When push
comes to shove
are you prepared to protect
yourself and those you care about?
PREPARE
find a class that fits your needs and level of expertise
PRACTICE
use your new skills in every day life as you set up a purposeful life
PROTECT
develop knowledge, skills, and confidence to use when needed
TURN YOUR TRAINING INTO A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE.
The GDT Team offers a vault of diverse knowledge and skill sets to provide the most comprehensive development and training courses in the PNW. Course trainings range from emergency preparedness to firearm safety to raising chickens, and GDT will help you build the skills needed to increase your home security, become self sufficient, and have fun doing it. You won’t even realize how much information you are learning because it is so much fun!
Join the GDT family and begin your journey to PREPARE, PRACTICE, AND PROTECT!
CLASSES OFFERED
Outdoor Survival Classes
What do you do if you get lost in the woods? Do you know how to survive? In this class you will learn the basics of how to survive if you get lost in the woods. Knowledge you will walk away with: How to start a fire, how to build/find shelter, and how to find fresh water.
Animal Husbandry Classes
We will teach out how to raise animals. You will learn the ins and outs of proper animal husbandry at all stages of life. We use chickens to start with and will move into other types of barnyard animals in future classes.
Gardening
Learn how to grow your very own food! In this class we teach the basics on how to grow your own food. Each student will go home with their own plant to get started on the process.
EMERGENCY KIT: WHAT TO INCLUDE
Learn what you need in your emergency preparedness kit and why. Students who attend this class with walk away with their own kit that they completed during class.
Firearms Safety + Handgun training
This course fulfills the training requirement for the Oregon Concealed Carry Handgun License and gives you experience using a firearm. Split into two days.
First Aid, CPR, AED Training
This class is taught by a certified American Red Cross Instructor. You will learn how to bandage up wounds, when to perform CPR and how to use an AED.
WE ARE ADDING NEW CourseS ALL THE TIME.
The GDT Team is working on a robust selection of courses focusing on self-reliance, homesteading, outdoor survival and self defense.
Welcome to the GDT family!