“Most amazing, useful, surprising, professional course I ever followed. Also nice to have the ability to reflect with all participants on each others experiences and procedures." Not unimportant: the location is wonderful with ample room for training outside, excellent catering and the staff has loads of own first hand experience. The real-life scenarios were great to directly apply the theory into practice. The course touches a wide variety of topics, with a good balance between theory and practice. Special thanks to the training team, Charlie, Grant, Peter and Eric, you did an outstanding job." It was an incredible course and it was a great pleasureto be with you all. "Thank you very much for this intense experience. For more information contact: Camille Boutin, EBU Academy +41 22 717 25 78. The course has four instructors, one of which is a journalist and one medical training specialist.Īmong the European networks who regularly send their journalists and technicians on the courses are: NOS, SR, ARD, YLE, VRT, RTBF, DR, MTV3 and SRF.įive-day Hostile Environment Safety Training Course (HEST)īookings for the above HEST courses should be made directly with the EBU Academy.
During the two exercises, delegates are required to find, film or record a story and produce a short news item, therefore, operating as they would have to in the field. The course is held in a privately-owned castle in Bavaria with access to extensive farmland and forest areas for scenario-based training. Our Premium HEST course is held regularly in Germany and run in conjunction with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Our Premium Hostile Environment Safety Training Course We have delivered training courses for Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, Channel 4 and Trinity Mirror Group.įor the last 10 years, Objective Travel Safety have been working in partnership with the European Broadcast Union (EBU), running over 70, five-day HEST/HEAT/HEFAT courses in Bavaria, Germany, and have trained well over 750 of Europe's finest journalists. Both Eric and Peter have years of experience with Dutch television broadcaster NOS. We are fortunate to be supported by Robert Adams, a camera man with over 25 years of frontline reporting and also Eric Feitjen and Peter Ter Velde. See our HEST Covid–19 Safety Measures Why Choose Objective Travel Safety?ĭuring our HEST courses for journalists, we appreciate the need to ensure the course has a strong journalistic focus and therefore one of our instructors is always a journalist. All are courses are bespoke and tailor-made, in content and duration and will be adapted to meet the company's specific needs – please contact us for details.Ī typical UK based course would be two days, held at our training centre in Northamptonshire. We can also offer specialist medical courses for expeditions and for those working in remote or conflict areas.
Hostile Environment Safety Training (HEST/HEAT) Objective Travel Safety offers a variety of Hostile Environment Safety Training (HEST) courses (or Hostile Environment Safety Courses (HESC/HET/HEFAT/HEAT) as they are commonly referred to) for media teams, journalists, NGOs, Humanitarian aid-workers and charity field staff operating in conflict areas.Ĭourses vary in length from an introductory one-day course, to two or five-day HEST courses ensuring employers deliver their duty of care, provide staff with the knowledge and tools to deal with challenges and risks they may face in conflict areas. Hostile Environment Training (HET) for Journalists, NGO's or Media Teams Are you a Journalist, NGO or Media Team travelling to conflict areas?Īre your staff prepared for the many risks and challenges with operating in a challenging or hostile environment?