SURVIVAL SKILLS DEPARTMENT (SUR)
COURSES AVAILABLE
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1. HOME SAFETY AND FIRST AID (FA)
SUR FA-00 Home Safety and Crisis Care Practical Experience
Course Description: To receive credit for this course, students need to demonstrate significant training and have experience in actively establishing safe environments for children or the elderly, and/or caring for sick, injured, handicapped or convalescing people, and/or assisting in a crisis situation. They must have 120 hours of experience related to the above. (For the Urban Survival or Disaster Readiness certificates, 60 hours of this must be spent assisting in survival and/or crisis situations.)
Credits: 4
SUR FA-01 Home Safety I
Course Description: Students learn to remove hazards from the home environment, especially emphasizing safety guidelines in caring for children and the elderly, accident prevention, poisonous products and plants, and general safety awareness. To receive credits, students must "childproof" a child's living and playing area.
Credits: 3
SUR FA-02 Home Safety II: Health and Hygiene
Course Description: Students learn about safety guidelines in the home, especially related to health and cleanliness. To receive credits, students must give a group class covering practical suggestions on ways to improve health and hygiene.
Credits: 3
SUR FA-03 CPR and Basic First Aid
Course Description: Basic techniques for first aid to the injured. Students must complete a study of one locally available First Aid manual, or successfully complete a First Aid course (such as Red Cross). Students are also expected to learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the Heimlich maneuver.
Credits: 3
SUR FA-04 Caring for the Sick
Course Description: A helpful and practical guide to caring for sick and convalescing people.
Credits: 3
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2. DISASTER READINESS (DS)
SUR DS-01 Disaster Readiness
Course Description: Through this course students learn what to do in the event of a life-threatening crisis such as a fire, earthquake, hurricane, etc. Emphasis is also placed on the spiritual preparation and assistance needed for disaster victims. To receive credit, student must research and write an essay and/or present a talk on how to survive in some life-threatening situation, e.g., fire, flood, earthquake, etc.
Credits: 3
SUR DS-02 Citizen Action in Emergencies
Course Description: A leadership course to prepare individuals for people management and organization during emergencies. Students learn how to act and react to save lives and direct people during emergencies of all kinds, including fires, earthquakes, water shortages, urban unrest, etc.
Credits: 3
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3. URBAN SURVIVAL (US)
SUR US-01 Be a Survivor!
Course Description: A general introduction to surviving in modern times, touching on pollution, radiation, chemical hazards, substance abuse, stress, relaxation, violence in the city, natural disasters, putting together your own city survival kit.
Credits: 2
SUR US-02 Making Your Home a Safe Place to Live
Course Description: A course in how to make your house safe and check for danger areas: structural problems, electrical problems, gas, carbon monoxide, dangers of liquid and solid fuels, water dangers, common causes of home accidents. Students should learn how to check rooms for safety, and secure their home when they leave.
Credits: 2
SUR US-03 Handyman Hazards
Course Description: Handyman hazards to watch out for. How to properly use tools, understanding basic tools, power tools, rented tools, chain saws, welding, paint, crafts, ladders, platform tower safety, protective goggles and clothing.
Credits: 2
SUR US-04 Poisons
Course Description: A course in poison awareness covering: chemical hazards, alcohol, common poisonous hazards, learning safe storage, acute poisoning, chronic poisoning, handling poisons in kitchen and living areas, bathroom poisons, medicine cabinet and prescribed drug dangers, pesticides and chemical dangers in garage and shed, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-05 Fire
Course Description: Fire facts, how fire kills, public buildings, explosions, equipment, smoke detectors, extinguishers, drills, emergencies, escape techniques, trapped in a fire, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-06 Security
Course Description: How to secure your home from break-ins, locks and alarms, burglars' top ten items, watchdogs, computer security, vehicle safety, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-07 Risks at Work and Play
Course Description: How to avoid common risks at the work place and during play, including: unhealthy work environments, general health risks, leisure, TV and music dangers, barbecue, playgrounds, out in town, sport, fitness, common injuries, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-08 In Transit Survival
Course Description: How to be travel smart, including: defensive driving, common accidents, motorbikes, cycling, taking public transport, lifts/elevators, traveling abroad, vaccination, air travel, jet lag, packing, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-09 Self-defense
Course Description: Defending yourself in various situations: handling problems with the law and the police, what to do if arrested, finding a lawyer, being a witness, under physical attack, public transport, avoiding high-risk groups, self-defense, avoiding violence, animal attacks, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-10 Surviving Terrorism
Course Description: Being street smart about terrorists includes: awareness of terrorism and common targets, awareness of bomb dangers, bomb searches, hijacking, kidnapping; what to do if tied up and gagged, under fire, caught in a hold up or a robbery, undergoing a body search; how to limit your risks, evacuation, bullet and blast proofing, detecting letter bombs, etc.
Credits: 2
SUR US-11 Surviving Disasters
Course Description: A crash course in how to survive various natural disasters: earthquake, volcano, hurricane, tornado, flood, lightning, drought, intense cold; including information on emergency supplies, purifying water, storing food, etc.
Credits: 2
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4. WILDERNESS SURVIVAL (WS)
SUR WS-00 Wilderness Experience
Course Description: Students must have at least 120 hours of practical experience in wilderness survival activities including, outdoor living, gardening, care of animals, etc.
Credits: 4
SUR WS-01 Wilderness Survival
Course Description: Students develop a wide range of wilderness survival skills, using a current wilderness survival manual as their primary textbook.
Credits: 6
SUR WS-02 Stewards of Our Planet
Course Description: Students study conservation, recycling and environmental care.
Credits: 2
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5. FARMING BASICS (FB)
SUR FB-00 Farming Experience
Course Description: Students must have at least 240 hours of practical experience in farming activities including gardening, care of animals, use of farm equipment, crop management, etc.
Credits: 4
SUR FB-01 Introductory Farm Skills
Course Description: There is a wide range of general farm skills that students can earn credits for. For example, learning the use of certain farm and garden equipment, learning soil preparation for cropping, e.g., plowing, green manure cropping, weed and pest control, preparing animal feed, construction of storage facilities, grain bins, etc., care and use of small farm tools, building special farm facilities, pens, shoots, gates, etc.; plus any of the skills of drying and preserving foods for storage. Reading material should be determined by the task the student undertakes. For example, if he or she chooses to build a compost box and learn to create garden soil enhancers from kitchen and yard wastes, then they would need to research composting methods.
Credits: (1 credit for each skill area developed to a maximum of 6 credits.)
SUR FB-02 Introductory Animal Care and Husbandry
Course Description: Students will be awarded credits for skills acquired, such as: constructing shelters or fencing in animals, building chicken coops and poultry houses, rabbit hutches, dog kennels, construct animal feed troughs, etc. Students must learn some specific animal care skills relating to one domestic or farm animal: for example, house pets, dog and cat care and training, goat or sheep care, sheep shearing, horse or livestock care, poultry butchering, plucking, cleaning, etc. To be eligible for credits, a student must care for an animal or set of animals for a period of not less than one month. The student must research and read about the animal they are caring for and attend to its proper feeding, housing, exercise, safety, and cleaning.
Credits: (1 credit for each skill area developed to a maximum of 6 credits.)
SUR FB-03 Introductory Horticulture
Course Description: Students gain credits for skills developed in caring for yards, landscaping, lawns, fruit trees, flowers, herbs, shrubs, berries and gardens, mulching, composting. Students can also gain credits for learning different means of plant propagation, plant identification either domestic or wild, learning how to identify edible and poisonous plants,
Credits: (1 credit for each skill area developed to a maximum of 6 credits.)
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