The Training Wing

Realism Pre-Deployment Training (RPDT).

Halliday Finch specializes in RPDT. The students, up to 20 at a time, attend our 4 day course to study in vehicle drills, comunication techniques, first aid, and crisis management skills.

The Halliday Finch Training is different because it involves the participation of role players from the region of deployment (Somalia, South Sudan, Darfur, etc) who are dressed in the same way they would be in that country. This adds an important degree of realism to the training as the role players will also be imparting their culture on the trainees.

The Halliday Finch course is directed at all NGO employees, from Director to Driver, as we believe that this relationship forms part of the security blanket when deployed. Furthermore, statistically it is the middle management and the workers who are getting hurt in the field as they are spending the most time deployed and paradoxically have the least training.

Our instructors are all Africa-specific trainers to ensure that the test phases are as realistic as possible. They know their training is aimed at saving the lives of the course attendees by giving them the skills to operate effectively and safely in unpredictable environments.

Halliday Finch will design a course specifically for your needs and budget. For more info please contact marco@hallidayfinch.org