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The ACF (APC)
Syllabus |
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The Army Proficiency Certificate Syllabus has 6 levels, or Stars, of training
which test's your knowledge and leadership skills as you progress through
them. Click on a Star to view the Training.
RECRUIT
1 STAR
2 STAR
3 STAR
4 STAR
MASTER CADET
2 STAR
TRAINING
Suggested age range: 14-15yrs
DRILL & TURNOUT:
- FOOTDRILL
- Revision of recruit and 1 star drill movements.
- Changing step in quick time.
- Marking time in quicktime.
- Left and right turns on the march.
- Parading and inspecting a squad - moving off and falling out.
- RIFLE DRILL
- Attention, Stand at ease, Stand easy and change arms from the shoulder.
- Slope arms from shoulder and shoulder arms from slope.
- Ground arms from slope arms and slope arms from ground arms.
- Present arms from the slope, take up arms from the present.
- Saluting at the halt (Slope position) and saluting on the march (Slope
position).
- Familiarisation with DCLI history.
SHOOTING & SKILL AT ARMS:
- Revision of GP.
- Aiming off and miss drills.
- Firing from other positions.
- Use of cover, carriage of the weapon and reaction to enemy fire.
- GP Rifle grouping tests.
OR
- 22 Rifle application course.
MAP AND COMPASS:
- Relief and vertical interval.
- Introduction to the light weight compass.
- Types of bearings.
- Measuring magnetic bearing with light weight compass.
- Setting a map with a compass.
- Conversion of a grid to a magnetic bearing and vise versa.
- Preparation of a route card.
- Navigation exercises by day.
FIELDCRAFT:
- Ground and cover.
- Judging distance.
- Elementry Observation.
- Recognition of targets.
- Fire control orders.
- Section organisation and placei nthe battalion.
- Section formations.
- Field signals.
- Fire and movement.
- PATROLS
- Patrol formations - signals.
- Aims and types of patrols.
- Reconnaissance patrol - action on objective.
- Sequence of action to mount, carryout and de-brief a patrol.
- Harbour drills.
FIRST AID:
- OPTION A
- Obtaining a recognised youth first aid qualification.
- OPTION B
- Completing a the first part of a modular based recognised youth aid
qualification.
PHYSICAL RECREATION:
- Participate in an activity in the handbook for a minimum period,
attempting to gain standards where appropriate.
CADET IN THE COMMUNITY:
- Talk by a statutory service member from the local area (Police, Fire,
Ambulance, Coastguard.
- Create a street plan and mark on all services in the area.
- Talk on the DoE by county representative.
- Take part in at least TWO group projects within the local area.
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Summer Camp 2006
Browndown Army Camp
Gosport was this year's location for the Annual Camp when over 180
Cadets from Cornwall spent two weeks fulfilling a wide and varying
programme of activities.
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