Dave MacDonald
President and Lead Survival Instructor
Personal Hobbies
- Father of two boys
- Hunting (archery, black powder and rifle) and fishing
- Back country canoeing and camping
- Hiking and mountain biking
- Dog sledding
- Scuba diving
- K-9 Search and Rescue training for tracking, searching and urban disaster response
Instruction Experience
- 5 1/2 years basic and advanced survival instructor at CFSSAT
- Guest instructor at NATO winter survival course in Spatin, Norway, 2006 and 2009
- Guest survival instructor for SAR Tech pre-selection course in Jarvis Lake, Alberta
- Instructor for NATO aircrew winter survival course in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
- Guest speaker for Manitoba Hydro’s safety conference spring 2009
- Numerous mobile teaching teams (MTT’s) for air crew pre-deployment briefings prior to going over seas
Certifications
- Military Search and Rescue Technician
- Spill Response Management
- Small Craft Vessel Operator
- Ground Search Manager
- HPMA (Human Performance in Military Aviation) program coordinator
- ACUC Open Water Diver
- NAUI Advance and Rescue Diver
- National Lifeguard
- Wilderness first aid with CPR level C & A.E.D.
- Oxygen theory
- Manitoba Hunting Guide
- Certified Master Dog Trainer
Professional Courses, Skills and Errata
- High and low angle rope rescue
- Search and Rescue diver
- Parachutist (static line and freefall)
- Jump Master (static line and freefall)
- Survival Instructor
- Escape and Evasion Instructor
- Environmental Officer
- Helicopter underwater egress
- Junior leaders course
- Arctic survival
- Advanced SERE
- Aeromedical training
- Sea survival
- Land survival
- Ships diver
- Winter Warfare Course
- Fixed wing multi engine experience
- Rotary wing experience
- CASARA Spotter Training
- Rigging for Rescue Course
- Mountain and avalanche training and experience
- Building a risk-smart organization Course
- Defusing Hostility Course
- Leading Diversity Course
- Customer Service Course
- Managing Projects for Results Course
- Instructional Techniques Course
- 17 years ER, OR, Coroner, and ambulance experience in ON, AB, BC, and MB
