Awareness Training

We offer a snake and reptile awareness course for anybody and everybody.

The training lasts approximately one and a half hours, and we cover all the basic things one should know about snakes in the Western Cape.

It is aimed at people who spend a lot of time outdoors i.e. farmers, adventurers, labourers, security, scout groups, emergency services etc.

We focus on the following:

- Identifying our local venomous snakes

- Avoiding contact with snakes

- The importance of snakes in the ecosystem

- Dealing with bites- Moving snakes (where necessary)

- Safety precautions

- Effects of snake bites

- The importance of conserving lizards and frogs

- Identifying scorpions and spiders: dealing with bites and stings

- Tortoise awareness

The whole idea of the talk is to teach people a respect for these animals, and help them to understand them better.

We have done training for many different groups in the past,

and it always proves a success.