Task 1 Tour of the Unit

Name : Date Enrolled:

Task 1 Tour Of The Unit

Task 2 The MYG Promise

Task 3 Unit Staff & Unit Organisation Task 4 Unit Routine

Task 5 Drill

Task 6 Maritime Knowledge

Task 7 Seamanship

Task 8 Map Reading

Task 9 Basic Communications

Task 10 First Aid

Task 11 Field Craft

Task 12 Water Man Ship

Task 13 Make and Mend

Task 14 Survival Skills

Task 15 Physical Fitness

Task 16 Uniform and Appearance

Task 17 Time

Task 18 Health and Hygiene

 All tasks contained within this document are to be completed under the supervision of an appropriate Instructor.

 Staff to cadet ratios will be maintained at all times in accordance with the MYG regulations.

 At no time should a cadet be left to deliver a tour, session or other task without direct supervision of a member of trained staff.

Task 1 Tour of the Unit

You will be given a tour of your unit by an instructor or a peer mentor to identify the various offices and classrooms and other areas. You will also be shown the emergency Fire Exits and it is important that you remember these, as you may have to leave the unit in an emergency. You will also be shown where you will muster in a safe area should this occur.

Draw a diagram in the box below to help you remember the various locations and mark on where the fire extinguishers are located. MY UNIT

My Emergency Muster Point is………

Our Fire Alarm Is A…..

Task 2 The Maritime Youth Group Promise

THE MYG PROMISE Now cover the top part and fill in the blanks

Now cover the top parts and write the promise out in the box below

Now recite the promise to your Divisional Instructor

Task 3 Unit Staff

With your instructor fill in the chart below then in the box below draw the unit structure

NAME WHAT THEY DO POSITION

Chief Instructor

Spartans Divisional Instructor Vikings Divisional Instructor

Drakes & Hawkes Divisional Instructor

MYG Chair

MYG Training Officer

Task 4 Unit Routine

1. Take part in the units colours and evening colours routine in the following areas a. Prep b. Ensign c. Quartermaster d. Boatswains mate e. Duty Senior Cadet 2. Draw colour and label a mast with the ensign church pennant and prep flags

3. Draw colour and label a boatswain call

4. Name the 4 calls and their uses a. . b. . c. . d. . 5. Demonstrate that you can play the high and the low notes

6. Demonstrate that you know how to report to an Instructor

Task 5 Drill

Learn and carry out the following drill movements: a. Stand Easy b. Stand at Ease c. Attention d. Dressing e. Saluting f. Left & Right Turn g. About Turn h. Marching i. Wheeling j. Halting k. About Turn on the march Take part in two unit parades and write about what you did in the boxes below.

Task 6 Maritime Knowledge

1. Complete the following: a. Research what a victoria cross is and how you get awarded one

b. Find out about a Local VC Winner.

c. Discuss what you have found out with others.

2. Find out the meaning of, and collect pictures of, the Victoria Cross. Tell an Instructor in how many different places the Marines have won the VC.

3. What are the Marine Corps Colours and what are their meanings/origins 4. Talk to someone in your local area about what life was like when they were in the forces.

5. Draw a picture of your local cenotaph and turn it into a 3D collage. Make a border around the collage of medals.

6. Go on a short walk in your local area and visit the cenotaph.

7. Draw a picture of the Marine badge and label all the parts, and write a sentence about why they are in the badge

8. Learn the basic ranks and rates and draw a rank badge chart

Task 7 Seamanship

1. Discuss and learn the following general sea terms, you must then be able to point out them out without help or prompts from your Instructor.

a. Deck

b. Deck head

c. Bulkhead

d. Hatch

e. Porthole

f. Ladder

g. Port

h. Starboard

i. Cabin

j. Stern

k. Bow

l. Ahead

m. Astern

n. Aft o. Forward

2. Must be able to explain the uses and tie the following bends and hitches

a. Overhand Knot

b. Reef Knot

c. Figure of Eight

d. Clove Hitch

e. Round Turn Two Half Hitches

3. Learn and draw a cartoon strip of the safe handling rules of ropes.

4. Make a mini knot board

Task 8 Map Reading

1. Understand how to use the key of an Ordnance Survey map.

2. Be able to use four-figure grid references.

3. Explain how to find north on a map and how to set a map to north.

4. Locate your home and unit on an Ordnance Survey or street map.

5. Understand contour lines on an Ordnance Survey map. 6. Be able to identify ten Ordnance Survey map symbols.

7. Use an Ordnance Survey map during an outdoor activity.

8. Know the first eight points of a compass and use them during an outdoor activity.

9. Create a street map of the area surrounding the detachment naming the roads and any local landmarks on the back of this paper. Identify the nearest telephone box.

10. Give directions from the detachment to a local landmark.

11. Follow a given route in the local area comprising of at least three legs and covering one mile

Task 9 Basic Communications

1. Show how to use a public telephone.

2. Describe how to make an emergency call, and what you would need to tell the emergency operator.

3. Receive directions or instructions to do something. Check with the information provider that you have understood and then followed the directions or instructions.

