Modified: 15 February 2007 (hand sanitiser added)
All personnel are advised to wear hats and sun protection. Ensure adequate drinking water is available throughout the field trip.
Field trips may either be day trips or longer expeditions. If longer, accommodation may be in hotels, cabins or camping.
Choose the appropriate sections from the list below for the type of field trip. Remember that these lists are INDICATIVE not exhaustive. Analyse your project carefully to determine what additional equipment you will require.
Camping equipment:
- Tent or utility fly
- Mattresses
- Bedding (sleeping bags or sheets & quilts, pillows)
Camp cooking:
- Gas bottle and gas cooker,
- Green cook box (should contain griddle, saucepan, kettle, toaster, mesh grill, open fire cook stand, detergent, scourer, tea towel, plates/wide dishes, knives, forks, spoons, long knife, can opener, wooden spoon, BBQ tool, fire fork, matches and pegs),
- Esky, electric cooler, or engel fridge to hold perishables (butter, cold drinks, meats, cheese, eggs, etc),
- Water in large container,
- Green ration tins to hold dry foods (breakfast, main meals, snack foods, UHT milk, pancake mix, etc),
- Green bag of day supplies
Day supplies:
- Thermos of hot water,
- Cold water in drinking bottles,
- Mugs and teaspoon,
- Tea, coffee, chocolate, sugar, soup base, and cordial base as required,
- UHT milk,
- Snack foods for morning and afternoon break,
- Lunch foods
General field gear that should be in the vehicle:
- Wallet with ID, licences, money, cards etc,
- First aid kit, including hand wash, sunscreen and insect repellent,
- Fire extinguisher,
- Oil spill kit,
- Flashing roof light, bollards and 'caution - workers ahead' sign
- Mobile phone & car charger with list of emergency numbers
- RFDS radio or personal satellite GPS messenger (SPOT),
- Battery powered strobe "flare"
- Vehicle tool kit (basic) including tow-rope & pulleys for vehicle recovery,
- Map book,
- Roadside campsite book,
- Camera with spare batteries,
- Hard hats and hi-vis vests,
- Hand sanitiser or wipes
- Daypacks if needed
Field clothing (choose for probable tasks):
- Hats and sunglasses,
- Wetsuit bootees for flooded conditions,
- Reef walkers for littoral work,
- Walking boots for flora surveys,
- Wetsuits or waders for deeper water,
- Several changes of clothes, including warm gear for cold changes in weather,
- Towel and wash pack (include comb and any medications),
- Wet weather gear.
Basic gear for daypacks (some items may come from basic vehicle gear):
- Handheld Global Positioning System (GPS),
- Several pens or pencils and notebooks,
- Specific maps of sampling locations,
- Mobile phone (if in network area), RFDS radio or EPIRB (if out of network area)
- Camera with spare batteries,
- 500mL drinking water bottle per person,
- Pocket snacks,
- Any meters or equipment required (analyse your project),
- Sample packs for each site.
In sample pack for each site:
- A complete set of sampling containers, labelled, for each site, bagged together.
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