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ANNEX 1. Lecture and activity schedule for the map reading and orienteering workshop.
FIELD SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME:
MAP READING & ORIENTEERING WORKSHOP
November 25th to 29th 2002
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
Monday, November 25th
0900:
0930-1030:
1030-1200:
1200-1330:
1330-1600:
1600-1700:
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Participants arrive at WRC
Welcome to WRC, course overview
Lecture - Data Management: Keeping Proper Field Notes and Archiving Data
Lunch
Lecture - Introduction to Maps: Types, Standard Symbols, & Scale:
- Introduction to Compass Basics
Field Training - Measuring Ground Distances, Directional Travel with a Compass
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Tuesday, November 26th
0800-1000:
1030-1200:
1200-1330:
1330-1600:
1600-1700:
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Field Training - Measuring Ground Distances in Complex Terrain, Basic Line
Orienteering
Lecture - Advanced Compass, including Magnetic Declination
Lunch
Lecture - Introduction to Global Positions: Latitude/Longtitude, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) and Jamaican Grid System - Principals of Contour Maps
Field Training - Plotting Simple Routes on Topographic Maps and Line Orienteering to Control Points
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Wednesday, November 27th
0900-1700: Wilderness First Aid Training with Red Cross of Jamaica
Thursday, November 28th
0800-1200:
1200-1330:
1330-1430:
1500-1600:
1600-1700:
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Field Evaluation - Orienteering a Pre-determined Route to multiple Way Points, with correct completion evaluated by instructors via way point markers
Lunch
Written Evaluation — Create an Line Orienteering Route, with 10 way points and
detailed beanng and distance instructions, on a topographic map
Written Evaluation - Plot & draw the Line Orienteering Route of another workshop participant and compare results of maps
Practical Evaluation - Field Notebooks evaluated by workshop participants
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Koenig - Orienteering Dec 0216
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