COURSE DETAILS
Duration: 8 hours + optional night ex.
Cost: $149 + HST / $199 + HST (includes night navigation)
Designed for all ages and navigation skill levels, this non-certification course teaches classroom-based map and compass skills, followed by outdoor navigation exercises (night navigation exercise is optional) in a nurturing team building/leadership environment.
Navigation exercises are conducted in hilly and wooded terrain if/when suitable. Participants should be dressed for appropriate environmental conditions and have reasonable fitness levels:
Average physical fitness - can walk 2-3 hrs on flat ground
(Basic level navigation legs: 200-300m by day)
Completion Requirements:
100% attendance and participation in practical evolutions
Course Content:
- Identify parts of a compass
- Identify map convention signs and marginal Information
- Determine grid references
- Determine bearings and distance on a map and on the ground
- Introduction to team-building
- Leadership training
- Radio communications
- Discipline on the march
- Conduct navigation/leadership exercises by day
- OPTIONAL: Night navigation exercises
Materials You Should Bring:
- Weather-appropriate clothing
- Small rucksack / hydration
- Personal lighting (ie. headlamp)
- Waterproof Notebook / writing material
- Ankle-height hiking boots in good condition
- Lunch / dinner and snacks
Materials Supplied:
Compass, training materials, and safety gear
Take-Home Materials:
Training Manual, Certificate of Completion