Trevor Fakes

Survival Instructor

 

History

• Became a full member of the Canadian Military as a Vehicle Technician, land, at the age of 18.
• Served in Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg and Shilo with the military for 23 years.
• Served in the Former Republic Yugoslavia as a United Nations Peacekeeper and in Bosnia Herzegovina for 6 months each.
• In 2007, began instructing at the Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aero medical Training (CFSSAT) as a Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) instructor.

Instruction Experience

• 4 years basic and advanced survival instructor at CFSSAT
• Guest instructor at NATO winter survival course in Spatin, Norway, 2010
• Guest speaker for SAR Scene 2008 in St. John’s Newfoundland.
• Instructor for NATO aircrew winter survival course in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
• Numerous mobile teaching teams (MTT’s) for air crew pre-deployment briefings and exercises prior to going overseas.

Certifications

• Vehicle Technician.
• Spill Response Management.
• Small craft vessel operator.
• Safety Management.
• Standard first aid.
• Manitoba hunting guide.

Courses, Skills and Errata

• Survival Instructor.
• Escape and Evasion Instructor.
• Tactical tracking course.
• USAF combat survival course.
• Junior and senior leaders’ courses.
• Arctic survival.
• Advanced SERE.
• Cold Water immersion Training.
• Air Ops Sea survival.
• Land survival.
• Winter warfare course.
• Instructional techniques course.
• Very knowledgeable in all MS Office products.
• 20 years of experience in repairing all types of equipment in all types of environments.