minerals, Aid Workers and journalists and celebrities and anyone who are deployed to high-risk / hostile environment countries. Anyone wishing to enter the medium to high-risk industry of close protection armed sector. The 44 hours UCP HEAT course also gives the learner the minimum requirements to apply for overseas high-risk jobs such as Middle East, Africa, and South America.

Course Information

Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) is an intensive practical course with hands-on activities that allow participants to explore their behaviour and learn, apply, and experience lifesaving behaviours through realistic simulations in a high-risk environment.

The aim is to improve personal security and self-awareness for NGO workers. Our well-tested learning process builds on 3 phase methodology of (1) learning theory, (2) putting classroom learning into a practice, and (3) testing your newly gained skills in realistic simulations.

5 days of intense training for hostile environment covering all aspects from theory to practical with a multiple-choice exam to complete the course.

Anyone wishing to enter the high-risk industry would seriously need to take this type of training This qualification is designed for those learners wishing to apply for a job in the overseas high-risk industry. The 44hrs UCP course also gives the learner the minimum requirements to apply for overseas high-risk jobs such as Middle East, Africa, and South America.

Minimum Required Kit List

Laptop with Microsoft word and power point,
USB memory stick with 10 GB max
Pencil and pen, eraser

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Course Dates

anytime

Course Length

60 hours

Course Cost

£2500

Assessments

Internally set and internally assessed Practical Tasks
The Program requires you to complete a project from initial planning, right the way to the final project evaluation, encompassing briefs to all the major parties involved with the project from Stakeholders to Investors

Qualification

This qualification looks at hostile environment awareness. How to plan for and work within hostile environments. How to assess and manage risks on this practical and workshop-based programme. Establish and maintain organisation, communication, and information systems. Monitor project progress, agree corrective action, and communicate as appropriate with relevant persons. Also sets out the skills, knowledge and understanding to maintain personal and operational security through anti-surveillance techniques and maintaining situational awareness allowing monitoring and minimising of patterns and habits to avoid predictability and the opportunity for attack on self or others

Work in challenging or hostile environments requires a great deal of planning and co-ordination. The Level 5 Certificate in Hostile Environment security Operations provides the standards that must be achieved by individuals who are overseeing operations in a Hostile environment.

Skill Prerequisites None

Topics

Survival skills (water, food, shelter)
Landmines, UXO & IEDs
Navigation & topography
First Aid
Abduction & hostage taking
Coping with sexual violence
Stress management & defusing
Field communication & equipment
Security planning
Context & risk assessment
Familiarization with weapons
Checkpoints & roadblocks
Crossfire
Travel security
Cultural awareness & security strategies
Better awareness of how I react under stress.
Improved understanding of how an individual’s behaviour can affect a team in stressful situations.
Increased understanding of the need to analyse situations ahead of time; and,
Appreciation for thinking/sensing/analysing before acting.