GSA/Military CLasses

Government, Military, and Law Enforcement Rough Country 4-Wheel Drive Training Clinics

Contract Number GS-07F-225AA CAGE 4U0P2

Call for additional information and to schedule a course – 310-613-5473

Badlands Off-road Adventures provides rough country 4 wheel driving training courses in a variety of standard formats and can customize a course to meet time and content requirements.

The training classes are designed to provide a path for increasing skills and experience. The Introduction to Off-Road Driving class is broad and comprehensive. The primary goal of this course is to teach off-road driving skills. The training consists of 4 hours of class room and 4-5 hours the first day behind the wheel. The first 2 hours behind the wheel involve coaching in a highly controlled practice area. This is followed by a mild trail ride to put it all together. The Introductory course on its own is intended for light duty users.

Multi-day Clinics are offered in both a bundled and unbundled configuration to build on the initial skills to provide additional experience behind-the-wheel picking lines of attack, training on recovery techniques, and specific and unique terrain such as desert, sand dunes and rocks. All multi-day clinics incorporate the details and stepwise approach of the Introduction to Off-Road Driving.

Custom clinics require the Introduction to Off-Road curriculum to be integrated to the course or as a prerequisite.

Customers must provide their own 4WD vehicles.

In business for the past 10 years, Badlands Off-Road Adventures has been providing outstanding 4-Wheel Drive to the Military and to Law Enforcement.

We offer 3 standard courses under our GSA contract GS-07F-225AA and the opportunity to customize them to meet specific needs.

  • Basic Off-Road Driving
  • Advanced Off-Road Driving
  • Introduction to Off-Road Driving

Basic Off-Road Driving

This clinic starts with the fundamentals of the introductory one day clinic and includes hands on recovery training. Students acquire the ability to negotiate a continuous series of obstacles of moderate difficulty over unfamiliar terrain. The student will gain valuable experience to visually estimate the capability of the vehicle to successfully negotiating alternative lines of attack through increasingly difficult terrain and natural obstacles.

This class prepares students to:

  • Operate 4-Wheel Drive vehicles safely and confidently in a variety of difficult terrain
  • Assess a 4-wheel drive vehicle readiness for use off-road
  • Understand the unique characteristics and behavior of 4WD vehicles
  • Apply driving skills to a variety of terrain situations
  • Understand safety issues in off-road driving to avoid injury and vehicle damage
  • Understand concepts of 4-Wheel drive and how/ when to use it
  • Apply techniques & tips for driving on rough roads, ruts, hills, berms, ledges, ditches, rock, & sand
  • Know the basic capabilities and limitation of their vehicle.
  • Able to recognize what the vehicle is capable of by visual estimation.
  • Deploy a variety of recovery techniques in a safe and controlled manner

Fundamental to this course is the need for driving time. Only time behind-the-wheel will increase proficiency of the student. The student will gain valuable experience to visually estimate the capability of the vehicle to successfully negotiating alternative paths through increasingly difficult terrain and natural obstacles.

Instruction

Badlands Off-Road Adventures training consists of repetition of “see, hear, do” in various formats and situations. We provide one instructor per 5 vehicles with a max of 2 students per vehicle to provide the best opportunities for behind-the-wheel driving and ground guiding training. The number of instructors to students provides a cost effective ratio for effective training. The instructor ratio can be increased at the customer’s requests.

Badlands Off-Road provides instruction, textbook, associated materials and handouts for each student. At the completion of the course each participant will receive a certificate of completion.

Location

The course is held at our training area(s) in Southern California or at the customer’s location. When on the customer site, the customer will provide a classroom, and access to terrain requirements we specify to meet the needs of the training.

Course Length: 3 days

Price : $888.66 per person

8 students minimum.
The customer will notify students of when and where to report and make arrangements for lodging and meals for the students.
The customer will provide vehicles, fuel, & maintenance. Students will drive a customer provided vehicle or ride with another student.

Call to make arrangements for registration. 310-613-5473.


Advanced Off-Road Driving

The Advanced Off-road Driving Course includes all of the Basic Off-Road Driving Course and adds two additional days to incorporate in depth sand and desert driving with more time behind the wheel. Students acquire the ability to negotiate a continuous sequence of obstacles in difficult to extreme terrain. Fundamental to this course is the need for driving time. Only time behind-the-wheel will increase proficiency of the student. The student will gain valuable experience to visually estimate the capability of the vehicle to successfully negotiating alternative lines of attack through increasingly difficult terrain and natural obstacles. This class incorporates desert driving – moving through difficult terrain such as boulder sized rocks, narrow canyons, deep ruts with extreme angle turns, large sand dunes with deep soft sand, elevated, arid, mountainous terrain with narrow shelf roads and steep drop-offs.

