Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) (NAIROBI)

This course is targeted at professionals working in hostile environments. This may include humanitarian workers, those working in the mining industry and oil and gas fields among others. The participants are imparted with skills and knowledge necessary to identify mitigate and respond appropriately to the threats they face in a changing and sometimes violent environment. By sending participants to this course the employer also ensures that they not only meet moral and legislative responsibility but also ensure that the employees can operate safely and securely in the work environment.

Objectives:

1. To increase the participants awareness of the many threats present in different environments and impart the necessary knowledge and skills to manage the risk posed by the threat.
2. To practice in a safe but realistic environment response to various threats including crossfire, kidnap, hostile crowds, and mines among others.

Who should attend?
Everyone who works in a hostile environment or whose work may require travel to remote areas and those with uncertain security.