Survival Skills Modules Options

THE MAEKOK RIVER VILLAGE STUDENT CENTRE

Survival Skills – Module options

Perhaps the most tangible benefits of survival training are the obvious increases in self confidence, self esteem, and awareness of one’s surroundings that accrue to the course participants.

To reach the module of your choice, either use the below listed hyperlink or scroll down the page until you reach it.

2.2.1. The Basics of Survival

2.2.2. Climate and Terrain

2.2 3. Survival and Food

2.2.4. Hunting and Trapping 1

2.2.5. Camp Craft 1

2.2.6. Fire Craft and cooking

2.2.7. Camp Craft 2.

2.2.8. Rope Craft

2.2.9. Dangerous Creatures, Stings & Bites.

2.2.10. On the Move

2.2.11. River Craft

2.2.12. Survival & Rescue 1.

2.2.13. Land Rescue

2.2.14. Survi ving a Disaster

2.2.15. Survival Test - 48 Hours

Module 2.2.1
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled The Basics of Survival is designed to introduce course participants to the science of survival.

On completing this module participants should have a better understanding of the outdoors and a good general understanding of the essentials of survival. The lecture will cover:

Survival Essentials: Be prepared; the most important of all the skills is to prepare yourself, to take the appropriate equipment and plan as carefully as possibly for all contingencies.

Research; Planning; and Equipment (sleeping bags, packs, stowing kits, Radios, vehicles, survival kit and survival pouch); Knives.

Facing Disaster; Basic needs.

Water (finding water, animals as signs of water, water from condensation, from plants, and from animals).

Salt (an essential for human survival).

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the equipment discussed and practical demonstrations of its use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.2
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled the Climate and Terrain teaches the participants about basic survival strategy and techniques that apply to various climates and different terrain….. from polar regions to island survival.

On completion of this module participants should have an increased knowledge of the survival essentials needed in dealing with different climates and terrain. They will be instructed on the following:

Climate Zones, learn to live with each climate and understand how to use what it offers.

Polar regions (Travel, Clothing shelter, Fire, Water, Food, Health)

Mountains (Climbing, Descent/Ascent, Using ropes, Snow and Ice fields, Avalanches, Crevasses.)

Seashores (Types of shore, Tides, Swimming, Water, Food, Seafood, Fishing, Seabirds, Dangers)

Islands (Resources, Coconut palms, Attracting rescue, Moving on)

Arid regions (Rain and temperature, Water, Life expectancy, Shelter, Fire, Clothing, Food, Health)

Tropical Regions (Equatorial rain forests, Secondary jungle, Subtropical rain forests, Montane forests, Saltwater swamps, Fresh water swamps, Shelter, Fire, Food, Dangers)

Vehicles (In hot and cold climates)

Cold and warm climate hazards and diseases.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the equipment discussed and practical demonstrations.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.3
Time 2 Hrs

This module entitled Survival and Food teaches the participants about the body’s need for nutrition and how to gain that nutrition through various foods in the wild.

On completion of this module participants should have an increased knowledge of what food to eat in order to survive in the outdoors, plus how to find and or catch it. The following topics are covered:

Food and food values; Food plants (plants to avoid, plants to eat)

Animals for food (tracks and signs, finding game)

Edible plants for all the major climates.

Natural medicine, medicinal plants, herbal remedies and their preparation.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the plants discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.4
Time Hrs

This module entitled Hunting & Trapping 1 is designed to teach course participants the basic skills of hunting and trapping food in a survival situation.

On completion of this module, participants should have a good grounding in the basics of hunting and trapping, how to make several traps and where best to site them.

Traps and trapping (Snares, Dead fall traps, Spear traps and Bird traps)

Hunting (Weapons, Hunting birds, Animal dangers)

Handling the kill (Preparation, Bleeding, Skinning, Gutting, Jointing)

Fishing (Where to fish, Bait, Traps, Fish preparation, Arctic fishing)

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the traps discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.5
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled Camp Craft 1 deals with the setting up of a camp in the wilderness and certain skills that are essential in doing so.

On completion of this module participants should be able to set up a secure camp or shelter, the following topics are covered:

Where to camp, Types of shelter

Hasty shelters, Light structures, Long term shelter

Tropical and Arctic Shelters, Bamboo Huts and Igloo’s.

How to build and live in structures and shelters of all kinds

How to build walls and screens

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the structures discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.6
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled Fire Craft and Cooking deals with the skills needed for fire lighting without matches, cigarette lighters. It also deals with methods of cooking in the wilderness.

On completion of this module participants will be able to make a fire and cook in the wilderness.

Fire in the wilderness: Tinder, Kindling, Fuel, Fire lighting.

Different types of fire: Fires for warmth and fires for cooking.

Cooking: Methods (Boiling, Roasting, Grilling and Baking),

Useful utensils.

Preserving food and special cooking tips for use in the wilderness

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the fires and cooking discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.7
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled Camp Craft 2 deals more specifically with organising and furnishing a jungle camp for long term residence.

On completing this module participants should be able to establish and operate a well functioning long term camp:

Organising the camp includes keeping control of Camp Hygiene, involving latrine and rubbish disposal;

Camp Discipline; Camp tools;

Furnishing the Camp; Beds, Seats, Ladders, Hammocks.

