Workshops & Courses
These Workshops and Courses are available now please click below to book.
The Bushcraft Workshops and Courses are great for Individuals to gain conference and skills, to have wellbeing, fun with fulfillment and agenda in life and work.
I will provide one to one coaching to those who require it.
The Workshops and Courses are also a fantastic way of team building for Businesses to build their staffs confidence, leadership and Corporate/Business team building skills.
CORONAVIRUS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
regarding my Bushcraft Workshop 17th-19th April 2020.
It is with great regret and after a discussion with different authorities, that I have decided to Postpone my Bushcraft Workshop until later in the year, hopefully August 2020 if the government information allows me to.
I feel that this is the best decision during this Pandemic and Difficult Time.
I hope that everyone will understand and join me later this year.
All Workshops and Courses, are now Cancelled, I will offer a change of date of my Workshops and Courses and I will be monitoring the situation on a week to week basis and will update and act accordingly based upon the latest government advice.
Everyone will be informed of any changes on my website and all my social media.
If you have any questions please call me on:
01628 200703
Thank you
Stay safe everyone.
Anthony Jones
AJBTS
All Workshops and Courses must be BOOKED by appointment only not to be disappointed due to availability.
There is fixed dates in the calendar on the Contact Me and Bookings page, others dates can be arranged of your choice not on the calendar.
This is by arrangement and confirmation only.
I try and work around what is convenient for everyone to avoid disappointment.
YOU MUST CALL TO Arrange and CONFIRM
Please Call: 01628 200703
One Day Workshop
My one-day bushcraft workshop is a great way to get involved in the world of bushcraft skills. It is a brilliant way to wet your appetite and put you on the right path to gaining some beginner bushcraft skills which you can then build on.
The one-day bushcraft workshop covers all of the basic skills you will need. You will learn how to make fire without matches or a lighter, build a shelter and forage for food.
I will guide you through safe tool use and give you the skill to carve simple items you will need in the wilderness, once you have this knowledge you will be able to carry less just have your essentials.
The workshop will be held in our woods and mountain areas of the Rhondda in RCT and allow you to have loads of time to practice the skills I teach you through the day.
My bushcraft workshops are all held in a friendly and relaxed environment and I'm always happy to answer any questions or spend time one on one throughout the day if it suits you.
So why not join me and learn some Bushcraft and Survival Skills!
Cost £80.00pp
For something longer, then look at my Two Day Bushcraft workshop and course.
We can run these whenever you like, just contact me and I will put one on for you depending on availability.
Two Night Workshops
The workshop will be held in our woods and mountain areas of the Rhondda in RCT
The skills and techniques you need to live in the wilderness are expertly demonstrated and explained so that you can hopefully master them before leaving the workshop. You need have no knowledge of Bushcraft or Survival Skills to attend this workshop.
This is learning through experience.
Most people come on this course as individuals or pairs.
If you have a larger group of people or you are interested in a Corporate/Business team building please contact me for more information.
The itinerary may change depending on the weather, but all subjects will be covered.
First Evening:
· Safety Brief
· Safe Cutting Techniques for knives, folding saws
· Make Camp
· Make wooden pegs and put up tarp shelters
· Preparation to cook evening meal and eat
Next Full Day
Breakfast
· Cutting Techniques - Making Pot Hangers, Mallets and More Advanced Woodwork And Some Early Stage Whittling - Carving
· Shelter Building - The shelters you make in this session will be the shelters you'll sleep in on the this night
· Talk on what wild animals you can eat and preparations
· Preparation for lunch
· Fire Lighting - This session is a favourite and includes Natural and Manmade Tinder, Fire Lays,
Fire Lighting Techniques and Friction Fire Lighting
· Traps and Snares - Covering legalities and different sorts of traps and snares
· Water preparation - A very important topic if you're travelling and venturing out into out of the way places
· Natural Cordage - Making string from plant fibres
· Evening meal and a chance to chill out after a very busy day
Last Morning
· Breakfast
· Pack kit and break camp
· Knife Law and Knife Sharpening
· Foraging - Learning to Identify Edible, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants, Tree ID
· Natural Navigation - Learning to read the natural signs to find your way home
· Course End and departs
Cost £165.00pp
There are various workshops and courses that will be on this page besides the one and two days, these will appear depending on time of Year and people booked.
Please visit on a regular basis to find out more.
Family Bushcraft Workshops
Venue: One of my venues in RCT
The Workshop is for private groups of up to 4 people only.
To book this course please call us on 01628 200703 and let me know the dates and length of the venue stay you'd like half day, day, or 1 night.
Below is an example of what you and your friends or family could be doing depending on the length of course you’ve booked:
e.g. 1 Night Workshop: After an initial brief and instructional session, the group must construct a camp, prepare a meal and administer themselves for 1 night. The test of their abilities is the last 12 hours when they have to sleep in their own shelter overnight. This Workshop is only for groups of no more than 4 people.
