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Evidence Guide: DEFSUR004 - Erect a survival shelter using natural resources in a survival situation

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DEFSUR004 - Erect a survival shelter using natural resources in a survival situation

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare resources for erection of survival shelter

  1. Identify potential threat to personal survival posed by the elements and use natural features to provide immediate protection.
  2. Optimise survival shelter’s siting for protection from the elements and to minimise hazards to the survivalist, taking advantage, where possible, of existing natural resources.
  3. Collect resources to construct survival shelter to maximise shelter strength and protection, while minimising physical effort.
Identify potential threat to personal survival posed by the elements and use natural features to provide immediate protection.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimise survival shelter’s siting for protection from the elements and to minimise hazards to the survivalist, taking advantage, where possible, of existing natural resources.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collect resources to construct survival shelter to maximise shelter strength and protection, while minimising physical effort.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construct survival shelter

  1. Construct traditional twoply string for use in binding and securing.
  2. Establish survival shelter’s framework, taking maximum advantage of the strength of natural junction points such as forks, by using and binding with improvised cordage.
  3. Protect survival shelter from wind and rain, using shingling (bark sections and large leaves) and thatching (bound grass and bundled grass) for roofing and siding.
Construct traditional twoply string for use in binding and securing.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Establish survival shelter’s framework, taking maximum advantage of the strength of natural junction points such as forks, by using and binding with improvised cordage.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protect survival shelter from wind and rain, using shingling (bark sections and large leaves) and thatching (bound grass and bundled grass) for roofing and siding.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepare resources for erection of survival shelter

  1. Identify potential threat to personal survival posed by the elements and use natural features to provide immediate protection.
  2. Optimise survival shelter’s siting for protection from the elements and to minimise hazards to the survivalist, taking advantage, where possible, of existing natural resources.
  3. Collect resources to construct survival shelter to maximise shelter strength and protection, while minimising physical effort.
Identify potential threat to personal survival posed by the elements and use natural features to provide immediate protection.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimise survival shelter’s siting for protection from the elements and to minimise hazards to the survivalist, taking advantage, where possible, of existing natural resources.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collect resources to construct survival shelter to maximise shelter strength and protection, while minimising physical effort.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construct survival shelter

  1. Construct traditional twoply string for use in binding and securing.
  2. Establish survival shelter’s framework, taking maximum advantage of the strength of natural junction points such as forks, by using and binding with improvised cordage.
  3. Protect survival shelter from wind and rain, using shingling (bark sections and large leaves) and thatching (bound grass and bundled grass) for roofing and siding.
Construct traditional twoply string for use in binding and securing.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Establish survival shelter’s framework, taking maximum advantage of the strength of natural junction points such as forks, by using and binding with improvised cordage.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protect survival shelter from wind and rain, using shingling (bark sections and large leaves) and thatching (bound grass and bundled grass) for roofing and siding.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions section.

1. Prepare resources for erection of survival shelter

1.1 Identify potential threat to personal survival posed by the elements and use natural features to provide immediate protection.

1.2 Optimise survival shelter’s siting for protection from the elements and to minimise hazards to the survivalist, taking advantage, where possible, of existing natural resources.

1.3 Collect resources to construct survival shelter to maximise shelter strength and protection, while minimising physical effort.

2. Construct survival shelter

2.1 Construct traditional twoply string for use in binding and securing.

2.2 Establish survival shelter’s framework, taking maximum advantage of the strength of natural junction points such as forks, by using and binding with improvised cordage.

2.3 Protect survival shelter from wind and rain, using shingling (bark sections and large leaves) and thatching (bound grass and bundled grass) for roofing and siding.

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions section.

1. Prepare resources for erection of survival shelter

1.1 Identify potential threat to personal survival posed by the elements and use natural features to provide immediate protection.

1.2 Optimise survival shelter’s siting for protection from the elements and to minimise hazards to the survivalist, taking advantage, where possible, of existing natural resources.

1.3 Collect resources to construct survival shelter to maximise shelter strength and protection, while minimising physical effort.

2. Construct survival shelter

2.1 Construct traditional twoply string for use in binding and securing.

2.2 Establish survival shelter’s framework, taking maximum advantage of the strength of natural junction points such as forks, by using and binding with improvised cordage.

2.3 Protect survival shelter from wind and rain, using shingling (bark sections and large leaves) and thatching (bound grass and bundled grass) for roofing and siding.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

tying knots and lashes

constructing at least two shelters capable of withstanding a vertical or horizontal loading to the framework of 300N; that repels all water when twenty litres is poured along the top/leading edge of the structure to simulate rain; whose tiling and thatching remains adhered to the shelter under wind conditions of Beaufort scale 4 (11–16 knots)

using and binding with improvised cordage including at least one of

animal skins/gut

bark strips

reeds and grasses

traditional twoply string

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

priorities of survival

threats to survival from elements