Advanced HEAT Course
Be prepared for travelling and working in high & extreme risk areas
When you are being deployed and working in high and extreme risk areas, your personal safety and security is vital. You want to focus on the mission and therefore you need the skills to operate safely in these areas.
The Advanced HEAT Course (Hostile Environment Awareness Training) will give you a rational attitude and self-confidence, thus increasing your personal and professional effectiveness in the field. During this HEAT training you learn and practice the skills needed to operate safely in high & extreme risk areas.
Regular personal feedback is given to enhance your personal learning in a safe learning environment. After completion of the course you will be able to handle extreme situations with self-confidence.
This course is based on the Entri/CSDC curriculum. You can join the Advanced HEAT without pre-training.
Hyper-realistic training
Our simulated exercises, continuous scenario and video news updates are so realistic that you will feel they are really happening. This immersion is the most effective preparation for risk areas.
Highest quality
We are an ISO 9001:2015, Cedeo and CRKBO certified organisation to make sure you receive the best learning experience you ever had.
Safe learning environment
We have an extra psychosocial trained staff member present to guarantee a safe learning environment.
Personal equipment
You receive a free professional medical kit and instruction cards to support you during your travels.
Why choose an Advanced HEAT Course?
Practice through hyper-realistic simulations
The course methods are based on role-playing, hyper-realistic simulations, and a continuous storyline. For five days, you will be submerged in a scenario. The course is situated in a war-torn village in a professional exercise center.
You will be part of a team assessing a crisis in a foreign country. The scenario starts when you arrive at the course location and ends after five days.
Theory and practical learning are combined with situation updates that will require action from your team. You will travel to several locations and will be confronted with ethical dilemmas, hostile situations and constant pressure due to insecurity.
Your own professional medical kit and instruction cards
During the course, you will receive a medical emergency kit to take along on your next missions. The content of the kit is specially selected for remote areas without nearby proper medical facilities. During the Medical Accident Control module, you will be taught how to use these medical materials.
You will also receive instruction cards. On these waterproof and compact information cards, you will find a summary of the most important modules of the HEAT course. You can carry these cards with you on your mission and use them as a quick reminder in case the need arises.
Safe learning environment
A safe learning environment is maintained at all times during the course. Your safety and well-being are our primary concerns. More than 20 different trainers and actors are involved in this course. Professionals are always present for supervision and to offer advice. We have an extra psychosocially trained staff member present to guarantee a safe learning environment.
Before and during the course, you can share prior experiences with the trainers. They can discreetly adapt the course for you to ensure this will be the best and safest learning experience you have ever had. And if you need extra personal guidance, we will make time for it.
17 years
HEAT experience
17.000+
Trained participants
100+
Courses per year
Information about the Advanced HEAT Course
For whom?
Staff working and/or travelling in high & extreme risk areas.
If you are travelling to an area that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has classified as unsafe, this course is the right course for you. Please keep in mind that even if an area is classified as safe you must make your own judgement concerning the risks.
You can always join the Advanced HEAT Course, even without former training like the Basic Course. The Advanced Course has all the elements of the Basic Course and more.
Topics
- Security & Situational Awareness
- Field Security Plans
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Gender-Specific Risks
- Personal Risk Profile
- Contingency Planning
- Hibernation/ Relocation/ Evacuation
- Communication Skills (in the field)
- Radio & Satellite Phone
- Basic Land Navigation
- Map, Compass & GPS Reading
- Convoy Travel Security
- Medical Accident Control
- Life-Saving Skills in Remote Areas
- Dealing with Aggression
- Personal Survival and Mental Welfare
- Stress Management
- Hostage Prevention & Survival
- Field Safety Skills
- Checkpoints & Road Blocks
- Active Shooting, Ambushes and Carjacking
- Ammunition and Weapon Awareness
- Simulations and Field Exercises
Further information
Acceptance: You can join this course without pre-training
Language: English (in-company also in French and Dutch)
Duration: 5 days, including four evening programmes (44 hours)
Start time day 1: 12:00
End time day 5: 12:00
Breakdown of time: 30% theory, 30% practice, 40% simulations
Group size: maximum 14 (during simulations maximum of 7)
Dietary wishes: vegetarian/vegan/pescatarier/other meals
HEAT Certification: on completion of the course, you will receive a HEAT certificate.
Keep your training up to date: we ensure that your training stays current by offering you a free e-learning programme after one year.
Location: Amersfoortsestraat 20, 3769 AS Soesterberg, The Netherlands
Car and Public transport: information
Taxi from/to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport: information
Taxi from/to Amersfoort/Soesterberg: information
Location Kenya: HPSS, Eastern Bypass, Nairobi, Kenya
Taxi from/to the venue: The training venue is a 5 km drive from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Costs: € 4.400,- (The Netherlands and Kenya)
Including accommodation (4 nights)*, food & beverage*, all course materials and VAT.
* Accommodation and food & beverage are automatically reserved for all participants for the nights during the course.
Advanced HEAT Course in The Netherlands
All our training courses take place at Conference Hotel Kontakt der Kontinenten. Address: Amersfoortsestraat 20, 3769 AS Soesterberg (The Netherlands).
Advanced HEAT Course in Kenya
Our training courses in Kenya take place at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Nairobi.
What participants say about our Advanced HEAT Course
``Amazing, thanks for the training. One of the bests I have had. Trainers and actors were top-notch, amazing exercises (very funny at the same time) and come back to the theory to make the link. It was a learning and living experience to work along other participants.``
Paola Valdettaro (Welthungerhilfe)``Learning about myself was the greatest benefit of the course, followed by the actual theoretical and practical knowledge that have been taught. Having instructors with a thorough background makes things easier. Definitely a new experience, a great experience.``
Dávid Csizmadia (NATO Support and Procurement Agency)``I learned how to let go of the ego and just accept what is happening. Letting go of my usual reactions from my work. Understanding the reactions in the body and mind without having to do anything about it. Trust your senses. Great acting.``
Andrei ... (Police Officer)