National Navigation Award Scheme

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NNAS Training Young Navigator Scheme Available Dates Prices

NNAS Training

This scheme provides training and assessment for adults, to a nationally recognised standard of personal performance in navigation skills. The scheme adopts a step ladder approach to learning.

Awards:

Bronze

Basic map and compass work giving individuals the ability to travel competently through the countryside along paths, tracks and linear features. Course duration 2 days, including assessment.

Silver

Fulfills the requirements for the bronze award plus accurate, detailed map and compass work, enabling the candidate to navigate competently across open country. Duration 2 days.

Gold

In addition to the content for the bronze and silver award, this award requires a high level of navigational skill; it includes complex contour navigation over featureless terrain. 2 days training with a 1 day assessment at a later date.

Young Navigation Star Awards

A junior version of the NNAS, specifically developed for the primary / secondary school pupil. It complements certain areas of the National Curriculum and is ideally suited to the classroom / school grounds situation. It encourages young people to actively explore the outdoors and develop skills particular to their enviroment. The scheme offers a certificate and badge as a permanent record of success.

Awards:

Bronze Star

Map concepts, symbols, draw a map, follow a route.

Silver Star

Compass for direction, follow a map and travel along a specific route. Ideally suited to some work outside in the school grounds.

Gold Star

Follow features, plan simple routes for each other, combine use of map and compass with an introduction to contour lines.

Addventure Awards Ltd is able to provide training and assessment for these awards. The Star Award scheme can be run by teaching staff; we can assist with setting up local programs.

Dates Available

Gold training 10th & 11th July 2010

Gold Assessment weekend of 4th & 5th September 2010

Prices

Due to the wide variation of customer requirements, please contact our offices for an individual quote.