(December 2012)
Suggested Skill Progression
Introduction to Orienteering Overview
- The Objective
- The Orienteering Course
- Vocabulary and terms
- Map
- Start/Finish
- Control Descriptions
- Controls
- Control Markers
- Control Codes
- Route Choice
- Punching
- Control Card
- Safety
- Rules of Orienteering
- Equipment
Maps and Map Reading
- Magnetic North
- Map Scale
- Map Legend
- Map Colours
- Map Symbols
- Contour Lines
- Control Features
Basic Skills
- Orient the Map to the terrain
- Folding and Thumbing the map
- Basic Map Reading
- Navigating along a linear feature
- Relocating
The Compass
- Components of the Compass
- How to Use a Compass
- Orient the map with a compass
- Taking a Compass Bearing
The Orienteering Event
- Meet Procedures
- The Course
- Post Event