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Navigation Risk Management

Read the scenario and use sound judgement to identify navigation hazards, reduce risk and respond safely. Give reasons for your decisions; there may be more than one sensible control, but it must address the risk.

Scenario: a team trip after the tournament

After a netball tournament, Losa, Mere and Tui join a supervised day walk in a New Zealand conservation area. Their planned route follows a marked track to a lookout and returns the same way. The forecast mentions possible afternoon rain. Low cloud could reduce visibility, and the track crosses a stream before climbing through bush. The group has a paper topographic map and compass. One phone has an offline map, but its battery is low. The group has not yet agreed on a turn-around time or what to do if separated.

Assess and plan

Apply risk-management thinking to the scenario. Consider both the chance of an incident and the seriousness of its consequences.

1.Identify two different navigation-related hazards on this walk. For each, explain one realistic consequence for the group.

2.The group notices that the terrain ahead looks different from the map and they are unsure of their position. What is the safest immediate action?

Keep walking downhill until a track or road appears.
Stop in a safe place, regroup, and check the map, compass and known features before deciding what to do.
Split up briefly so each person can look for the track.
Follow the stream because it will always lead directly to the start.

3.Explain what contour lines show on a topographic map. What does it usually mean when the lines are close together?

4.Before leaving, give two useful trip details the group should share with a trusted contact, besides the names of the walkers.

5.Complete the safety plan: (a) Name one navigation tool that does not depend on a phone battery. (b) Give one way to reduce the risk of the group becoming separated. (c) State one condition that should trigger an early turn-around.

6.True or false: If the phone’s GPS shows the group’s location, the group no longer needs to check its direction of travel or compare its position with the paper map.

Respond to changing conditions

Choose practical actions that prevent a navigation problem from becoming an emergency.

7.Rain begins and the stream crossing is higher and faster than it was earlier. Explain why the group should not simply cross, and recommend a safe next step.

8.Mere has walked ahead and is no longer in sight. Give two immediate actions the remaining walkers should take.

9.Explain how regularly checking the group’s position can reduce risk compared with checking only at the start and finish.

10.Choose the most important control for this group and justify your choice: a charged phone with an offline map, confident map-and-compass skills, or a clear group plan with a turn-around time and check-in arrangement. Your answer must explain how the control manages a specific risk in the scenario.