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Woodlore’s Staff Training Week

On the 18th – 20th March this year, Woodlore held an induction weekend for the new field staff whom we recruited in the winter.

The new staff were put through their paces learning the ropes of setting up and taking down camp, learning where the sites are that we use for courses, as well as the routes to local supermarkets and hospitals.

On this note, we would like to welcome Rob Bashford, Mark Booton, Ross Burt, Steve Corbyn, Iain Gair and Susan Hipkin to the team this year, and we wish them all the best for the forthcoming season.  Some of you may remember Rob from a few years ago, who has now returned to Woodlore after a couple of years pursuing other avenues.

With the Induction weekend over, the new hands were then joined by the rest of the outdoor team for the annual Training Week.  As well as a good chance to catch up, the week offers valuable training and refreshers in vital areas such as first aid:

Just one of the first aid scenarios

Just one of the first aid scenarios

The team receive some flint-knapping lessons from expert Will Lord

The team receive some flint-knapping lessons from expert Will Lord

Ian and James - just good friends

Ian and James – just good friends

At the end of the week, Woodlore’s Directors Ray and Steve Gurney presented staff members Brian Fox, Keith Whitehead, Nick Thompson, and Ian Lawson their Aspirant Instructor certificates for the tests which they had passed earlier in the year. Sarah Day also passed the AI test this year, but was unfortunately unable to attend the Training Week. Following on from this, James Bath and Dan Hume were awarded their Fundamental Instructor certificates.

The week was finished with a fantastic meal of roast chicken with roasted vegetables, pizzas and bannock, all prepared and cooked in the woods by the team, who were joined by the office team for a great evening.

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Woodlore, School of Wilderness Buchcraft was founded in 1983, by the British Bushcraft and survival expert Ray Mears. Woodlore began as a relatively unknown company, offering a small selection of courses on bushcraft techniques. With Ray's ambition and perserverance, Woodlore has since grown into a world-renowned and highly respected school, offering in-depth courses on a wide range of bushcraft and survival subjects. In addition to training, Woodlore now also provides some of the finest outdoors equipment from around the world, carefully selected on the basis of our extensive experience.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 at 10:20 am and is filed under The Woodlore Team.

6 Responses to “Woodlore’s Staff Training Week” - most recent displayed first

  1. April 27th, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Dean White says:

    Great to see James pretending to be injured after the Arctic Course and to see that he has literally shaved off a few pounds!

    All the best and hopefully see you on a 2011 or 2012 course or expedition.

  2. April 23rd, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    Sally Gair says:

    Great to see Iain enjoying the flintknapping demonstration. He is in his element.

  3. April 18th, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    Ian Turnidge says:

    Congratulation to all those that got through from the assistant selection session in November 2010

    Ian Turnidge

  4. April 11th, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    Zoe Ginster says:

    Congratulations to all! A special well done to Iain & Susan, who I had the pleasure of knowing on previous courses.

    Fantastic news, look forward to learning more from Woodlore staff in the future:)

  5. April 10th, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    Ciaran Rooney says:

    Fantastic, Congratulations everyone! Just curious what qualifications would you need to apply for Woodlore ( Instructor / Outdoors ) I’m 15, Thanks :)

  6. April 7th, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    Rik White says:

    Congratulations all. Well deserved pizza.

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