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Navigation Courses

Silver National Navigation Award (NNAS) Course

Having completed both the bronze and silver NNAS courses I can recommend Peak Outdoor Training to anyone wishing to get a complete understanding of the countryside and how to find your way around it using a map and compass. The instructors in both cases were excellent and encouraged you to think about what you were doing and why you were doing it. I have gained the confidence to plan routes and navigate myself out of any problems that I might encounter. My thanks to Alan Little and Andy McHugh for "opening my horizons". Alex Drysdale



By the end of the course you should have gained the skills to:

• Devise a strategy for a navigational stage, to break it down into 'coarse' and 'fine' navigation and to use clear features en route to check that they are 'on course'.
• Understand and apply the following components of a navigational strategy 'aiming off', 'attack points', 'collecting features', simplifying navigation, and apply them in varying terrain.
• Demonstrate an understanding of contour features, both large and small, on the map and on the ground.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the factors affecting route choice.
• Judge distance accurately on the map and on the ground.
• Plan a safe walk or route involving Silver award skills and strategies.
• Employ simple relocation strategies when lost.
• Use a compass to follow accurate bearings and to check the direction of footpaths or other linear features on both map and ground.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the effects of fatigue and physical discomfort brought on by navigating in demanding countryside and/or extreme weather conditions. Knowledge of basic first aid is also expected.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of the Countryside Code and current access legislation as for the Bronze level together with an appreciation of basic environmental factors in mixing 'man with nature' (e.g. footpath erosion and methods of dealing with it), and responsibilities towards other countryside interests like farming, forestry and conservation.