Assessment 1: Questions (summative): Intermediate bushwalking skills Questions Candidate’s answers Definition: Intermediate environments are tracks with limited or no modifications to the natural surface, track alignment is indistinct in places, tracks may be overgrown with little or no regular maintenance, signage may be modest or none at all. Completing the bushwalk will require specialised navigation skills with use of maps and navigation equipment, location will have natural hazards and obstacles, participants may be faced with unpredictable environmental conditions, and participants will need to be self reliant to complete the walk. Planning a bushwalk 1 List 10 factors or issues to consider 1 6 when you are planning a bushwalk in 2 7 an intermediate environment? 3 8 4 9 5 10 1 2 If you are leading a bushwalk in an intermediate environment, what 2 aspects if any of your Workplace Health and Safety Act will 3 impact on the walk? List 6. 4 5 6 3 Considering the definition above, list 1 4 environmental “unpredictable 2 conditions” that could impact on a walk and explain how you will plan 3 for each one? 4 1 4 Considering the definition what research should be done before a plan is developed for a bushwalk in an 2 intermediate environment? In each case, why? List 6. 3 4 5 6 5 When developing a route plan in an 1 intermediate environment, what are 6 2 things to consider when planning escape routes? 3 4 5 6 6 Besides escape routes, what else should be put in an Emergency Response Plan for a walk in intermediate environments?
Assessment 1: Questions (summative): Intermediate bushwalking skills Questions Candidate’s answers Definition: Intermediate environments are tracks with limited or no modifications to the natural surface, track alignment is indistinct in places, tracks may be overgrown with little or no regular maintenance, signage may be modest or none at all. Completing the bushwalk will require specialised navigation skills with use of maps and navigation equipment, location will have natural hazards and obstacles, participants may be faced with unpredictable environmental conditions, and participants will need to be self reliant to complete the walk. Planning a bushwalk 1 List 10 factors or issues to consider when you are planning a bushwalk in an intermediate environment? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 If you are leading a bushwalk in an intermediate environment, what aspects if any of your Workplace Health and Safety Act will impact on the walk? List 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 Considering the definition above, list 4 “unpredictable environmental conditions” that could impact on a walk and explain how you will plan for each one? 1 2 3 4 4 Considering the definition what research should be done before a plan is developed for a bushwalk in an intermediate environment? In each case, why? List 6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 When developing a route plan in an intermediate environment, what are 6 things to consider when planning escape routes? 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 Besides escape routes, what else should be put in an Emergency Response Plan for a walk in intermediate environments?
Bushwalking_level_2_workbook_-_V1.June.2015.docx