Orienteering & Navigation Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for orienteering & navigation in scouting & guiding settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for orienteering & navigation in scouting & guiding settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
- Encourages teamwork and leadership through group navigation exercises.
- Enhances spatial awareness and understanding of map and compass use.
- Improves fitness and endurance by combining physical activity with mental challenges.
- Builds outdoor awareness and safety knowledge for future adventures.
- Promotes self-confidence and independence by developing navigational competence.
Typical hazards & measures
- Night navigation and low visibility — Require head torches, backup lights and reflective gear. Tighten course boundaries, add catching features, and position marshals at crossings. Use whistles for safety.
- Course planning and ability matching — Select courses that match age, fitness and skill; avoid technical legs early. Check map currency, mark hazards and out-of-bounds, set clear cut-offs and marshal points. Brief format, punch method and finish procedure; use progressive difficulty for newer participants.
- Event crowding and public interface — Position registration and finish areas to minimise crowding. Use signage, marshals and staggered starts. Train staff in public engagement and provide contacts.
- Vegetation and eye injuries — Show vegetation density on maps and advise protective clothing. Avoid forcing routes through thick brash. Trim minimal twigs at control sites with consent and site flags for safe approach angles.
- Steep slopes, crags and quarries — Avoid controls on unstable edges, tape exposed approaches, highlight hazards in descriptions and brief for slower single-file movement. Choose control sites that encourage safe route choices.
How to use this template
- Click Create Risk Assessment: Orienteering & Navigation to begin immediately.
- Review suggested hazards and measures, then tailor as needed.
- Download your PDF. Create a free account if you want to save.
FAQ
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You can begin filling out your risk assessment straight away. Create a free account if you want to save your work.
Can I download a PDF?
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Can I edit a saved assessment?
Yes, personal and unlimited members can edit saved assessments from the account dashboard.