Clothing from wilderness supplies.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the tools, furniture and clothing discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.8
Time 4 Hrs

This modules is entitled Rope Craft, it deals with all types of rope skills related to the camp craft modules and surviving in the wild.

On completion of this module the participants will have a good practical understanding of the Rope Skills needed for all occasions. Topics covered include:

Participants will learn about Rope Making, Joining ropes, Loop making, Hitches.

Knots for securing loads, net making, and those knots useful when fishing in all circumstances and with various materials.

Without knots surviving in the wilderness in immediately made much more hazardous and increasingly difficult.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the ropes, knots, techniques discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.9
Time 2 Hrs

This module entitled Dangerous Creatures, Stings & Bites deals with recognition of dangerous sea and land creatures and the treatment of people stung or bitten by them.

Upon completion of this module participants will be able to recognise dangerous sea and land creatures and provide basic treatment to those who have been stung or bitten by them. Topics covered are as follows:

Dangerous creatures.

Poisonous snakes

Dangerous fish and other sea creatures.

Bites, stings and their treatment

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room.

Equipment provided: Module workbook.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.10
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled On the Move deals with travel in the wilds and survival tips on such expeditions, as well as finding one’s way.

At the conclusion of this module participants should have learned several helpful tips for overland travel and expeditions, including a basic direction finding and map reading. The following topics are covered:

Maps general basic map reading.

The decision to move: Preparation, packs, carrying people and loads.

Planning a route (Following rivers, Maintaining direction.)

Moving in groups (dividing responsibilities, pace and progress, walking at night)

Upland and Jungle travel

Direction finding: (Improvised compasses, Plant finders, wind direction, Moon and Stars

Weather signs: (Clouds, Weather prediction)

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the techniques discussed and practical demonstrations in their use.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.11
Time 4 Hrs

This module entitled River Craft deals with negotiating rivers, the means of crossing them, or of using them to your advantage.

At the conclusion of this module participants be able to negotiate swollen rivers safely, and fabricate a makeshift craft capable of negotiating the particular waterway.

Waterways (Rafts, Crossing rivers, Wading across, Crossing with ropes, Swimming across, Flotation aids,

Making a coracle or makeshift raft.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and river.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the techniques employed and practical demonstrations in their use. Life vests and medical kit.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks, suitable attire for river work.

Module 2.2.12
Time 4 Hrs

This modules is entitled Survival & Rescue 1. It deals with Survival at sea (and other waterways) and includes rescue procedures and guidelines.

On completion of this module the participants should be able to deal with the emergency situation of being lost at sea, as well as understanding the search and rescue patterns and procedures that the authorities will be employing in their rescue attempts.

Note* This module includes practical training in the swimming pool.

Man overboard: (Abandoning ship, Swimming, Flotation aids, Inflating a dinghy, Boarding an inflatable, Righting an inflatable.)

Survival afloat: (Protection, Watches, Indicators of land, Travelling, Signalling, Health, Water, Food, Dangerous fish, Sharks, Making a landfall, Swimming ashore.) rescue:

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and swimming pool.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the pointers discussed and practical demonstrations in their use, and practical tests in the swimming pool.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks, swimming costume or suitable clothing for water work.

Module 2.2.13
Time 2 Hrs

This modules is entitled Land Rescue It deals with what you as the ‘lost party’ need to do to be found, and the techniques a methodology employed by the ‘searchers’.

On completion of this module the participants should have a clear understanding of the how best to maximise their chances of being recovered when lost in a hostile environment.

Signalling: (Fire & Smoke, Siting signals, International codes)

Signals and codes: (Fire, Ground to air signals, Message signalling, Body signals, International mountain rescue code, Flares, Information signals)

Ground and Aerial search patterns.

Helicopter Rescue: (Landing and Non-landing rescue, Wind, Night and Sea rescues, Precautions.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, examples of some of the equipment discussed and practical demonstrations in its use.

Students to provide; Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.14
Time 4 Hrs

This Module is entitled Surviving a Disaster and deals with Survival techniques covering a range of different Disasters.

On completion of this module the participants will have an increased knowledge of the various disaster situations they may find themselves in, and how to react to those situations. The following topics are covered:

Drought.

Fire: (Forest fires, Burning buildings, Vehicle fires)

Gases and Chemicals: (Road and Rail accidents)

Flood: (Tsunami)

Avalanche; Hurricane; Tornado; Lightning; Earthquake; Volcano; Radiation; Nuclear explosion: (Nuclear aftermath)

Home Front: (Food stores, Survival priorities, Fire, Food, Shelter, Hygiene)

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Student centre lecture room and surrounding area.

Equipment provided: Module workbook.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module 2.2.15
Time 48 Hrs

This Module is entitled Survival Test - 48 Hours. It is the practical implementation of all the survival skills and techniques that the participants have learned during their stay with us..

On completion of this module the participants will have tested themselves to the full in a controlled survival exercise.

They will have been tested on the following:

Their ability to survive.

Instruction: Student centre instructors.

Location: Northern Thailand.

Equipment provided: Very little.

Students to provide: Themselves.