Course curriculum

    1. Welcome introduction

    2. Course overview

    1. Teaching bush walking skills

    2. Shelters; setting up a fly

    3. Instructor Bush Day Pack

    1. Gathering information on Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Injuries and relevant health information

    2. Reinforcing Learning: Managing Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Injuries and relevant health information, Part 1

    3. Reinforcing Learning: Managing Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Injuries and relevant health information, Part 2

    4. Checking Participants Gear and Equipment

    5. Reinforcing Learning: Checking participants Gear and Equipment

    6. Discussing management strategies with the group if the instructor becomes incapacitated. Including emergency communication devices and disclosing hazards to the group.

    7. Reinforcing Learning: Discussing management strategies with the group if the instructor becomes incapacitated.

    1. Group Management Strategies

    2. Reinforcing Learning: Group Management Strategies

    3. Hazard management strategies

    4. Reinforcing Learning: Hazard management strategies

    5. Instructing basic hiking skills including Movement, Pace, Rhythm & Safe movement on step terrain

    6. Reinforcing Learning: Instructing basic hiking skills

    1. How to Instruct: Map reading, including scale, symbols, contour lines, features, magnetic/grid north, grid references

    2. Reinforcing Learning: Map reading

    3. How to Instruct: Parts of a compass, taking a bearing to a feature and using it on a map

    4. Reinforcing Learning: Parts of a compass

    5. How To Instruct: Following a bearing

    6. Reinforcing Learning: Following a bearing

    7. How to Instruct: Resection

    8. Reinforcing Learning: Resection

    9. How to Instruct: Orienting a map with features and with a compass

    10. Reinforcing Learning: Orientating a map with features and with a compass

    11. How to Instruct: Locating yourself on a map/navigating to a point

    12. Reinforcing Learning: Locating your self on a map/navigating to a point

    13. Navigation Time Chart

    1. Kaitiakitanga and Teachable moments

    2. Reinforcing Learning: Kaitiakitanga and Teachable moments

    3. Including Te Ao Maori into your trips

    4. Reinforcing Learning: Including Te Ao Maori into your trips

About this course

  • $59.99
  • 54 lessons

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