Gold Navigation Event (Advanced Navigation Skills)
Gold Navigation Event (Advanced Navigation Skills)
The Serious Outdoor Skills Gold Navigator event builds on the skills acquired at the Bronze and Silver levels and adds techniques and skills for dealing with complex contour features both large and small.
For the full syllabus of the Gold Navigator event see below:
- Use the skills and techniques of the Bronze and Silver event to show competence and earn the SOS Gold Navigator.
- Demonstrate and use contours and fine detail as the prime method of navigation.
- Accurately: Follow a route, judge distance, check progress against time, use relevant compass skills and maintain continuous map contact a at all times .
- Understand and use back bearings and transits to confirm your current position.
- Select appropriate techniques within an overall navigation strategy.
- Navigate in challenging terrain in reduced visibility i.e. mist or darkness.
- Select an appropriate, safe route in relation to height gain and loss, dangerous terrain and other major hazards.
- Assess the route ahead in the field in relation to prevailing conditions or changing circumstances (e.g. weather, time, daylight, ability/fitness) and re-plan the route appropriately if necessary.
- Shorten a route, use an escape route and know emergency procedures.
- Recognise the occurrence of a navigational error within a few minutes and apply appropriate relocation techniques.
- Select appropriate clothing, equipment and first aid for walking in remote areas in all weather conditions.
- Understand the physical demands created by hill and moorland terrain in all weather conditions.
- Understand the effects of cold, heat, fatigue and discomfort on decision making and execution of a selected route.
- Understand the pros and cons of appropriate electronic navigation devices and describe/demonstrate their use in the context of Gold terrain.
Start: 1.00pm
Finish: Approx. 9.00pm
Location: Dartmoor
Essentials:
- Practical outdoor clothing
- Waterproofs
- Walking boots or similar
- A full water bottle (for drinking)
- A whistle for emergencies
- Dartmoor OS map 1 25.000
- Compass with a 1 .25000 scale
- Packed lunch / snacks
- A rucksack to carry everything
- Small first aid kit
- Hand sanitiser
Non-Essentials:
- A notebook and pencil
- Camera
- Tea or coffee
- Extra clothing (warm layers)
PLEASE ONLY BRING WHAT YOU CAN COMFORTABLY CARRY.
Upon booking you will receive all the relevant information for your event via email. This will be to the email address provided upon booking. Please check your junk folder for this information.
Disclaimers
Due to H&S requirements, it is essential that disclaimers are completed and returned for each participant prior to your course date. Failure to complete the required disclaimer will result in you being unable to attend the course.
Photography
Any photographs or photography taken by the instructors during the course may be used by Serious Outdoor Skills in promotional material or advertising either printed or on the internet. If you do not wish to be present in any photographs, please let your instructor know upon arrival to your event.
Meals
Please bring a packed lunch, snacks, and a drink with you.
Age Restrictions
Recommended minimum age 14+ (Must attend with a paying adult aged 18+) *It is the parent(s)/guardian(s) responsibility to determine if you feel the event is suitable for any child attending with you.
PLEASE NOTE: Trips will run weather permitting. Should our event need to be postponed for any reasons out of the control of Serious Outdoor Skills, as per our T&Cs, an alternative date will be available.
Q. Can I bring my dog?
- Unfortunately, we do not allow dogs to join us on our events.
Q. I have made a booking, but I have not received any information about my event.
- An email containing all the course details will be sent to the email address provided upon booking. Please ensure you have entered the correct email address.
- Please check your junk/spam folder as the email may have been sent there.
- If you have still not received the course details, please email info@seriousoutdoorskills.co.uk
Q. I have booked a date I can no longer attend, what are my options?
- Contact us at info@seriousoutdoorskills.co.uk to change your booking to an alternative date, providing availability.
- For cancellations and refunds, please refer to our Terms & Conditions: https://seriousoutdoorskills.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/
Q. My event was postponed due to adverse weather, what happens now?
- Due to the nature of our business, events may be postponed if it is deemed unsafe to run due to adverse weather. In this instance, you will be offered an alternative date to attend your event.
Q. What happens if my event is postponed because of Covid-19?
- Option 1) You will be provided with a credit note which will be valid for 18 months.
- Option 2) You will be offered an alternative date, providing availability.
- Option 3) You will be provided with a refund.
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