4. Arrange for someone that you know to give you a call. Take down the message, making sure that you have all the relevant details.

5. Find out about and show you can use at least three of the following: fax (facsimile) machine, answering machine, mobile phone, email, text messages, pager or voice mail.

6. Complete all of the following activities: a. Make a verbal, taped or a newsletter report of a unit event either past or present. b. Make and maintain a link with another unit using web cam videos, Blogs, letters, email etc for an agreed period. c. Find out how people with a visual or hearing impairment communicate (eg Braille, Makaton or British Sign Language). Learn a simple phrase in an alternative form of communication d. Write and decipher three simple messages using codes, ciphers, invisible ink, or semaphore. e. Memorise a short message and re-tell it 15 minutes later. f. Pass a message to someone using field radios g. Learn the phonetic alphabet

Task 10 First Aid

1. Understand and recognise dangers in the house and outside.

2. Know what to do at the scene of an accident.

3. Know how to open an airway.

4. Be able to put another member in the recovery position

5. Know how to treat minor cuts, scratches and grazes.

6. Know how to safeguard against the effects of cold. Know how to recognise and treat hypothermia.

7. Recognise the symptoms of shock and how to treat a casualty. 8. Know how to deal with someone choking

Task 11 Fieldcraft

1. With other members, camp under canvas for at least three nights (not necessarily on the same occasion).

2. Help pack personal kit for a camp.

3. Help to pitch a tent and know how to take care of it.

4. At camp or the unit, help to prepare, cook, serve and clear away a simple meal, if possible out-of-doors.

5. Know how to look after yourself and be safe at camp. Know how to prepare for tent and kit inspection.

6. Know and demonstrate field signals

7. Take part in the following while at camp: a. Camouflage and Concealment including hide and seek b. Basha Building c. Movement in the Field crawls and stalking d. Patrol formations

8. Learn the countryside code and write a story using it. Task 12 Waterman ship

1. Explain the safety rules that apply to all water activities. And complete the water safety certificate.

2. take part in two of the following: a. canoeing b. dinghy sailing c. snorkelling d. windsurfing e. surfing f. rafting g. rowing h. kayaking 3. Demonstrate that you know how to cope safely if you are involved in a capsize or man overboard situation in the activities used in requirement one.

4. Show how to check water depth (using a method appropriate to your craft), to ensure that you don’t ground/beach.

5. Demonstrate that you can tie a figure of eight knot, clove hitch, round turn and two half- hitches, and describe their uses in water activities.

6. Draw and name the parts of an oar or anchor.

7. Demonstrate and explain what clothing is suitable for one of the activities in requirement two. 8. Explain the basic safety rules that apply to one of the activities undertaken in requirement two.

9. Explain the difference between a buoyancy aid and a life jacket, when each should be used, and how they function. Show how they are worn.

Task 13 Make and Mend

1. Draw with pencil, brush, pen or crayon a picture of any MYG based subject.

2. Design and make a greetings card with a MYG theme.

3. Make a poster advertising the MYG or a unit event.

4. Make a design and print it on paper or fabric, for example using potato or lino cuts.

5. Design and make a decorated book cover in a MYG theme.

6. Make a display of photographs on a MYG subject that interests them.

7. Make a video on a MYG subject that interests you.

8. Design and build a model on a MYG subject. Task 14 Survival Skills

1. Make a survey of a hedgerow or wild area. Be able to identify at least six species of wild flowers, grasses or ferns.

2. Keep a record of birds you have spotted over two weeks. Be able to identify at least six wild birds.

3. Make a survey of a pond, river, stream, canal or seashore. Be able to identify some of the animals, fish, insects or plant life you find.

4. Be able to identify six types of insect you find.

5. Identify six different trees or shrubs from their leaves, shape, fruit or nuts and make a bark rubbing.

6. Identify six butterflies, moths or frogs and talk to a leader about their life cycle

7. Learn the country code, and draw and colour a comic strip about what you have learned.

8. Build an emergency shelter.

9. Learn how to raise help in 4 different ways

Task 15 Physical Fitness

1. Take part in an appropriate warm-up and warm-down routine, led by a suitable person, using all the main muscle groups. For example: skipping, running on the spot, stretching both arms high above the head and then relaxing down, bending the knees and dropping the head, rolling the head slowly around, tensing and relaxing the shoulders 2. Explain the most appropriate clothing to wear and how to be safe when taking part in athletic activities.

3. Take part in one of these throwing activities: a. Throw a tennis or cricket ball, both over arm and under arm, as far you can b. Throw three bean bags into a bucket, increasing the distance each time c. Throw a football-sized ball, using a chest push and overhead throw, as far as you can

4. Take part in two of the following running activities, trying your best: a. Shuttle run 6 X 10m b. 50m skip with a rope c. 50m sprint d. 25m sack race e. 25m egg and spoon race f. 400m run.

