Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan a route in unmodified landscapes
- Apply symbols and information contained on the map to plan an efficient route/course suitable to navigation and activity-specific abilities
- btain additional information to assist in the preparation of a navigation data sheet from the map and from other suitable sources of information
- Identify hazards in extreme environmental conditions
- Consider other contextual issues in the planning of a route
- Prepare a navigation data sheet/route card
- Identify emergency or contingency escape routes
- Consider environmental impact issues in the planning of a route
- Navigate in unmodified landscapes in poor visibility and/or extreme environmental conditions
- Maintain orientation of map to surroundings
- Identify possible sources of navigation error in specific locations
- Demonstrate combined use of map , compass and other techniques whilst following a route in unmodified landscapes
- Demonstrate techniques for distance estimations of travel in the absence of identifying features
- Maintain the designated course whilst bypassing obstacles
- Demonstrate maintenance of a course in extreme environmental conditions and/or poor visibility
- Fix position accurately and regularly using a combination of appropriate navigation techniques
- Demonstrate an efficient route choice for the surroundings and conditions
- Demonstrate suitable combinations of navigation techniques to fix position and identify unknown features when lost