Primary Goal 

To teach the secondary stage self-sufficiency skills, following the base skills taught by the Weaver.

Pre-Requisite Achievements

• The Weaver

Sub Skills

• Warrior Thinking
• Kayak Making
• Yurt Building
• Hygiene
• Line Fishing
• Tribal Cooking
• Decoy Making
• Spear Fishing
• Basket Making
• Camouflage
• Hedgelaying
• Paper Making
• Armor Making
• 3 Sisters Gardening
• Lamp Making
• Water Catchment
• Apothecary
• Coppicing
• Trail Marking
• 7 Sibling Thinking

The Achievement Requirements

• Warrior Thinking
  • Explain the concept of Warrior Eyes 
  • Explain the Concept of Warrior Mind and the Four primary Components of Warrior Loop 
  • Explain the Concept of Warrior Heart and the three primary components 
• Kayak Making
  • Build a one person Kayak 
• Yurt Building
  • Construct a one Person Yurt 
• Hygiene
  • Make a bar of Soap  from scratch ingredients
  • Explain how to effectively boil water for safe drinking
  • Explain basic hygiene and washing practices for the human body and for food preparation
  • Explain how to place toilets for sanitary waste disposal 
• Line Fishing
  • Construct three Fishing flies
  • Build a simple Fly fishing Rod 
  • Catch a fish with your constructed gear 
• Tribal Cooking
  • Explain and demonstrate braising to make a pot stew.
  • Explain the practice and safety requirements of perpetual stew and master stock 
• Decoy Making
  • Name the Water Fowl common to your region and describe their markings
  • Construct 3 waterfowl decoys of three different local waterfowl 
• Spear Fishing
  • Construct a Fishing Spear
  • Demonstrate the use of a Fishing spear on a moving target 
• Basket Making
  • Construct a hand basket and a table basket 
• Camouflage
  • Build a Ghillie Cloak
  • Build a Hunting Blind 
• Hedgelaying
  • Name three species appropriate for hedging.
  • Explain the process of Pleaching
  • Demonstrate the basic techniques of Hedgelaying.  
• Paper Making
  • Make ten sheets of Scavenger Paper.
  • Make ten sheets of paper from scratch ingredients. 
• Armor Making
  • Construct a suit of scavenger armor
  • Construct a suit of water hardened leather armor 
• 3 Sisters Gardening
  • Explain the form of Three Sisters Gardening
  • Explain the function of each of the Three Sisters
  • Grow a Three Sisters Garden 
• Lamp Making
  • Build a Simple Oil Lamp 
• Water Catchment
  • Build a Water Catchment System for your home. 
• Apothecary
  • Manufacture or explain how to manufacture a simple antiseptic 
  • Manufacture or explain how to manufacture rubbing alcohol 
  • Explain how to manufacture pain medication 
• Coppicing
  • Name five types of trees which can be coppiced
  • Explain the Basic practice of coppicing
  • Explain the key Coppicing Terms
  • Explain the difference between Coppicing and Pollarding 
• Trail Marking
  • Name and Demonstrate the Common Forms of the Five Types of Trail Marking
  • Design our own trail signs for the 5 markings, or Learn your Groups 5 Markings 
  • Mark a Trail, of at least 5 km, for another and have them follow the trail successfully. 
• 7 Sibling Thinking
  • Explain the Seven Sibling Assessment Process
  • Explain the Three Founders Decision Process
  • Lead a Role-Play of a Full Assessment and Decision Making from Start to Finish