Outdoor Adventure Core Skill -
Bushcraft

Bushcraft focuses on the basics of Scoutcraft, Pioneering and Survival.

Everything from collecting sticks for a campfire to building a gateway entrance at a camping activity site.

Outdoor Adventure Skills are one aspect of the new program Achievement Pathways.

There are 9 skill areas.

* 3 core areas (Bushcraft, Bushwalking and Camping)

* 6 specialist areas (Alpine, Aquatic, Boating, Cycling, Paddling and Vertical)

Each Skill area is broken into 9 Stages, with skills progressively increasing from 1 to 9

Bushcraft is one of the three Core skill areas. Whilst Stages 1-3 cover generic bushcraft skills, Stages 4 and above stream into Pioneering and Survival Skills. This covers some of the key navigational and survival elements that are skills used by other areas in Scouting.

Only the highest Stage attained in each skill area is to be worn on your uniform.

These badges are across all Scouting youth sections (Joey Scouts to Rover Scouts), therefore when changing sections should be removed from one shirt and sewn onto the shirt of the next section.

Click on the badge image below find what is needed for each stage of the Bushcraft Badge, each of these statements need to be completed in order to earn these badges.