December 2003 - New Training Site
"It's the only place like it on the continent!" --Mick Farmer, Instructor.
In the second half of this year (2003) OCCL developed a new training centre 5km off the Entebbe road at the Kitende turn off. The driving facility has been designed to mirror hazards /obstacles from this region in a compendious method to optimise practice time and ensure effective confidence building.
The facility boasts a large 4wd High-Range driving track with real-life road hazards, including a crown cambered “straight”, culvert crossings, negative and positive cambered corners, and a section of black-cotton soil that becomes the skid control area when wet. The track also has built-in alternative routes that come into their own for escape and evasion techniques for the security training courses. Again, real-life has been simulated with the layout of the track to allow effective reproduction of car-jacking and ambush scenarios.
The Low Range section now hosts a larger moguls section to develop wheel printing techniques as well as the usual ups and downs. For those of you that know the course a larger Sudan Pothole is going in (to be finished by the end of January 2004) and the Congo Highway (a long stretch of muddy moguls) is longer and a little more difficult to get through!
With an abundance of mud and water at hand the Self-Recovery area speaks for itself. If you do decide to take this course - a change of clothes and footwear may be necessary!
A larger and more comfortable training classroom has been built whilst still maintaining a “bush” feel. On the way in is some new training aid equipment, so, we will be able to deliver high tech instruction in a low-tech environment!
The first quarter of 2004 will bring in the new basic maintenance training area. A more comfortable working and demonstration area will help make this already effective course an even more enjoyable learning experience.
The staff at On Course, are always finding new ways to develop their courses and they feel that the development of this new training area to be of importance in helping to curb the fast rising number of vehicle related injuries and death within this region.
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