This class prepares students to:

  • Operate 4WD vehicles safely and confidently in a variety of difficult to extreme terrain
  • Assess a 4WD vehicle readiness for use off-road
  • Understand the unique characteristics and behavior of 4WD vehicles
  • Apply driving skills to a variety of terrain situations
  • Understand safety issues in off-road driving to avoid injury and vehicle damage
  • Understand concepts of 4-Wheel drive and how/ when to use it
  • Apply techniques & tips for driving on rough roads, ruts, hills, berms, ditches, rock, & sand
  • Know the basic capabilities and limitation of their vehicle. Be able to recognize what the vehicle is capable of by visual estimation.
  • Be able to deploy a variety of complex recovery techniques in a safe and controlled manner

Fundamental to this course is the need for driving time. Only time behind-the-wheel will increase proficiency of the student. The student will gain valuable experience to visually estimate the capability of the vehicle to successfully negotiating alternative paths through increasingly difficult terrain and natural obstacles.

Instruction

Badlands Off-Road Adventures training consists of repetition of “see, hear, do” in various formats and situations. We provide one instructor per 5 vehicles with a max of 2 students per vehicle to provide the best opportunities for behind-the-wheel driving and ground guiding training. The number of instructors to students provides a cost effective ratio for effective training. The instructor ratio can be increased at the customer’s requests.

Badlands Off-Road provides instruction, text book, associated materials and handouts for each student. At the completion of the course each participant will receive a certificate of completion.

Location

The course is held at our training area(s) in Southern California or at the customer’s location. When on the customer site, the customer will provide a classroom, and access to terrain requirements we specify to meet the needs of the training.

Course Length: 5 days

Price : $1481.11 per person

8 students minimum.
The customer will notify students of when and where to report and make arrangements for lodging and meals for the students.
The customer will provide vehicles, fuel, & maintenance. Students will drive a customer provided vehicle or ride with another student.

Call to make arrangements for registration. 310-613-5473.


Introduction to Off-Road Driving

The Introduction to Off-Road Driving class is broad and comprehensive. The primary goal of this course is to teach off-road driving skills. The training consists of 4 hours of class room and 4-5 hours behind the wheel. The first 2 hours behind the wheel involve coaching in a highly controlled practice area. This is followed by a mild trail ride to put it all together.

The Introductory course on its own is intended for light duty users. This is a good foundation to build on. The student will acquire the ability to negotiate individual obstacles in mild terrain. It can be supplemented later with additional behind the wheel experience, additional training on recovery plus in depth courses on specific terrain such as rocks, and sand.

This class prepares students to:

  • Operate 4-Wheel Drive vehicles safely and confidently in a variety of moderate terrain
  • Assess a 4-wheel drive vehicle readiness for use off-road
  • Understand the unique characteristics and behavior of 4WD vehicles
  • Apply driving skills to a variety of terrain situations
  • Understand safety issues in off-road driving to avoid injury and vehicle damage
  • Understand concepts of 4-Wheel drive and how/ when to use it
  • Know the basic capabilities and limitation of their vehicle.
  • Apply techniques & tips for driving on rough roads, ruts, hills, berms, ledges, ditches, rock, & sand

Instruction

Badlands Off-Road Adventures training consists of repetition of “see, hear, do” in various formats and situations. We provide one instructor per 5 vehicles with a max of 2 students per vehicle to provide the best opportunities for behind-the-wheel driving and ground guiding training. The number of instructors to students provides a cost effective ratio for effective training. The instructor ratio can be increased at the customer’s requests.

Badlands Off-Road provides instruction, text book, associated materials and handouts for each student. At the completion of the course each participant will receive a certificate of completion.

Location

The course is held at our training area(s) in Southern California or at the customer’s location. When on the customer site, the customer will provide a classroom, and access to terrain requirements we specify to meet the needs of the training.

Course Length: 1 day

Price : $296.22 per person

8 students minimum.
The customer will notify students of when and where to report and make arrangements for lodging and meals for the students.
The customer will provide vehicles, fuel, & maintenance. Students will drive a customer provided vehicle or ride with another student.

Call to make arrangements for registration. 310-613-5473.


Custom Designed Off-Road Driving

Course length and content can be tailored to meet the customer’s requirements. This can include the basic off-road instruction, recovery techniques, spotting, field repair, night driving, navigation, welding, advanced content on sand, advanced content on extreme terrain, and practical missions in desert terrain.

Course Length: As Requested

Price : TBD

Call to make arrangements. 310-613-5473.

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