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Silver Level National Navigation Award Course – 5-6 November 2018

This two day course in the Campsies and Kilsyth hills, north of Glasgow, develops your skills so that can navigate in open country using compass bearings and natural landforms. Upon completing the course you’ll receive a formal qualification and certificate. The course is a progression from the Bronze National Navigation Award and is ideal for participants who are confident in using a map to follow paths and tracks in lowland countryside terrain.  The course will cover:

• Setting and following compass bearings across open ground
• Using pacing to measure distance
• Estimating the time needed for height gain
• Using landforms like hills, ridges, spurs and valleys to navigate
• Adopting appropriate strategies for navigating from one point to another, using techniques like aiming off and attack points.
• Night Navigation

The course costs £65 per person. To book select the ‘Silver NNA Course’ in the booking form click here. For more information on the course please refer to these course outline below:

Silver National Navigation Award – Course Overview

Tutor Award Course – 12 December 2019

The Tutor Award Course is a requirement for instructors seeking to deliver the National Navigation Award.

On completion of the course participants will:

• Be familiar with the structure and syllabus of the Bronze, Silver and Gold National Navigation Award Courses.
• Be able to utilise different teaching methods, navigation games and resources to deliver the awards.
• Understand how to organise and run assessments.
• Be familiar with how to administer the awards using the online NNA database tool.

The one day course is based at Palacerigg Country Park and shall be a mixture of classroom learning and outdoor learning. You will be introduced to a range of navigation games and resources and you’ll learn techniques for teaching navigation with a group.

The course costs £50 per person. To book select the ‘Tutor Award Course’ in the booking form click here. For more information on the course please refer to these course outline below:

Tutor Award Course – Course Overview