All of Nature Days's advisors are experienced first aiders, are qualified teachers, have received risk assessment training, are A level examiners and coursework moderators and are CRB checked. Nature days has public liability insurance to provide a range of educational experiences.

Dawn Thomas is one of our senior advisors and has over 10 years experience as a field studies provider and advisor. She is Forest school trained and has a range of countryside management skills.

Here are some of Dawn's qualifications:

2008 - Rescue Emergency Care First Aid training Level 2

2008 - Attended FSC weekend course on Strategies for Geography Fieldwork within the new AS/A2 Specifications

2008 - Attended a number of ‘A’ level exam boards new Specification INSETs

2008 - Forest School Leader Btec level 3 Training undertaken

2007 - First Aid at Work

2000 - MSc Environmental Impact assessment at Aberystwyth university

1999 - Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) – Secondary science with biology from Swansea University

1999 - Course in Fieldwork safety management endorsed by the Field Studies Council

1997 - Countryside management qualifications including;

-  Tree and woodland management

- Chainsaw operations

- Training in hedge-laying, dry-stonewalling, fencing, gate hanging and tractor driving

1996 - BSc Environmental Biology at Swansea University