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The Venturing Skills badge is the first badge that you achieve
in Venturers.
To qualify for this bagde, you must learn, understand and
complete the following:
a) Bush walking
b) First Aid
c) Award Scheme
d) Approval of unit council on
completion
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BUSH
WALKING |
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Prior to participating in, and completing
a two-day bushwalking expedition, demonstrate the following |
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The correct equipment to be taken and how
it should be packed, including clothing, footwear, sleeping
gear, food and water containers and wet and dry gear |
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| 2. |
How to pitch and strike a tent and fly.
Explain factors in choosing a tent site, and the correct
care of a tent, fly, poles and pegs during the journey
and on return home |
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The planning of a menu, including quantities,
for the expedition. Using lightweight hike cooking methods,
cook a sustaining well balanced meal. Knowledge of minimal
impact techniques including the correct method of rubbish
disposal and camp hygiene |
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Knowledge of fire precautions and restrictions
and the correct way to extinguish a fire. Demonstrate
the correct use and care of a lightweight stove, and how
to light a fire in adverse conditions. |
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How to tie, and show the practical use of,
four knots or rescue devices chosed by the Unit from the
Unit's activities |
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How to read a map and orient it by both
compass and visible features |
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Be assessed in the above skills
by the Expedition Leader.
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| b) |
FIRST AID |
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(To be completed before bushwalking expedition) |
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Be able to explain the major principles
of casualty treatment |
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Demonstrate two of the following: |
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treatment of hypothermia and hyperthermia |
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II) |
treatment of major bleeding |
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III) |
C.P.R. |
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| c) |
AWARD SCHEME |
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Be able to explain the Award Scheme and
list those activities which the Venturer Scout may choose
to undertake to achieve the Queen's Scout Award. |
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| d) |
APPROVAL
OF UNIT COUNCIL ON COMPLETION |
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