Off Road & Recovery Level 1 & 2 Courses April 2014

This Weekend sees our Off Road & Recovery Level 1 & 2 Courses over in West Sussex !

10942674186_cc96dec212_bBefore we can expect members to commit to responding, it’s important to make sure that they are properly equipped for the wide range of circumstances that they might be called upon to handle, and that means training.

Sussex 4×4 Response is developing its own training standards to provide a recognisable level of competence held by its responders. There are a wide range of training courses available to members but at its heart is practical off road driving and vehicle recovery training which takes place at a private off-road site in West Sussex which is a former chalk pit.

Over the course of the training weekend members will learn the safe approach to dealing with failed hill climbs, steep ascents and descents, driving side slopes and crossing, ascending and descending deep gulleys. On the vehicle recovery front, members were shown the safe way to tow a vehicle and to be towed on a rope and how to recover a vehicle that had slipped off the road driven by a person who hadn’t got a clue what they were doing. One of our trainers has excellent acting skills!

If you want to use your vehicle in adverse weather conditions and fancy putting something back into the community, you should consider joining your local 4×4 response team. You’ll find great friendship and will be using your 4×4 for something really worthwhile !

Here’s a video of last autumns Responders in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeyRzWwg0LY

Off Road & Recovery Level 1 & 2 Courses April 2014
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