Passion for our industry is what drives us to believe that setting high standards for learning through Adventure Training or Adventure-based Training will bring about beneficial personal and organizational development.

Our training programs are a combination of three types of competence: • practical: knowing how to do things, ability to make decisions • fundamental: understanding what you are doing and why • reflective: learn and adapt through self-reflection; apply knowledge appropriately and responsibly.

Our training programs include:

1. Adventure / GAP Year / Volunteer Programme
2. Management Training Programme
3. Leadership Development Programme
4. Teambuilding / Team Development Programme
5. Advance Driver Training
6. 4×4 Driver Training
7. Chef / Tourism / Hospitality Practical Training for Students

This adventure program was established due to the ever increasing request from young people / adventurers that is looking for a break between school / college / careers.

Our program has been formulated to assist our young people to discover themselves whilst they have the opportunity to travel our beautiful country, South Africa, as well as our neighbouring countries.

During your stay with us, you will experience a range of adventure activities, learn about different cultures, get involve with the community and developing leadership skills (EI) out of adventure.

Our program is:

1. Experiential
2. Integrated
3. Simulation of the real world, and
4. Developing

• Emotional fitness
• Adventure pursuits
• Community service
• Workplace readiness
• Personal brand

The program is made up of two Chapters – you can attend one or both. Both Chapters include Adventure Activities as well as Soft Skills:

During our Adventure / Gap year program, adventurers will receive several qualifications including but not limited to:

• Generic Adventure Guide Qualification
• New Venture Creation Qualification
• First Aid Level 1 Qualification
• Scuba Diving Qualification

Adventurers will also get certificates of attendance/completion for all activities and soft skills workshops.

For more information and to request our 2023 prospectus

Our Management Training Programme is our flagship general-management-level programme. It is exclusively designed to equip you with all the skills and knowledge needed for your transition to a management position.

The programme will give you the confidence to manage the complexity you will be facing as you develop into a manager. In short, CSA’s unique tools and insights will prepare you to succeed in this most difficult of transitions, the point in a manager’s career when they need to quickly expand their knowledge of business.

How you benefit

• Grounding in the key business disciplines. Leave with an integrated view of business by discovering key linkages across disciplines, thus helping you deliver effective management decision-making.
• Managing disruption. Gain insights into key issues facing managers in today’s business environment.
• Enhanced leadership skills. Achieve increased confidence and managerial impact through our integrated Leadership Development Process
• Managing for value. Develop a keen understanding of how to “manage for value,” not managing the “metrics”​

Leadership training is a course of study that teaches individuals the skills they need to become effective and well-rounded leaders. A good leader should motivate, inspire and help develop those who report to them, while also making sure that the goals of the team align with the larger goals of the organization.

CSA’s Leadership Development Programme provides a leadership strategy in creating a positive impact for others. This programme illustrates the benefits of being a passionate leader, identifies ways to inspire employees, promote teamwork, and manage obstacles, recognizes factors in building trust, accountability, and relationships, and guides leaders in making decisions and mentoring their team.

Experiential learning activities are based on the principles of experiential education, and serve as the basis for engaging team building programs that deliver high impact team and leadership skills development. Debriefing occurs after the activity and is an important process designed to synergize, strengthen, and transfer learning from the experience to real-life, on-the-job situations. Our professional facilitators can tailor, modify and debrief each activity to meet the specific needs of your team.