| BUSHVELD MOSAIC TIMETABLE 2017 | ||||||
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| Date | MODULE | TESTS & ASSIGNMENTS | Module Duration | VENUE | LECTURER | CO-ORDINATORS |
| Wed Jan 25 | Intro to course and Training Team | 3 Hr | GM Woodmead 18:30pm | Sue Oxborrow Maria Cazzavillan | Training Team | |
| Jan 27 - 29 | Motivation Taxonomy & Ecology | No Test | 1 Hr 16 Hr | Kgaswane Mountain Reserve | Louis van Zyl Ulrich Oberprieler | JJ and Susan Kriel Maria Cazzavillan Sue Oxborrow |
| Feb 17 - 19 | Grasses - Lecture & Practical | Taxonomy & Ecology | 16 Hr | Borakalalo National Park, | Prof. Mary Scholes | Phil Hill Peter Gordon-Cumming Francois Swart |
| Mar 17 - 19 | Trees - Lecture & Practical | Grasses | 16 Hr | Borakalalo National Park, | Prof. Les Brown | Maria Cazzavillan S. Oxborrow Ian Gordon-Cumming |
| Apr 07 - 09 | Catchments, Wetlands & Rivers Lecture & Practical | Open book test - Wetlands | 16 Hr | Kgaswane Mountain Reserve | Maria Cazzavillan | Maria Cazzavillan Sue Oxborrow Peter Gordon-Cumming |
| Apr 21 - 23 | Veld management Lecture & Practical | Trees | 16 Hr | Borakalalo National Park, | Prof. Bob Scholes | George Dawson Francois Swart |
| Sat May 13 | African antelope Lecture & Practical | No Test | 4 Hr | PTA Zoo 9:00am | Ulrich Oberprieler | Jeremy Anderson Piet Grové |
| May 19 - 21 | Mammal behaviour Lecture & Practical | Veld Management | 16 Hr | Pilanesberg National Park | Ulrich Oberprieler | Jeremy Anderson Piet Grové Johann & Team |
| June 16 - 18 | Geology & Geomorphology Lecture & Practical | Antelope & Mammals Assignment 1 | 16 Hr | Borakalalo National Park, | Dr. Paul Nex Dr. Judith Kinnaird | Brenda Rowe, Gavin Heyns Ian Gordon-Cumming |
| Sat Jul 15 | Amphibians Lecture Reptiles Lecture | Geology | 4 Hr 4 Hr | GM Woodmead 8:30am | Maria Cazzavillan Johann Louw | Jeremy Anderson |
| Sat Jul 29 | Insects & other Arthropods Lecture | Amphibians & Reptiles | 4 Hr 4 Hr | GM Woodmead 8:30am | Roger Mayes | Oliver Oyer |
| Aug 18 - 20 | Lvl 1 Occupational Care Certificate | No Test | 16 Hr | Pilanesberg National Park | Turtle Training 1st Aid - Level 2 Dave Nel | Carrie Gordon-Cumming Monica Grové |
| Aug 25 - 27 | Archaeology Lecture & Practical | Insects / Arthropods | 16 Hr | Pilanesberg National Park | Francois Coetzee Shaw Badenhorst | Peter Gordon-Cumming Francois Swart Johann & Team |
| Sept 15 - 17 | Communication Practical Climate & Astronomy Lecture | Archaeology Group Assignment presentations | 16 Hr 4 Hr | Pilanesberg National Park | Maria Cazzavillan Ian Wagstaff | Sue Oxborrow Ingrid Friday Juda Kgaboesle Gun Thlagwane Sam Seleke |
| Sept-Oct 29 - 01 | Field Guiding and Wilderness Concepts | Assignment 2 | 16 Hr | Borakalalo National Park | Maria Cazzavillan Sue Oxborrow | Jeremy Anderson Johann Louw & Team |
| Wed Oct 25 | Introduction to Birds Lecture | Climate & Astronomy | 3 Hr | G.M. Woodmead 18-30pm | Ulrich Oberprieler | Jeremy Anderson, Ian Wagstaff Ian Gordon-Cumming |
| Oct 27 - 29 | Birds Practical | No Test | 16 Hr | Borakalalo National Park, | Ulrich Oberprieler | Ian Wagstaff Ian Gordon-Cumming |
| Nov 03 - 05 | Invertebrates practical | Birds | 16 Hr | Kgaswane Mountain Reserve | Roger Mayes | Oliver Oyrer Maria Cazzavillan |
| Nov 17 - 19 | Conservation/ and Tourism in North West Parks | End of Course Dinner and Certificates | 6 Hr 2 Hr | Pilanesberg National Park | Steve Dell - Field Ecologist P’berg Marinus van Jaarsveld (B.Prok) | Maria Cazzavillan Sue Oxborrow |