This area of study focuses on planning and participating in outdoor experiences. Experiencing outdoor environments safely requires an understanding of how to plan and conduct sustainable outdoor experiences in chosen outdoor environments.
This area of study will see you contribute to designing an outdoor experience that enables them you to appropriately demonstrate key knowledge and skills, as well as undertake the outdoor experience, and reflect on its success, suggesting changes for the future.
Outcome 3
On completion of this unit the student should be able to evaluate strategies for safe and sustainable participation in outdoor experiences.
To achieve this outcome you will gather and analyse evidence that draws on key knowledge and applies the key skills outlined below:
Key knowledge
This area of study will see you contribute to designing an outdoor experience that enables them you to appropriately demonstrate key knowledge and skills, as well as undertake the outdoor experience, and reflect on its success, suggesting changes for the future.
Outcome 3
On completion of this unit the student should be able to evaluate strategies for safe and sustainable participation in outdoor experiences.
To achieve this outcome you will gather and analyse evidence that draws on key knowledge and applies the key skills outlined below:
Key knowledge
- safe and sustainable interactions with outdoor environments, involving minimum impact strategies for individuals, route planning, tent-site selection, fuel stove usage, navigation and packing a pack
- basic first aid skills, including blister management, small wounds, snake bites, severe bleed treatment, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and immobilisation techniques
- equipment required to safely explore outdoor environments
- risk management of outdoor experiences
- plan for participation in a range of sustainable outdoor experiences
- demonstrate and apply basic first aid knowledge and skills
- evaluate strategies for safe and sustainable participation within outdoor environments
- explain the use of equipment designed to improve the safety of participants in outdoor experiences
- identify hazards, analyse risks and suggest controls for an outdoor experience in a chosen outdoor environment
- analyse relevant information collected during outdoor experiences