Survival and NAVIGATION Clinic

This clinic is designed to incorporate over 30 hours of comprehensive training in several areas of personal outdoorsman training. 

This segment of the course combines indoor and outdoor classroom and hands on outdoor experience, you will be trained in the extensive skills a back woodsman requires. 

The outline below are the highlights of the course content. An individual study and notes syllabus is furnish to each student plus text books. 

A student planned (2) Day wilderness overnight pack trip will be included in the course to practice these survival and navigation skills.

Camp site selection - Permanent camp and drop camps

Fire pit setup and fire management

Tent setup - framed - cross piece - ropes

Tent types Cook - Living - Tack - Oval - Military

Equipment setup and operation

Corral setup - electric and permanent

High line setup - hitching posts

Watering techniques - filtration

Fire starting skills

Firewood cutting and chain saw operation

Sanitation - latrine

Operations planning

Emergency medical care

High altitude sickness care and treatment

Emergency water and hydration

Weather patterns recognition

Back tracking and spotting

Mapping - topo

Compass operations - (day and night)

GPS operation

Navigation games (wilderness)

Star navigation (land and sea)

Basic wilderness First Aide Certification

Basic CPR Certification

Gun laws

Hunting laws

Land - Water and camping site laws

People skills

Communication

Appearance

Work Ethic