The group will be taught basic survival techniques including fire lighting, shelter construction and cooking methods, initial instruction on the safe use of cutting tools, outdoor hygiene & etiquette is provided. Due to the ever changing British weather, different materials are provided to suit the conditions.
The workshop works by setting a number of goals and skills to be mastered. I will give clear demonstrations on fire lighting, shelter construction, the collection and purification of water and cooking the food provided. After each demonstration it is up to the group to practise and perfect the technique.
As always, our courses and workshops are designed to be fun, instructive and safe. All techniques will be demonstrated with safety in mind. These courses are not designed to test the physical resilience of the participants, but to increase their knowledge and experience. We tailor the courses to suit participants’ abilities and the weather.
Itinerary
The itinerary will depend on what season we are in.
We will choose introductory parts of the syllabus from this list:
· Axe work
· Knife, Saws and cutting techniques - making pegs, mallets, pot hangers, spoons
· Foraging
· Fire Lighting - including Friction Bow to make fire
· Traps and Snares
· Natural cordage - Making string from plants
· Game preparation - This would be your meal preparation
· Shelter building - The shelters you build would be the shelters you sleep in
· Primitive weapons - Bows and Arrows
· Tracking - animal and man tracking
· Water Preparation
· Knife sharpening
· Knife Law
· Charcoal making
· Bread making
Call me on 01628 200703 & leave the rest to me.
Cost Half day £170 Full day £230 full night £290 per group
This is Comprising of UP To 2 Adults only and 2 Children under 16 years of age
Level 1 Bushcraft Qualification Introduction Certificated Course
The Aim of this course is to introduce you gradually to the skills needed to survive and thrive in the wilderness and woodlands. This is a one Day course and is designed for the people new to Bushcraft that want to continue practicing and gaining accreditation.
Itinerary
The course will be made up of 8 Units:
· Ethos of Survival and Bushcraft
· Safe use of cutting tools
· Shelter Building
· Fire Lighting
· Water Preparation
· Bread Preparation and Cooking
· Foraging
· First Aid and Rescue
This course is for Adults male and females wishing to learn more about the wonderful platform of Bushcraft. The skills and techniques you need to live in the wilderness are expertly demonstrated and explained so that you can master them before leaving the course. You need have no knowledge of survival skills to attend this course. This is learning through experience at its best.
Cost From £95.00pp Accreditation or
AGORED Cymru Qualification Cost £132.70pp
This is a 'hands on' course. I will explain and demonstrate but you will get the opportunity to have a go at everything!
Bushcraft Qualification Training
Foundation Level 2
The Aim of this course is to teach you the skills needed to survive and thrive in the wilderness and woodlands.
You will learn the skills and techniques to light fires, identify edible plants, build shelters, make traps and snares, purify water, prepare rabbit, fish and birds, (Depending on season) use knives and saws safely and efficiently and navigate around the country.
This Level 2 Bushcraft, Survival and Wilderness Livings Skills course is accredited.
The course is more of a fun, safe learning experience than an endurance event.
If you have a group, you can book your own 2-night course.
Itinerary
First night Itinerary:
· 7:00pm Safety Brief
· 7:30pm Safe Cutting Techniques for knives, folding saws and bow saws. Make Camp
· 8:00pm Make wooden pegs and put up tarp shelters
· 8:30pm Game Preparation (e.g pigeon or pheasant), cook evening meal and eat
Second Day Itinerary
· 7:30am Breakfast
· 8:30am Cutting Techniques - making pot hangers, mallets and more advanced woodwork
Whittling - Carving
· 9:00am Shelter Building - The shelters you make in this session will be the shelters you'll sleep in on the Saturday night
· 12:00pm Trout preparation - lunch
· 2:00pm Mammal - e.g. Rabbit or Squirrel Available Meat Preparation) This is your evening meal which will be simmering for a few hours to make it the most tender meat you'll taste (Delicious!)
· 3:00pm Fire Lighting - This session is a favourite and includes natural and manmade tinder, fire lays, fire lighting techniques and friction fire lighting
· 5:00pm Traps and Snares - Covering legalities and different sorts of traps and snares
· 6:00pm Water Preparation - A very important topic if you're travelling and venturing out into out of the way places
· 7:00pm Natural Cordage - Making string from plant fibres
· 7:30pm Evening meal and a chance to chill out after a very busy day
Final Day Itinerary
· 7:30am Breakfast
· 8:30am Pack kit and break camp
· 9:00am Knife Law and Knife Sharpening
· 10:00am Foraging - Learning to Identify Edible, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants, Tree ID and Tree Uses
· 11:30am Natural Navigation - Learning to read the natural signs to find your way home
· 12:00pm All good things must come to an end and the course departs
The skills and techniques you need to live in the wilderness are expertly demonstrated and explained so that you can master them before leaving the course. You need have no knowledge of survival skills to attend this course. This is learning through experience at its best. Most people come on this course as individuals or pairs. If you have a large group, please contact us for your own 2-night course.
