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 ONE DAY ACTIVITY: PERMIT TRAINING |
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THEME: "SCOUT PERMIT PIN TRAINING".
OBJECTIVE: Provide the youth with a basic understanding of specific types of Scout Equipment they will require for one day outdoor activities and weekend camps. This activity is a lead in to earning the Scout Safety Permit Pins.
GOAL: Youth will learn through hands on activity how to use the following scout level equipment.
1. How to safely use 2 Burner stores for standing camps (Canister gas and Naphtha)
2. How to safely use Small lightweight backpack stoves for mobile camps or one day outings (Canister gas and Naphtha)
3. Lanterns (Canister gas and Naphtha)
4. How to construct different styles of campfires and the elements needed to make fire
5. How to safely light campfires
6. How to safely use Hatchets
7. How to safely use Axes
8. How to safely use saws (Sierra style, folding saw style, buck style)
8. How to safely use a pocket knife for whittling
9. How to safely use a folding knife for outdoor skills use ACTIVITY TIME: ONE DAY OUTING (6 hours minimum)
TEACHING RESOURCES: Stoves, lanterns (both Gas Canister and Naphtha if possible), Wood for campfire building, matches, Pocket knives, Hatchets, Axes, Saws
MISC RESOURCES: First Aid kits, tape for marking out boundary/chopping areas, Water, sand, shovel
LEADER PREPARATION: Leaders who are teaching the youth how to safely use scout equipment should already be trained in how to use the equipment.
High Level Overview.
1. Leaders arrive ahead of time and setup equipment so the youth can see it
2. Break the youth into patrols
3. Setup morning skills rotations and have youth rotate through each demonstration
4. One youth patrol setup campfire for cooking lunch
5. Break for lunch and youth cook their own lunch over campfire
6. Setup afternoon skills rotations and have youth rotate through each demonstration
7. Tear down and clean up (with youth performing tear down - and check for leave no trace)
8. Review what has been learned.
YOUTH PREPARATION: The youth had to be dressed appropriately, have packed lunch and a backpack.
COST TO PARENTS: Zero - other than parents providing a packed lunch.
**NOTE**
This activity was designed to expose the youth to the Voyageur Outdoor skills requirements for learning how to safely use scout equipment.
This is an activity that our Troop every two years at the start of the scout year. We do this because we want to impress upon the youth the importance of learning how to use equipment that they will need on scout level outdoor activities.
Though this outing covered essential outdoor skills, our Troop does not close off any of the Outdoor Skills requirements with this one activity as we want our scout youth to earn the requirements in a real world scenarios such as standing or mobile camps or on one day outdoor hiking actvities.
This activity uses the 1st Stittsville Scout Safety Permit Guidelines. These can be found at this location. Simply look for the program information titled "OUTDOOR SKILLS WORKSHOP" http://www.stittsvillescouts.org/scouttalk/viewforum.php?f=15
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