SAFE One

Course Description

The SAFE/1 course is a supplement to the SAFE course, where an addition will provide training for risks that may be encountered in very hazardous environments, for those who will not have the luxury of a close protection team and are required to be self-serving in their movements to avoid the threats of kidnapping, ransom or targeted attacks.

The course is underpinned with industry best practice for travel and management of potential threats and the hazards posed. The skills and knowledge gained through the course provide reassurance for staying safe overseas, mitigating risks and developing positive actions when faced with danger.

The SAFE/1 course helps build the understanding and reassurance for work in hostile environments and how to work towards maintaining own safety. SAFE/1 differs from HEAT courses, where the likelihood of a threat is less, but the risk potential is apparent. See our HEAT course for more details (Coming soon!)

Comera Risk initially designed the SAFE courses to provide FCDO employees and contractors training in safety and security for hostile environment work. Since the course’s inception in 2015, we have provided thousands of individuals with the confidence to stay safe overseas. This course is ideal for anyone planning to work in hostile areas.

Scenario based learning will offer context to protect against threats that will likely result in death or serious injuries, developing skills and knowledge for working with a security advisors to help mitigate the risks. In the absence of a Close Protection Security team where the risk appetite is high and self-service for personal protection in a hostile environment needs development, learners will develop a range of skills including; sharing in resources, PPE, support networking, movement drills in hostile environments and reactions to gunfire. This is contextualised in response to potential threats.

Read the full prospectus here.

Who’s it for?

Operating overseas: Commercial companies, Government departments, NGOs, charities, consultants, contractors, Government contractors, security professionals, media (Press), private individuals.

This course is appropriate for those who are travelling to hostile environments providing individuals with reassurance, or organisations who have a legal duty to provide safety and security for their employees, traveling to hostile environments, SAFE/1 is the course for you!

If you are not sure if this course is right for you, get in touch.

What’s involved?

This is a learner centred course delivered face-to-face, and comprising of 6 guided learning hours (1 day). Delivery offers theoretical and practical scenarios to provide context for all learning outcomes. Each outcome is designed and structured to assist individuals with the challenges they may face.

Continued assessment is conducted during the course where learners must demonstrate competence for all outcomes listed.

Pre-requisite:

Learners must be a minimum of 18 years of age, must be physically capable of completing the practical assessment and must also have completed an accredited SAFE course within the last six months. It is also advised that learners have a minimum of Level 1 in English.

What’s included?

This course includes:

• Course material

What will I learn?

This course includes modules on the following topics:

• Hostile environment awareness
• Movement in hostile areas
• Advanced terrorism awareness
• Response to kidnapping and ransom
• Operating in a hostile environment

Suggested Progression

If travelling to these types of environments, you may wish to complement the course or find an alternative here:

These are one-day, supplements to our SAFE course:

• HEAT: HEAT is a scenario based course that offers realism to challenge the learners, where intensity and high pressured situations are applied through the method of delivery. The goal of the course is to evade death or serious injury from high risk events or targeted attacks. Find out more here. Coming soon!
• SAFE : SAFE Plus provides additional training on risks that may be encountered in very hazardous environments where close protection teams form part of the learners movements, and there is the threat of gun fire, IEDs or a vehicle ambush. Find out more here.
• SAFE/D: SAFE Disaster provides additional training for the risks posed from natural disasters and major events encountered in remote and potentially hazardous environments, where the learner is required to be self-serving and taught how to adapt and survive. Natural events include: earthquakes, hurricanes, dust storms, tsunamis, floods and wild fires or major events, civil unrest, military action or a breakdown in major infrastructure. Find out more here.