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Wilderness & Bear Awareness

Dive into the world of wilderness safety with this comprehensive online course, paying particular attention to bear awareness and survival strategies.

Wilderness & Bear Awareness

COURSE OVERVIEW

One of the main threats individuals encounter when venturing into the wilderness is a lack of preparation. This immersive online Wilderness & Bear Awareness course ensures you are well-equipped with the necessary knowledge for surviving in the wild. This course features expert interviews on diverse aspects of wilderness survival, offering vital insights to help you navigate potential threats when you are far from immediate assistance.

COURSE TOPICS

  • Responding appropriately to encounters with cougars, moose, elk, wolves, or snakes in the wild
  • Minimizing and treating bites and stings from wood ticks, mosquitoes, and bees
  • Bear awareness
    • Physical differences and general characteristics of bears
    • Bear behaviour and body language
    • Hibernation
    • Food sources
    • How to store food in a campsite
    • Hunting, camping, and travelling safely in bear country
    • Avoiding bear encounters
    • Recognizing and reacting to defensive and non-defensive attacks
    • When and how to play dead
    • Using and handling bear spray
    • Bear bangers
  • Reducing exposure to Lyme disease
  • Building emergency shelters in winter and summer months
  • Reacting to lightning
  • Staying safe around trees during normal and high-wind situations
  • Signalling for help
  • Making water safe for drinking
  • Preventing hypothermia and frostbite

ONLINE COURSE DURATION

This Wilderness & Bear Awareness online course will take about 150 minutes to complete.

PASS MARK

The Wilderness & Bear Awareness course includes a testing phase to consolidate the information learned. A score of 80% or more is required to earn a certificate of completion. If the pass mark is not initially achieved, participants have two additional attempts.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.

COURSE PREVIEW

Course Details

Course Length

This course will take roughly 150 minutes

Passing Mark

To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz

Certificate

Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print

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