Camping Skills Stage 6
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Camping Skills - Stage 6 Competencies & Requirements
- I can teach camping skills with my team at camp.
- Scouts can teach others on their team new camping skills while at a camp.
- I can plan and lead a weekend camp.
- Scouts can be responsible for the planning and implementation of all aspects (transportation, site location, menu, equipment) of a two-night camp.
- I can plan a program of activities for camp.
- Scouts can demonstrate knowledge of the different types of activity that are possible on the campsite and how best to maximize the opportunities they present.
- Timetabling and equipment considerations need to be displayed.
- I can assist with the organization of transportation to camp.
- Scouts can actively assist the person responsible for organizing transportation for a camp.
- I can explain group emergency equipment for a camp.
- Scouts are safety aware and can discuss realistic possible emergency situations.
- Scouts can explain the type of equipment that is present on the campsite.
- I can demonstrate to others how to care for, store and maintain group gear for camp.
- Scouts can demonstrate basic procedures for cleaning and caring for equipment.
- Scouts can demonstrate how to clean, care for and store tools, tents and cooking equipment.
- I can prepare a list of personal and group gear required for a standing camp.
- Scouts can prepare a list of personal and group gear for a standing camp, including all required tools, portable shelters (tarps and tents), cooking equipment, emergency equipment, and all other optional or recommended items.
- I can help plan a menu and purchase food for a weekend camp.
- Scouts can acquire the necessary menu items planned for a team’s weekend camp.
- I can demonstrate to others how to use a variety of cooking stoves at camp and explain to others when each type is most effective.
- Scouts can explain the different types of cooking stoves available for camp use (single and double burner, propane and naphtha.)
- Scouts can explain when each stove type and fuel type is appropriate for the type and season of camp planned.
- I can teach another youth to prepare a meal to be cooked on a fire or improvised stove.
- Scouts can show other Scouts how to cook meals in a fire using tinfoil or on a created stove (such as a hobo stove design).
- I can demonstrate treatment of heat-, cold- and sun-related injuries at camp.
- Scouts can describe the causes of hypothermia, hyperthermia, sunburn, frostbite etc.
- Scouts can identify the signs and symptoms of exposure to the elements.
- Scouts can treat weather-related injuries and medical conditions.
- I demonstrate responsibility for myself at camp.
- Scouts can recognize and take steps to manage themselves in all environmental elements they are exposed to.
- I can recognize weather signs and prepare for their impact on camp activities.
- Scouts can explain the effects that different types of weather have on the local surroundings.
- Scouts can recognize the various types of clouds and explain the weather conditions they represent.
- Scouts can recognize and explain how changing temperatures, wind direction and humidity affect the weather.
- I can travel while following seven principles of Leave No Trace.
- Scouts can demonstrate a consistent behaviour with all Leave No Trace practices.
- I can describe how to choose the best tent for a specific camp.
- Scouts can select a tent based on weather, season and location of the camp.
- I can teach how to pitch a tent at camp.
- Scouts can assist younger Scouts with pitching tents.
- I can help organize campsite setup and takedown.
- Scouts can assist in leading setting up and taking down camp (i.e. kitchen, tents, picking site, shelter).
- I can help research proposed camping areas and locate services.
- Scouts can book a camp with all appropriate paperwork (including an emergency plan with directions to the nearest hospital).
- I have spent 24 nights at camp in three different season, including a week-long camp, while completing this stage.
- Scouts have spent at least six of the 24 nights at camp while completing this stage.
- Scouts must have camped at least three nights out in every season.
- I have spent two consecutive nights lightweight camping while completing this stage.
- Scouts have camped in a remote setting where all the equipment must be transported in a pack or by a self-propelled watercraft.