We provide the best 4x4 off-road
and security driving courses
available on the market today!

  • We teach accident / incident avoidance through awareness and planning.
  • Our techniques are easy to learn, retain and apply.
  • We only teach what works.

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About Our Training

Our proven-effective 4wd training programmes are highly applicable to anyone who needs to correctly /safely handle the conditions and risks.

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Training Instructors

The OnCourse team are highly skilled professionals who incorporate their years of knowledge and experience into every aspect of each student's training.

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Training Methods

By reinforcing the importance of the proactive mindset, our 4wd /security driver training stresses avoidance through awareness and planning.

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Driver Training Facility

The 4wd facility has been designed to mirror hazards /obstacles in a compendious method, optimising practice time and ensuring effective confidence building.


Mick Farmer's Blog (latest updates)

4×4 Training Facility Upgrade (June, 2009)
We recently went through some major maintenance to our High Range training track and skills area. The place was mayhem for a week as we had 1800 tons of murram delivered and the whole lot graded and rolled.
Question Page: About Convoy Procedures (June, 2009)
Here is a short reply to a question I received from a reader about convoy driving and which I thought may be of general interest.
Considering the double cabin pick up (dcpu) (May, 2009)
When talking of the double cab pick up (dcpu), most of us in this region automatically think of the Toyota Hilux. The first 4x4 double cab version was made available in South Africa in 1984. I’m sure that any 4x4 enthusiast remembers the original leaf sprung model. Its robust reliability spoke for itself. It was a good, strong, simple vehicle.
My take on the PressurePro tyre pressure monitoring system (May, 2009)
Over a year ago, we installed the PressurePro system on two of our training vehicles. It makes sense to have good safety measures for the vehicles that we use the most for our defensive and security driver training.
In Memory of 2 Valued OnCourse Employees (January, 2009)
January the 16th 2009 will be a date remembered by all OnCourse staff. Two of the team lost their lives to a tragic Road Traffic Collision.
Safety Belts and Vehicle Rescue Tools (November, 2008)
Convincing folk to wear seat belts has been a big issue for me over the last ten years of being a 4X4 driver trainer. Some people come up with the most ludicrous excuses not to wear them.

Older Web Updates

More than Just Rubber (Jan 2007)
I was inspired to revisit this subject by a "late night" conversation with friends who had just fitted cross ply tyres to their vehicles without realising it.
About Target Fixation (April 2007)
The term seems to have originated from World War II fighter pilots, who spoke of a tendency to want to fly into targets during a strafing run.
Photos from Chimp Challenge 2008 (June 2008)
A few photos from the 2008 Chimp Challenge!