Level Skip- Go to the Inventory Screen and make sure that the compass is facing north. To get the compass facing exactly north, hang from a ledge facing north. Otherwise, the cheat won't really work. While in the inventory screen, go to Load Game, press and hold L1, L2, R1, R2, up on the directional button and exit the inventory screen by pressing triangle.
All Items- Go to the inventory screen and make sure that the compass is facing north. While in the inventory screen, go to Large Medipack, press and hold L1, L2, R1, R2, down on the directional button and exit the inventory screen by pressing triangle.
Locations of the Gold Skulls in the Training Level:
--The first skull is at the beginning toward the left.
-- The second skull found is in the shallow water below the very first jump you are instructed to do.
--The third is below the running jump section of training.
--The fourth one found is in the water of your swim training session.
--The fifth one is found during the outdoor sequence where the old man is fighting two of the wild boars. It's around to the right, all the way into a right hand corner.
--The sixth one is on the floor on the right side of the room where the spikes are near the exit door just before Lara goes out to learn to crawl through the crawlspace.
--The seventh one is the one in the crawlspace (you called it the fifth one.)
--The eighth one is on an elevated ledge/walkway that's off to the right where Lara follows the old man up the ramp just before he makes the speech about going left or right depending, because going left is harder.