Woodsmoke
Module 1 - Bushcraft, survival
& expedition preparation skills (3 Days)
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- Campsite selection
 - Base-camp equipment selection
- Establishing base-camp
- Building group latrines
- Minimum impact toilet protocols
- Health hygiene & Sanitation
- Camp routines and protocols
- Water & fuel storage.
- Stoves & lanterns
- Expedition kitchen set-up
Expedition shelters: personal/ group shelters, rope-work, environmental considerations
- Rope types
- Rope coiling and storage
- Rope throwing
- Essential knots
- Tensioning systems and rope pulleys
- Group shelters – parachutes, tarps, shade nets
- Personal shelter systems - Bashas, bivies, hammocks & tents
- Personal equipment selection
 | Cutting Tools: Knife, Machete and Saw Considerations
- Choosing an appropriate knife for the outdoors
- Safe use of knife, saw and machete
- Cutting techniques
- Sharpening the knife to a razor edge
- Choosing an appropriate saw
- Using bow saws and bucksaws
- Using the small folding saw
- Machete and axe considerations
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Fire: Safety considerations, environmental impact, expedition considerations
- Fire safety - choosing a fire site, extinguishing & clearing fire sites
- Principles of wood selection
- Burning properties of different woods
- Fire starting
- Establishing a fire & fire lays
- Environmentally specific techniques & low impact considerations
Expedition cooking
- Butchering a fish / small mammal / bird
- Fire management for cooking
- Trail-breads
- Food considerations for the trail / basecamp / vehicle
Water safety
- The body’s reliance on water & avoiding dehydration
- Finding Water – environmental considerations
- Selection of Source – environmental considerations
- Water Indicators – environmental considerations
- Collecting and transporting water – environmental considerations
- Potential Dangers in water supplies
- Water Purification Strategy
- Clarification/Filtration
- Water purification - boiling, chemicals
 | Navigation: Classical navigation techniques, GPS
& bush navigation
- Telling direction from the sun, moon & stars
- shadow stick compass
- Travelling in a straight line in the woods
- Travelling in a straight line in open country
- Myths of natural navigation
- Use & limitaions of GPS
- Timings & distance
- Backbearings
- Navagation exercise
Communications: Distress signals and Wilderness Emergency Equipment
- Audible signals and what they mean
- Use of the signal mirror
- Basic ground to air signalling
- Casevac & Aero-medical rescue considerations
- Satellite Telephones
- HVF/HF radios
- Communications etiquette
- PLB's (Personal Location Beacons)
- Flares
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Expedition planning and preparation:
- Signalling and communications
- Wilderness emergency procedures
- Expedition planning & preparation
- Environmental impact assessments
- Risk assessments
- Crisis management plans
- Wildlife Hazards
- Expedition food & rations
- Equipment selection & use
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