Courses Offered at Southern African Wildlife College 2024/2025

• Advanced Certificate in Nature Conservation : Trans-frontier Conservation Management
• Higher Certificate in Nature Conservation: Implementation and Leadership

Occupational Qualifications

The Occupational Qualifications certificates and skills development programmes are designed to be occupationally relevant and are composed of various credits which can be used towards a nationally recognised qualification.

• NQF 4 Certificate in Professional Hunting
• Skills Programme: Conservation General Assistant
• Skills Programme: Field Ranger Protected Area (Unarmed)
• Skills Programme: Field Ranger Law Enforcement Armed and Unarmed
• Skills Programme: Dangerous Game Site Guide: Level 4
• Skills Programme: Dangerous Game Site Guide: Level 2
• National Certificate: Nature Conservation: Resource Guardianship
• Further Education and Training Certificate: Professional Hunting
• National Certificate: Natural Resource Management: Terrestrial

Southern African Wildlife College Short Courses

• SMART – Spatial Monitoring & Research Tool
• Computer Skills
• Field Guiding: View Potentially Dangerous Animals
• Law Enforcement: Conservation Law Enforcement
• Law Enforcement: Ensuring Ecosystem Integrity
• Law Enforcement: Track a Person in a Natural Environment
• Law Enforcement: Natural Resource Protection
• People and Conservation: Cultural Heritage Management
• People and Conservation: Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM)
• People and Conservation: Environmental Education
• People and Conservation: Introduction to Community Development and Conservation
• Administration for Conservation: Financial Management
• Administration for Conservation: Principles of Financial Administration
• Administration for Conservation: Conservation Administration
• Administration for Conservation: Communication Skills
• Administration for Conservation: Human Resource Management
• Administration for Conservation: Personnel Management
• Administration for Conservation: Project Management
• Research and Monitoring: Animal Studies
• Research and Monitoring: Basic Ecology
• Research and Monitoring: Biodiversity Management
• Research and Monitoring: Conservation Research
• Wildlife Area Management: Philosophy and Ethics of Conservation
• Wildlife Area Management: Ensuring Effective Management in Protected Areas
• Wildlife Area Management: Tourism Management
• Wildlife Area Management: Resource Economics
• Wildlife Area Management: Catchment Management
• Wildlife Area Management: Conservation Management Planning
• Wildlife Area Management: Conservation Land Use Planning
• Wildlife Area Management: Environmental Development Planning
• Wildlife Area Management: Advanced GIS For Wildlife Management
• Wildlife Area Management: Introduction to GIS Application for Wildlife Management
• Skills Programme: Dangerous Game Site Guide: Level 2
• Field Ranger Armed and Field Ranger Unarmed

Southern African Wildlife College Skilled Practitioner Courses

• Protected Area Governance
• Introduction to Community Based Natural Resource Management
• Trans-frontier Conservation Areas in Southern Africa
• Introduction to Protected Areas & Buffer Zones in South Africa
• Introduction to the Manyeleti Case Study
• Panorama Route Guide Tour
• Develop your own Tourism Development Plan
• Tourism opportunities in Rural Communities
• Tourism development in South Africa
• Tourism: Advantages and disadvantages in South Africa
• The Role aircraft has in anti-poaching operation with the Greater Kruger National Park
• PASOP – Protected Area Standard Operating Procedures in Practice
• Visit to K9 Unit & Dog Handling Demonstration
• Visit to K9 Unit
• The Field Ranger: Paramilitary Programs at SAWC
• Current situation on Rhino and Elephant poaching in South Africa
• Wildlife Damage Control & Wildlife Electric Fencing
• Community Wildlife Conflict and Interactions
• Behavior, sex determination and aging of Leopards
• International pressure threatens the hunting industry: Behaviour and ageing of lions
• The history and impacts of Wildlife Diseases in the African landscape
• Ageing, behaviour, reproduction and the challenges of managing Southern Africa’s elephant populations
• Legislation and International pressure that threatens the hunting industry
• Importance of Genetic Sustainability
• Value of wildlife today in Africa
• The South African Model: History of economics and ownership of wildlife.
• Game Capture Techniques and the Captive Handling of Various Species
• Impacts of Climate Change on Savanna Ecosystems
• Top down vs bottom up control of ecosystems
• Invertebrates and their Role in the Savanna Ecosystem
• Biodiversity of South Africa / Swaziland Trans frontier Conservation area
• Mega-Herbivores
• Reserve Management Plans
• Understanding the Behaviour of Species
• Managing for Biodiversity
• Management of Elephants
• Kruger2Canyons
• Introduction to SAWC as a college

Southern African Wildlife College Youth Access Courses