Correspondence Course

Field Guide Training
Bushveld Training Adventures Correspondence Course

Bushveld Training Adventures invites all prospective field or nature guides, nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts to a life changing training and learning experience about wildlife and the natural environment. Whether you are a nature enthusiast or planning to pursue a career in guiding and conservation you will receive the most professional and most enjoyable nature training experience.

  • The Environmentalist Correspondence Course is aimed at providing the necessary knowledge and skills to those who are interested in pursuing a career in guiding and/or conservation.
  • It will provide the nature lover, game farm or nature reserve owner or operator, as well as the general environmentalist with the knowledge and skills to better understand nature and the processes that govern it.
  • Most important is to instil in people an interest in and love for nature and the many aspects that constitute the natural environment.

The Field Guide / Environmentalist part-time course is done over a period of 10 months and combines theory with written assignments and practical field work. The field work component is optional and presented as two separate practical modules, one during each semester (Details will be provided). The two practical sessions are compulsory for those who want to write the theory examination of FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) and be practically assessed at the end of the course in order to obtain the national qualification. The course comprises different modules, each with a number of subjects, carefully selected to provide the nature enthusiast with a comprehensive insight into the natural environment.

You will learn about:

Ecology, Soil, Astronomy, Weather, Classification, Wild Flowers, Grasses, Arthropods (Insects, Arachnids and their relatives), Trees, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Signs and Sounds of the Wilderness and a range of other fascinating topics.

The course presents a nationally recognised qualification that meets the requirements of the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA). The principal trainer is an accredited trainer and assessor with FGASA, THETA and ETDP. Learners will qualify for a NQF certificate (National Qualification Framework – NQF 2) on successful completion of the course.