For Leaders – Canberra Bushwalking Club

This page lists the Club’s forms used by Activity Owners/Leaders. It also has some general guidelines and advice for leading activities.

Why do we use the term ‘Activity Owner/Leader’? Aren’t they the same? Well, not always. An Activity Owner is the name given by Bilby (CBC’s software booking system) to the Club Member authorised to create an activity. Usually, this person is also the Leader of that activity – but not always.

The guidelines contain useful information for Activity Owners/Leaders but they are also useful for all Club members – for instance, good advice on how to walk safely in alpine conditions or fire-danger weather.

Risk form for Wednesday walks

Activity Owners/Leaders must require each adult participant to sign. Adults accompanying children should also sign on behalf of the children.

Emergency contacts sheet

To keep in your first aid kit; contains contact details for use use in an emergency.

Emergency information sheet

To keep in your first aid kit; contains advice and a form for recording an injured person’s condition.

Incident report form

To report an injury requiring, or likely to require. medical attention, or an incident

General guidelines and advice

Gradings

Criteria for grading a walk’s length and terrain.

Guidelines for Activity Owners/Leaders

Guidelines on preparing for a trip, writing a walk description, and dealing with problems. Plus information on duty of care and insurance.

Minimal impact bushwalking

How to tread lightly in natural areas.

Transport pooling guidelines

The formula for calculating transport costs, and guidelines on arranging shared transport.

Guidelines and advice for specific conditions

Ground and air rescue

A checklist for occasions that require ground or air rescue, in PDF format for printing and carrying in your first aid kit.

Alpine conditions

Preparation, gear and strategies to manage the risks of activities in alpine areas.

Fire danger and hot weather

Preparation, when to cancel, Total Fire Bans, list of types of places to seek refuge.

River crossings

Assessing a river, preparing your pack, footwear and clothes for a crossing, solo and team crossing techniques, and swimming with a pack.

Unexploded ordnance

Advice for walkers planning to visit former military training areas, especially the former Tianjara Military Training Area in the Budawangs.

Other guidelines and advice

Guidelines for registration as an Activity Owner/Leader

Guidelines to assist the Walks Secretary in assessing potential Activity Owners/Leaders.

Navigation

Notes from training sessions on the use of a GPS, and a link to information about the Club’s book ‘Finding Your Way in the bush’ by George Carter.

Personal locator beacons provided by the Club

Procedures for borrowing the Club’s two PLBs, which are available free of charge.

Prospective Activity Owners/Leader’s notes

These training notes cover similar content to Guidelines for Activity Owners/Leaders, but from a more practical perspective, and include advice ranging from introducing participants to each other, to keeping up morale.

Wednesday walks

As an interclub activity, Wednesday Walks have special rules.