Source: CPBS handbook 2nd edition, SJAB Singapore
- Keep albums, scrap-books, specimen trays, etc. properly captioned and show they have followed the pursuit for at least six months from the date of entering for this Proficiency Subject.
- Those who have already built up collections must show a current and ongoing interest. Must produce the collection at the examination and give 75% satisfactory answers to the examiner’s questions (verbal) that must include how the interest started and the candidate’s general knowledge of the subject of his/her collection.
- Be able to name the tools and describe their uses for the collection.
- Give a brief account on how you started your collection and what really inspired you most.
- Having achieved your collection, describe how you can reach out to convince others in this collection.
Note: Photograph albums will NOT count unless they relate to one specific subject which cannot be collected, such as cloud formations, protected plants, buildings of architectural interest, railway engines, etc.
Source: CPBS handbook 2nd edition, SJAB Singapore
- Know how to convert from imperial to metric measurement and to use a measuring rule and demonstrate it at the examination.
- Know the different types of tools, nails, screws, tap-washers, nuts and bolts, etc and wall plugs. Know where, why and how to use them. Be able to explain during the examination.
- Know how to plug a wall using a ‘Rawiplug’ (wall-plug).
- Be able to use the tools required for simple woodwork and small household jobs, like fit a pair of hinges to a cupboard door and hang the door; fasten with a magnetic catch; hang cupboard to a brick and plaster wall using plugs.
- Be able to replace tap-washers.
- Know the difference between ‘powers and ‘lighting’ circuits and the importance of switching off the mains supply when carrying out work on the electrical installation.
- Know how to change or repair a main fuse.
- Know the colour coding for a 3-core wiring system and at the examination, wire a 13-amp plug.
- Know the different types of switches used in a house and how to replace them.
- Be able to use a soldering iron to solder a leak and know how to use do-it-yourself bonding materials for similar purposes.
- Know how to clean a blocked ‘U’ pipe under a sink and how to replace and properly seal screw plug at the base of the pipe.
- Be able to replace a fluorescent tube and an incandescent lamp.
Source: CPBS handbook 2nd edition, SJAB Singapore
- Know the provisions of the Highway Code applicable to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
- Know the signals given by the police and drivers
- Know the sequence of the traffic lights, road signs and the braking distances of a motor vehicle.
- Know how to maintain and make simple adjustments to any one machine, which the candidate may use, e.g. bicycle, lawn mover, sewing machine, etc.
- Know the procedure to be adopted when encountering an accident.
- Know the location of the nearest hospital, doctor, fire station and police station/police post from school and home.
- Know the main causes of accidents in the home and the precautions to take to avoid them with particular reference to young children, the elderly, expectant mothers, the sick and the handicapped in relation to:
- Electrical equipment
- Fires, stoves, washing machines, inflammable materials
- Gas appliances
- Scalds and burns
- Drugs and poisons
- Sharp objects
- Falls, including the danger of polished floors and wet vinyl floor coverings
- Seasonal hazards, e.g. floods, wet leaves, campfires, etc.
- Know the functions of the National Safety Council of Singapore.
The Cadet Department has introduced the following achievement badges for the cadets with effect from 11th February 1992:
The national activity badge
National Activity Badge - to participate in any of the following events:
- National Day Parade
- National Camp
- Youth Festival
- Brigade Camp (NHQ Level)
- First Aid Competition (National Level)
- Winners of the first 4 positions of National Footdrill Competition (Subjected to yearly review)
The Unicorn is a horse like animal that symbolises the logo of St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The Unicorn badge
Cadets who have obtained 4 proficiency badges each from the four groups (excluding the “Knowledge of the order of St. John” badge) and the National Activity badge will be awarded the Unicorn badge.
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