The itinerary may change depending on weather, but all subjects will be covered.
Cost From £190.00pp or
AGORED Cymru Qualification Cost £261.07pp
This is a 'hands on' course. I will explain and demonstrate but you will get the opportunity to have a go at everything!
Level 2 Qualification Assessment
Follow Up To Level 2 Training
I have various organisations that have approved My Bushcraft Training School as a centre to run the Bushcraft, Survival and Wilderness Living Skills course, which has been accredited as Level 2.
This course is a two-part course run in any of my locations in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
The first part, which is our Bushcraft and Survival Course, will teach you all you need to know and the second part is your assessment. I would suggest a period of consolidation in between but you can run them consecutively if required.
The Syllabus:
· Cutting Tool Safety
· Game Preparation - Mammal, Fish and Fowl
· Bread Preparation and Cooking
· Cutting Techniques, Whittling - Carving
· Shelter Building
· Fire Lighting - Including Friction Fire Lighting
· Traps and Snares
· Water Preparation
· Natural Cordage
· Knife Sharpening
· Knife Law
· Foraging - Edible, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants, Tree Identification and Tree Uses
· Natural Navigation
The course will be assessed by Survival School Instructors and verified by Jonny Crockett. When you book you should click on the two links below.
The Learning Outcomes will give you a list of what you will be assessed on and the Student Handbook is a useful reference to any other information you may need.
Cost From £95.00pp or
AGORED Cymru Qualification Cost £132.70pp
Bushcraft Children’s Birthday Celebrations
Venue: One of my Venues in RCT
The Aim of these Birthday Celebrations is to introduce accompanied children between 7 and 14 years of age to the skills needed in the wonderful platform that Bushcraft represents and influence them with the knowledge, of how to use survival skills and thrive in the wilderness and woodlands.
This is a 2 – 3 hour Birthday Celebrations with a Bushcraft Birthday Certificate and is designed for children accompanied by adults.
We will choose what you want children to take part in from this list depending on what weather, season it is and age.
· Bushcraft Ancestor Stories
· Fire Lighting (including Ferro Rod, Friction Bow making and other forms of fire Lighting
· Charcoal Making
· Natural Cordage - making string from plants
· Leaf Stamps and Frame Making
· Bushcraft Ancient Ancestor Games - e.g. Head up Head Down, Stick Catch, Tail Grab
· Cutting Techniques Whittling - Carving, making pegs, Mallets, Pot Hangers, Spoons
· Shelter or Den Building
· Camouflaging to Hunt
· Primitive Weapons - Bows and Arrows
· Tracking - Animal and Man Tracking
· Water Preparation
· Food Preparation
· Knife Law
Cost By Arrangement Only
Bushcraft Birthday Celebration Kit List
Stag & Hen Bushcraft Parties
Venue: One of my venues in RCT
Stag & Hen Parties is for private groups only.
To book the parties please call us on 01628 200703 and let me know the dates and length of the venue stay you'd like half day, full day, or 1 night.
Below is an example of what you and your friends could be doing depending on the length of course you’ve booked:
e.g. 1 Night Workshop: After an initial brief and instructional session, the group must construct a camp, prepare a meal and administer themselves for 1 night. The test of their abilities is the last 12 hours when they have to sleep in their own shelter overnight.
The group will be taught basic survival techniques including fire lighting, shelter construction and cooking methods, initial instruction on the safe use of cutting tools, outdoor hygiene & etiquette is provided. Due to the ever changing British weather, different materials are provided to suit the conditions.
The workshop works by setting a number of goals and skills to be mastered. I will give clear demonstrations on fire lighting, shelter construction, the collection and purification of water and cooking the food provided. After each demonstration it is up to the group to practise and perfect the technique.
As always, our courses and workshops are designed to be fun, instructive and safe. All techniques will be demonstrated with safety in mind. These workshops & courses are not designed to test the physical resilience of the participants, but to increase their knowledge and experience. We tailor the courses to suit participants’ abilities and the weather.
Itinerary
The itinerary will depend on what season we are in.
We will choose introductory parts of the syllabus from this list:
· Axe work
· Knife, Saws and cutting techniques - making pegs, mallets, pot hangers, spoons
· Foraging
· Fire Lighting - including Friction Bow to make fire
· Traps and Snares
· Natural cordage - Making string from plants
· Game preparation - This would be your meal preparation
· Shelter building - The shelters you build would be the shelters you sleep in
· Primitive weapons - Bows and Arrows
· Tracking - animal and man tracking
· Water Preparation
· Knife sharpening
· Knife Law
· Charcoal making
· Bread making
Call me on 01628 200703 & leave the rest to me.