Rob Andrews
Rob is a professional Personal Safety Trainer who has taught people around the globe, including the Middle East and Africa. With years of teaching experience, from elite international professionals to front desk staff answering phones here at home, Rob was fortunate enough to find a career that allowed him to pursue his passions; compassion for humanity, self-defence and the outdoors.
As a lifelong student of Martial Arts himself, Rob operated a self defence school for 18 years, and cherishes the privilege of helping students broaden their horizons, gain confidence and surpass their preconceived limits. One professional achievement Rob is most proud of is creating and teaching the Use of Force policy for the Ontario Provincial Police Academy. On a personal level, Rob's love for the outdoors is almost hereditary with outdoorsmanship running in the family and a formal education in forestry. When not teaching Personal Safety or Outdoor Survival Skills somewhere, he can be found ( or not! ) in a remote location getting away from it all.
"My takeaway from teaching thousands of students over the years? People are inspiring. I learn from the students just as they learn from me. I consider it a privilege that I take very seriously when entrusted with an organization’s employees." - Rob
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Read more about Rob's commitment to service from the Mid-North Monitor
About Our Training
Personal Safety Training is designed to enhance a person’s physical safety and protect their emotional and mental well being. Our training is comprehensive and addresses the specific challenges faced by the employee in their unique working environment.
The public’s expectation of accountability and customer service has never been higher. Employee stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and contentious customers are now the norm. Statistics Canada shows incidents of abuse and workplace violence is clearly on the rise in all spectrums of society.
ACT Tactical Training Systems is a leader in delivering Personal Safety Training in Canada, and has been training businesses, governments and organizations since 2005.
Working within an organization’s mandate and budget, we provide a proven and simple system, tailored to the employee’s specific needs, that can be used even when under stress. We work with world class level organizations, and have access to the most current training available, passing that high level of expertise on to our customers.
Change is constant, and as the world changes around us, so must we also change and adapt. All of ACT Tactical Training Systems programs and courses are pressure tested and must meet the following 3 criteria:
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1. It must be simple. Elaborate or complex techniques will be forgotten under stress and many students have little or no previous experience in this type of training.
2. It must be easy to learn and remember. If it’s too complicated, or has too many steps, the student may fail to grasp the concept, or forget it completely in real life application.
3. It must be effective. Many of our clients are on “the pointy end of the spear” and the training simply must work.
ACT Tactical Training Systems has taught professionals across Canada, including federal, provincial and municipal governments and private organizations. They include the RCMP Canadian Police College, dozens of Humane Societies, the OSPCA, Alberta law enforcement officers, Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General, Provincial Law Societies, airlines and more.
Our instructors have additional experience teaching at the OPP Academy, government VIP Protection Teams and elite police units on behalf of the Canadian government in the Middle East, Sudan, Kenya and Uganda.