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PUADEFSU006B
Navigate using celestial aids in a survival situation
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
The application of this unit in the workplace - the environments, complexities and situations involved - will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.
This text will be useful for the purposes of job descriptions, recruitment advice or job analysis; where possible, it will not be too job specific to allow other industries to import it into other Training Packages, where feasible.
This unit covers the competency required to navigate using celestial aids in a survival situation i.e. in the absence of standard navigational instruments such as maps, compass, protractor and satellite geo-positioning systems (GPS).
While the individual may not know the map coordinates of the start point, this unit covers the ability to navigate successfully relative to that start point. This is important because the start point may be a broken vehicle or downed aircraft, which, though immovable, still have critical survival resources, and will be the main focus of search and rescue agencies.
Alternatively, if an approximate position is known relative to a highway, waterway or coast, where either survival or rescue is better effected, the individual will have sufficient skills and knowledge to remain on a constant bearing and estimate distance travelled.
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