Skills List for Preppers FFT

[NorthernRaider]

Skills List for Preppers
NR © 2013

Have you ever thought about the long term implications of a societal collapse and the associated skills you will need to master and pass on to your children and grandchildren if they are not to slide back into basic subsistence living like one sees in devastated nations in say central Africa or Haiti?

Below is a quick off the top of my head list, and reading it back makes me feel woefully inadequate and worried sick about ensuring my families kids are suitable skilled and trained for the future.


Archery
First aid
Black powder making
Cooking
Composting
Gardening for food vegetables
Small Animal husbandry including milking, shearing, hoof care etc
Skill at arms
Bowyering and Arrow smithing
Bow String Making
Reloading Ammunition
Black powder making
Soldering/ tinning/brazing/welding
Vehicle Maintenance
Horse riding
Skinning and gutting game and fish
Basic Boat Sailing
Game animal stalking
Hunting
Canoeing / Kayaking
Navigating using Map and Compass
Camp fire making
Water pump maintenance
Cycling
Swimming
Wild food foraging
Basic Carpentry
Rock climbing/abseiling/rope work
Basic Electrics
Basic Bricklaying
Knowledge of PV systems
Knowledge of Wind Turbines
Knowledge of Water filter systems
How to sew and darn
Basic Leatherwork (Make belt or quiver or repair boots etc)
Basic cloth weaving
Bee Keeping
Field craft and Bush craft
How to preserve food (salting, smoking, pickling, canning etc)
Homeopathic medicine intro
Rope Making
Bread Making
Recce Patrolling
Angling
Log Splitting / firewood cutting
How to use a chain saw safely and maintenance
Amateur radio and CB radio operation
Improvising Antenna
How to make compost
Tree felling
How to use a Knife safely
Riding a Motorcycle / Quad
Making alcohol for fuel / disinfectant
Chimney cleaning
Candle Making
Knife and Saw sharpening
Tool sharpening
Raft building
Sail making
Concealing and camouflaging
Cobbling
Charcoal Making
Puncture repairing
Cheese Making
Jam and Preserve making
Irrigation and draining system maintenance