PRACTICAL SKILLS · LEARN BEFORE YOU NEED IT

Practical skills, one useful task at a time.

Practice in ordinary conditions, with the equipment you already own. Start with the household check; explore outdoor skills when they fit your plans.

Skills for the household first.

Our core skills help you use everyday supplies, communicate, leave safely and care for the people at home. Begin with a household check, cooking without power or personal-safety planning. Outdoor fire and tool-care guides are optional learning for people whose plans include those activities.

Try the household check · Plan meals during an outage · Build a personal-safety plan

Start with a 15-minute household check.

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AT HOME

A 15-minute household check

Find your plan, light and essentials; choose one small fix.

Connect skills to your household plan.

Skills support the basics: safe water, food, communication and a place to go. They do not replace official instructions or specialist training.

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MEALS

Cooking without power

Choose a no-cook plan or suitable outdoor equipment.

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WATER

Understand water treatment

Match the method to the source and advisory.

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HEALTH

First aid preparation

Choose supplies and seek appropriate training.

Build your personal-safety plan.

Awareness, disengagement, training questions and useful tools. Explore self-defense and personal safety

Optional outdoor practice.

For camping and outdoor plans, learn in ordinary conditions before relying on a skill.

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OUTDOORS

Start and extinguish a campfire

Permission, preparation, small fuel and a cold finish.

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TOOL CARE

Care for a knife and touch up an edge

A controlled workspace and the right method for your blade.

Optional shelter and bushcraft practice.

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PRACTICAL SKILLS

Basic bushcraft for everyday outdoor confidence

Start with shelter, familiar tools and a short practice session close to home.

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PRACTICAL SKILLS

Emergency shelter: start with a tent or tarp

Learn to use portable shelter before trying to build one from natural materials.