Courses
This skill can be found in the following Courses:
EcoTracker offers you the ultimate wilderness immersion. Through the ancient art and science of animal tracking – possibly the world's oldest – you will connect with the iconic places and wildlife of Africa on foot.
Skills Programme FRPAU
Our wildlife capture field workshop is for veterinarians interested in free-ranging conservation and management. If you are physically fit, enjoy strenuous outdoor work and a high level of adrenaline, this is the workshop for you!
Spend 4, 8 or 12 weeks on the Mahlahla campus as part of your journey towards becoming a field researcher.
An opportunity to gain field skills to enhance your theoretical knowledge in a safe environment, learning from experts as you conduct practical research, see conservation first hand and prepare yourself for life as an Environmental Scientist
This course offers students the required number of on foot encounters to write the FGASA Apprentice Trails Guide Exam and undergo assessment as an Apprentice Trails Guide
Practice stakeholder engagement as a phased approach based on principles of accountability and good practice methodology.
Industry-led Training Need/Gap
Restoring our landscapes (community-led landscape restoration)
Public
Southern African Wildlife College
Minimal knowledge and skills to effectively restore local ecosystems through holistic landscape management.
Need to build integrated social-governance capability to navigate corridor complexity—contested tenure, livelihood trade-offs, FPIC, safeguards, and multi-actor coordination—accelerating approvals, reducing conflict, and securing legitimate, durable, and
Need to professionalize and equip community practitioners to lead social safeguards (FPIC, risk/impact screening, grievance redress, benefit-sharing, participatory monitoring), turning box-ticking into genuine co-design with communities—closing capability
To be CPD accredited – 80 teaching days with regular assessments and follow up mentorship programme
Public
Southern African Wildlife College
Park Manager training program – in development for African Parks, in collaboration with SAWC
“Mini MBA” for senior protected area managers
3-year Diploma in Applied Natural Resource Management (1st two years predominantly online)
Public
Southern African Wildlife College
The competition for land, for commercial agriculture, forestry and mining, and for conservation places people and communities at the centre of sustainable development and natural resource management and emphasises the need for a socio-ecological approach
Carbon financing for conservation – 6 week facilitated online course
Public
Southern African Wildlife College
Lack of capacity to develop and implement carbon programmes in Africa
Lack of relevant first aid skills in a remote bush environment
Leadership for marine conservation in Africa – 12 weeks, facilitated with 5 days in-person
Public
ALU School of Wildlife Conservation
Lack of leadership capacity within the marine conservation sector of Africa
Lack of data-driven decision-making skills in conservation and environmental management.
Knowledge and skills gap to manage encounters with wildlife, including safety protocols and emergency procedures. Skills to respond to emergencies and mitigate, such as injuries or wildlife attacks.
Lack of knowledge in conservation/wildlife related regulations and laws, ant poaching techniques and crime scene security is the major gap addressed by the Programme. Lack of techniques to monitor and protect wildlife including evidence collection to pres
Leadership for Conservation in Africa - CPD accredited, hybrid, ten weeks, targeted towards senior and middle management
Public
ALU School of Wildlife Conservation
Lack of leadership capacity within the African conservation sector
Insufficient trained personnel on operational security coordination and real-time intelligence management.