Course Offerings

This course includes discussion of Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel, law enforcement, and others with first response capability in a missing person incident. The course covers how to navigate unfamiliar terrain in a wilderness environment during day time conditions, with the goal of safely tracking and locating a lost or evasive subject.

Course Objectives

Cite the definition and purpose of a map and describe map types, categories, and scales.

Locate on a map where to find out information regarding the map using marginal information and symbols.

Discuss how to determine and report positions on the ground in terms of their locations on a map.

Cite and and discuss the definition of an azimuth / bearing and the three different North's and explain how to determine magnetic azimuths with a compass, the declination diagram, and the conversion of an azimuth to a back azimuth.

Discuss how to determine distance on a map and on the ground.

Describe the compass and its uses as well as the process in using a compass to orient a map for land navigation.

Explain how to use intersection and resection as tools to locate one's location and or the lost subjects.

Determine the elevation and relief on a topographic map.

Examine how to conduct route planning, navigating around obstacles, terrain association use, and night navigation.

Explain what a GPS is and how it works and understand basic GPS functions and set up a GPS for navigational use with a map.

Outline of Instruction

Maps - Categories, Types and scales

How to use a map to locate information

Positions on the ground in terms of locations on a map

Azimuth/Bearing

Determining distance on a map

Using a compass

How to use intersection and resection as tools to locate lost objects

Determining elevation and relief on a topographic map

Route planning, navigating around obstacles, terrain and night navigation

What is a GPS? How does it work? Basic functions

Contact Hours

36

CEUs

No

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

None

Learning Supplies Needed

Lesson plan, pen/pencil, clothing suitable for the environment; Training Aids: PP Projector and computer; Compasses with Grid Readers; Maps; GPS

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

None

Requirements for Successful Completion

attendance

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

Law Enforcement; Search and Rescue

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Joyce Vaughan
919-866-6102
[email protected]