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JOG Planners Course

Planner/ control collector

Planner/ control collector

Last edited: Sat 9 Jan 2021

This course will prepare you for planning a JOG event.


Prerequisites

Essential: Experience of orienteering

Desirable: Have tried all levels of JOG course


Remit

On passing this course, participants may:

  • Plan courses for JOG events
  • Control courses for JOG events


Format

This is an online course. There will be assignments to email in for assessment and feedback.


Lessons

  1. Introduction
  2. Technical Difficulties
  3. Control Sites and Taped Routes
  4. Shape and Flow of Course
  5. Marking Controls
  6. Changes to the Line
  7. Controlling
  8. Using PurplePen
  9. Planning Your Own Hare, Squirrel and Badger Courses
  10. Fox Course Training Ideas
  11. Planning Your Own Fox Course
  12. Site Visits and Siting the Kites
  13. Risk Assessment
  14. Filling in Your Own Risk Assessment
  15. Virtual Events
  16. The Big Picture