Bastion Specialist Training
The 9-months Bastion Specialist Training Phase is the last yet most important training component of the 12-months Bastion Risk Solution Operative Training Course. The 9-months Bastion Specialist Training Phase starts directly after your successful completion of the “Vasbyt” section of the 15 Week Basic Training.
The Bastion Specialist Training Phase is based on the Special Forces’ training standards and comprises of the following critical outcomes:
- Deployment Drills
- Basic Equestrian Training
- Offensive Driving Orientation
- Basic Intelligence
- Tactical Rural Security
- Water Orientation
- Air Orientation
- African Bushcraft & Combat Survival
- Tactical Urban Security
- VIP Protection
- Qualification Parade
Specialised Training FAQ
Enrolment Requirements
As explained, all students who want to attend the 9-months Bastion Specialist Training Phase must pass the Bastion “Vasbyt” prior to acceptance.
Aim of the 9-Months Bastion Specialist Training Phase
The aim of the 9-months Bastion Specialist Training Phase is to up-train all students who successfully completed the 3-months Bastion Basic Training Phase to become and to be deployed as Risk Solutions Operatives.
Main Focus of the 9-Months Bastion Specialist Training Phase
The main focus shifts at the start of the 9-months Bastion Specialist Training Phase from shaping students as during the Bastion Basic Training Phase, to teaching specialised security techniques to the Bastion Senior Students.
9-Months Bastion Specialist Training Phase Curriculum
The curriculum for the 9-months Bastion Specialist Training Phase entails the following:
- Basic Equestrian Course
- Tactical Urban Security Course
- Deployment Procedures
- VIP Protection Course
- Air Orientation Course
- African Bushcraft and Combat Survival
- Tactical Rural Security Course
- Offensive Driving Orientation Course
- Water Orientation Course
- Basic Intelligence Course
- Operational Readiness Exercise
Basic Equestrian Course Curriculum
- Horse Behaviour
- Transportation of Horses
- Stable Management
- Riding and Riding School Etiquette
- Maintenance
- Lunging
- Basic Ferriership
- Basic Jumping
- Basic Medical Aspects
- Drill and Discipline
- Tack and Equipment
- Physical Training (PT)
Deployment Procedures Course Curriculum
- Ranks and Structures
- Map Reading (Revision)
- Deployment Drills
- Advanced Fieldcraft (Revision)
- Section Battle Drills
- Drill and Discipline
- Recognition of Terrorist Weapons
- Physical Training (PT)
Air Orientation Curriculum
- High-Angle Rescue
- Fast Roping
- Cooperation With Helicopters
- Rappelling and Alternative Extraction
- Cooperation With Fixed-Wing Aircraft
- Drill and Discipline
- Theory of Air Supply
- Physical Training (PT)
- Parachuting
Water Orientation Curriculum
- Basic Combat Surface Swimming
- Open Water Scuba Diving
- River Orientation
- 16-Nautical Miles Skippers Ticket
- Maritime Orientation
- Tactical Rubber ducking
- Tactical Kayaking
- Basic Sailing Orientation
- Basic Safety At Sea (STCW)
- Maritime Survival
- Drill and Discipline
- Physical Training (PT)
African Bushcraft and Combat Survival Course Curriculum
- African Combat Survival Skills
- Combat Tracking
- Animals
- Anti-Tracking
- Plants
- Physical Training (PT)
Tactical Rural Security Curriculum
The Tactical Rural Security Course incorporates all your recently acquired Bastion skills and teaches you how all the intricacies of operations in remote areas, counter-poaching and high-risk convoy protection. The curriculum for the Tactical Rural Security Course entails the following:
- Packing and Carrying Equipment
- Road Movement and Vehicle Escorts
- Legal Aspects
- Counter-Poaching
- Rural Deployment Drills
- Infiltration and Exfiltration
- Patrols, RV’s and Temporary Bases
- Tactical Observation and Surveillance
- Improvised Defensive Techniques
- Basic Operational Photography
- Combat Drills and Techniques
- Breakout of Enemy Encirclement
- Ambushing Criminals and Poachers
- Escape and Evasion
- Rural Vehicle Operations
- Resistance To Interrogation
Basic Intelligence Course Curriculum
- Surveillance
- Dead Letter Boxes
- Surveillance Counter Measures
- Basic Operational Photography
- Safehouses
- Urban Concealment
- Solicitation
- Physical Training (PT)
Offensive and High-Speed Driving Orientation Curriculum
- 90° High-Speed Turns
- Emergency Stops
- 180° High-Speed Turns
- Emergency Drills
- Drift
- Physical Training (PT)
Tactical Urban Security Curriculum
- Packing and Carrying of Equipment
- Vehicle Drills
- Legal Aspects
- Urban Observation
- The Tactical Urban Environment
- Theory of Hostage Release
- The Urban Role-Players
- Tactical Movement Inside Buildings
- Urban Deployment Drills
- Drill and Discipline
- Urban Operations
- Physical Training (PT)
Bastion Certificates
- Basic Equestrian Course
- Bastion Tactical Rural Security Course
- Bastion Air Orientation Course
- Basic Intelligence Course
- Basic Sailing Course
- Bastion Tactical Urban Security Course
- Bastion Water Orientation Course
- Bastion Executive Protection
External Certificates
- High-Angle Rescue I (UJ)
- Medical First Aid (SAMSA)
- Basic Parachuting (PASA)
- Personal Survival Techniques (SAMSA)
- Open Water Scuba Diving (PADI/NAUI)
- Personal Safety/Responsibility (SAMSA)
- STCW (SAMSA)
- 16 NM Skippers Ticket (SAMSA)
- Offensive & High-Speed Driving