5. Take part in one of the following team activities: a. 4 x 100m relay b. Team obstacle course c. Assisted blindfold race

6. Take part in one of the following jumps, going as far or as high as you can: a. Standing jump b. Long Jump

Task 16 Uniform and Appearance Majority of the items of your uniform will be brought for you by your parents/guardians therefore it is very important to ensure that you look after it. By looking after it properly, ensuring that it has regular cleaning and ironing you will ensure that your appearance is always smart.

A smart member will always be a credit to themselves and to the MYG.

 Beret – how to correctly wear it and ensure that it fits comfortably.  SHOES/BOOTS – how to clean them, how to lace them and how to tie the laces.  OTHER UNIFORM ITEMS – to be kept clean and pressed and in good repair.

As you progress through the MYG you will learn more and more about the different types of Uniform worn throughout the Group and the Public Services. Once you have reached the age of 12 you will move into the a different division, and with that move will come a new uniform which will also require careful looking after so that you maintain the smart appearance that you will achieve here.

1. Show your instructor how to fold/store the following items neatly. a. Polo Shirt b. Trousers c. Socks d. Sweatshirt

2. Explain to your instructor how you would clean your uniform

3. Show your instructor how you clean and polish your shoes/boots

4. Show your instructor how you would sew a button on to repair your uniform.

5. Make a small presentation on the different uniforms of the public services and try to include some amazing fun facts. Task 17 Time

Within the MYG we tell the time using a 24 hour time system, instead of the conventional AM and PM method. Let’s start with a conventional system.

There are 24 hours in a day divided into two 12 hour periods – Midnight to 12 noon (AM), 12 noon to midnight (PM).

The clock face is divided into hours – 1 to 12. Each hour is divided into minutes – there are 60 minutes in 1 hour. Each minute is divided into seconds – there are 60 seconds in one minute.

Count the number of marks between the 12 and the 1. How many are there?

The answer is:

Now count the number of marks between 12 and 3. How many are there?

By counting around the clock face in this way we can quickly convert the hours into minutes.

This clock face has two hands. The big hand (the outer one) is measuring the minutes, the little hand (the inner one) is measuring the hours. The hands move from right to left in a circle – this is known as a ‘Clockwise’ motion. If you were to wind the clock backwards, from left round to the right, this is known as an ‘Anti-clockwise’ motion.

On a many watches and clocks there is a third hand that moves faster than the others and sweeps round the clock face to measure ‘Seconds’.

Some watch and clock faces do not have numbers on them and may look like this:

Here are some examples of times – can you work out what they are? Write your answer in the box underneath each clock – don’t forget to show whether AM or PM. NIGHT EVENING AFTERNOON MORNING

The 24 HOUR CLOCK

Now we are going to move onto the 24 hour clock. You have already learnt about the conventional clock times now we will change to this system.

Here’s how we change the first 12 hours (AM) – commencing at midnight.. We now change the numbers to a four digit number by adding noughts (0) so that for example, 1.00am looks like this - 0100:

We have only changed how the hours are shown, we still count the minutes the same way as we did before.

We count the 24 hours starting at midnight - we go around the clock face from 0100 to 1200 – we then continue around again. The 0100 then becomes 1300 and so we go right around again back to midnight. This makes our 24 hours. Once you have worked out the hours you add in the minutes. For example – 1300 hours plus 5 minutes becomes1305, 1300 hours plus 10 minutes becomes 1310 and so on.

Let’s see if you can work these out.

NIGHT EVENING AFTERNOON MORNING

Now let’s try it a different way. The time will be given, using the clock dials draw in the two hands.

1430 1645 2125 2359

Task 18 HEALTH AND HYGIENE

In order to help you be smart in appearance there are a number of things that you should learn and understand why we do these things.

 HAIR – your hair should be neat and tidy and above the ears. Girls who have long hair should either put their hair up using either a hair band, hair clips or hair net. This will ensure that your beret will fit correctly and help you look smart.

 WASHING OF HANDS – dirty hands carry lots of germs that could make you ill. It is important to wash your hands regularly, particularly after you have been handling dirty items, been to the toilet and before you handle food. Soap is provided in the toilet areas for you to use – so please use it when you wash your hands.

 FINGERNAILS – long finger nails harbour dirt so it is important to ensure that your nails are cleaned of dirt and are kept reasonably short so that dirt cannot get under the nails.

 FEET – these should be kept clean as they sweat inside boots and shoes.

 SHOWERING / WASHING – when on training weekends you are likely to get dirty or sweaty so make sure that you wash or shower especially after sports or very active exercise.

 SLEEP – you will become tired particularly after very active exercise. Make sure that you get plenty of sleep, so that you are refreshed for the following days activities whether at cadets or at school. Remember - Tired cadets do not concentrate or learn fully.

What you now need to do is complete the work packs and work sheets given to you by your instructor Instructors Section

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