Bushcraft And Wilderness Activities

Overview

This Bushcraft And Wilderness Activities course from Warnborough College is valuable to people who may have a recreational interest in wilderness exploration, orienteers, tour guides, scout leaders, or ecotour business owners.

Aims

• To appreciate the scope and implications of ecotourism opportunities in wilderness areas.

• To be able to prepare for an excursion into a wilderness area

• To determine appropriate methods of protecting against the elements.

• To determine different uses for natural resources in the wilderness.

• To be able to navigate in a wilderness area using a variety of different techniques.

• To deal with a range of emergencies in a wilderness situation, including developing contingency plans and determining appropriate first aid.

• Explain campsite establishment and management.

• Determine appropriate procedures for managing different passive wilderness activities.

• Determine appropriate procedures for managing different water based wilderness activities.

• Determine appropriate procedures for managing different active wilderness activities.