Assessor Resource
SISOFLD008
Navigate in extremely difficult tracked and untracked environments
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to navigate in extremely difficult tracked and untracked environments during any type of outdoor recreation activity.
The unit provides skills to navigate in environments where natural and constructed features marked on maps may be very unreliable. Tracks are indistinct, unformed and have no modification to the natural surface. They generally have no signage or route markers at any point. Tracked and untracked areas may feature constant and unpredictable natural obstacles and, along with changes in weather and visibility, significant adjustments to the planned route would be common. Tracks could be graded according to the Australian Walking Track Grading System and might include features of grade 5.
This unit applies to any type of organisation that delivers outdoor recreation activities including commercial, not-for-profit and government organisations.
It applies to leaders, guides or instructors who use these skills when leading participants during activities where navigation skills are required.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
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