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Voshaar Outdoor & Education

Winterswijkseweg 17, 7152 BV, Eibergen 0545471806 [email protected]

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International Wilderness Guide Canadian Survival and Woodstravel Instructor




Modules Level 1, Level 2 and/or Level 3

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1- Orienteering, route finding & route selection

2- Hiking & backpacking

3- Wilderness camping

4- Bushcraft & Survival / Wilderness living skills

5- Flora, fauna & tracking

6- Ecology, history, geology, park management, interpretation

7- Wilderness First Aid

8- Search & rescue

9- Knots, lashings and Basic Rope Rescue (Level 3 Advanced)

10- Rules & regulations

11- Canoeing

12-Risk & Emergency Management

13-Leadership

14- Snowshoeing (Level 2-3)

15- Dogsledding (Level 2-3)

16- Winter travel & Survival (Level 2-3)

17- Avalanche Awareness (Level 2-3)

For the testing, each segment will be tested at the completion of that segment and then an overall exam

will be conducted at the end of the program.

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1- Wilderness Navigation.

1. Modern Tools

Map and Compass

GPS

Terrain (Route Finding)

2. Primitive/Traditional Tools

Sun (sun stick, sun compass)

Celestial Navigation

Various plants

2- Hiking and Backpacking

Gear and equipment

Group management

Pacing

Preparation and planning

Bear awareness




3- Wilderness camping

Choice of location

Safety

Gear and Equipment

Bear awareness

Metrology

Rules & regulations




4- Bushcraft & Survival / Wilderness Living Skills.

1. Shelter

Various Lean To's

Tarpaulin

Quincy and Igloos

Snow Coffins and Tree Wells

Others

2. Fire

Flint and Steel

Matches and Lighters

Bow Drill

Feather Sticks

Fire Construction and Maintenance




Signal Fires

Material Gathering

3. Knife and Axe Craft

Knife Safety

Axe Safety

Wood Splitting (with both knife and axe)

Choosing a knife and axe

4. Tools

Signal Mirror and how to use it

Survival Whistle

Back Pack

Bush Saw

Snow Shoes

5. Crafting

Making Rope and Cordage

Carving (spoons, bowls, try sticks etc.)

6. Outdoor Cooking

7. Prepare Meals from the Bush.

8- Knots & Lashings

This will consist of mostly plants and how and where to get carbohydrates, protein and various other

nutrients. It will also cover survival aspects of starvation, as well as purifying water.

8- Fishing.




Rules and Regulations

Fish Identification

Equipment

Location

Traditional

Making Hooks

Making use of materials on hand for fishing

9- Hunting and Trapping

Basic Hunting

Ethics of hunting

Traditional hunting weapons

Making a Traditional Hunting weapon

Learning about the animals we would be hunting and the techniques for each one.

Basic Trapping (Mostly Level 2)

Ethics of Trapping

Various traps and snares

How, where and why to set traps and snares

Learning about the animals we would be trapping and the specific traps and techniques for each one.

Practice finding areas to set traps in

Practice setting traps




5- Flora, Fauna & Tracking

Tracking

1. Animal

Species Identification

Gait and Stride Pattern

Gender Identification

Ageing/dating Tracks (Winter focus in winter and summer focus in summer, but each season will be

discussed)

Finding tracks through difficult terrain (grass, hard mud patches etc)

Other signs (scat, kill sites, food availability, terrain, season)

2. Human

Approximate emotional state (calm, panic etc)

Finding tracks through difficult terrain (grass, hard mud patches etc)

Animals.




We will cover various animals, their habitats, behavior and biology.

1. Predators

Black Bear

Grizzly

Wolf

Coyote

Fox

Cougar

Lynx

Weasels

Wolverine

Marten

Fischer

Otter

2. Ungulates

Moose

Elk / wapiti

Mule Deer

White-tailed Deer

Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep

Mountain Goat

Woodland Caribou




3. Rodents, Rabbits and Hares

Beaver

Muskrat

Red Squirrel

Snowshoe Hare

Pika

Porcupine

Ground Squirrels and Chipmunks

Flying Squirrel

4. Birds

Loons, Grebes

Waterfowl

Hawks, Falcons

Grouse, Ptarmigan

Owls

Kingfishers

Woodpeckers

Perching birds




Plant Identification.

1. Food

Plant Identification

Uses of different plants for food sources

Tea

Poisonous Plant cautions.

Determination of edibility of a plant

Medicinal uses of plants. These will cover well known medicines.

2. Hardware Uses

Making use of plants as tools.

6- Interpretive Guiding




Interpretation

Geology, glaciology and climate

Ecology of the Rocky Mountains

History

Park management

Group management

7- Wilderness First Aid ( 20 hours course)

Sprains

Diabetes

Dislocations

Severe bleeds Burns

Open and closed fractures

Abdominal injuries

Head and spinal injury

Chest injuries, including breathing emergencies

Hypothermia, and other environmental injuries

Eye injuries

Allergies

Scene survey

Primary survey

Secondary survey

Emergency shelters

Improvised stretchers

Team care

Patient advocacy

Multiple casualty management

Critical incident stress

Fire lighting




8 - Search and rescue.

Search

Transport & Evacuation

Rope techniques

9- Rope Rescue Advanced (Level 3)

Safety Code

Raising and Lowering

Anchors

Forces

Knots

Small party Rescue

Steep angle Rescue

Team roles

10- Rules & regulations

Permits

Protected areas and differences

Insurance

Crown land / Public land




11- Canoeing.

Flat water

Moving water

Rescue

12- Risk & Emergency Management

Risk assessment

Emergency plan

13-Leadership

14- Snow Shoeing (Level 2-3)




Uses (terrain type)

Advantages and disadvantages over Traditional Snow Shoes.

Technique on flat surfaces

Hill Techniques

Repair and maintenance

Tools used in conjunction

15- Dog Sledding (Level 2-3)

1. Dog Handling

Dog Care and handling

Feeding Routine

Loading the Vehicle

Harnessing and attaching dogs for sled

Clean up

2. Sledding

Sled Handling

Out on the Trail!

16- Winter travel & Survival (Level 2-3)

Contains most of the techniques and skills mentioned above, but under winter circumstances,

including Ice Travel.




17- Avalanche awareness (Level 2-3)

Shear test

Snow profiles

Avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel use

Terrain

Types of avalanches

Risk management

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