Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for the walk.
- Select clothing, footwear, personal protective and other equipment suitable for the walk and conditions, and check for safe working condition.
- Calculate and prepare food and water appropriate for the distance and environment of the trip.
- Waterproof and pack clothing, personal resources, and food according to access requirements during walk.
- Interpret planned route from activity plans, maps and track head signage to assist with navigation.
- Confirm activity safety and emergency response procedures to ensure compliance during activities.
- Confirm protocols for communications between walkers.
- Ensure pack weight is appropriate to body weight and level of fitness; fit and adjust for comfort and safety.
- Walk in difficult tracked environments.
- Use appropriate posture and manual handling techniques when lifting and carrying backpack.
- Establish and maintain an appropriate walking rhythm and pace according to conditions.
- Use walking techniques specific to the environmental terrain.
- Monitor walking pace of, and space between, party members to ensure safety of all, and completion within timelines.
- Maintain effective communication with party members throughout all activities.
- Follow the planned route and make adjustments to route according to track and environmental conditions.
- Use techniques that minimise damage to equipment and the natural environment throughout all activities.
- Negotiate environmental obstacles and steep, slopes.
- Safely approach, and negotiate constant obstacles and hazards to minimise risk of injury.
- Control footing to walk safely on consistently uneven and unstable track surface.
- Utilise techniques and control pace to ascend and descend long steep slopes.
- Monitor own fatigue, adjust pace, food and water intake and take breaks while maintaining contact with party members.
- Monitor and regulate own body temperature by adding and removing clothing layers.
- Select clothing, footwear, personal protective and other equipment suitable for the walk and conditions, and check for safe working condition.
- Calculate and prepare food and water appropriate for the distance and environment of the trip.
- Waterproof and pack clothing, personal resources, and food according to access requirements during walk.
- Interpret planned route from activity plans, maps and track head signage to assist with navigation.
- Confirm activity safety and emergency response procedures to ensure compliance during activities.
- Confirm protocols for communications between walkers.
- Ensure pack weight is appropriate to body weight and level of fitness; fit and adjust for comfort and safety.