Native Brush Construction
Overview
Ready to build something real? This honor gives hands-on experience in traditional house construction using natural and locally available materials. You’ll learn skills that people have used for generations to turn raw materials into an actual home!
This is a seriously hands-on honor where you don’t just learn about construction: you get your hands dirty and help build an actual structure! 🌳🪓🏠 It teaches practical construction, teamwork, resourcefulness, traditional building techniques, tool safety, and respect for natural materials.
Requirements
1. Assist in setting out the ground of a simple house squarely and accurately.
2. Assist with choosing and cutting proper timber from the bush for posts, floor, rafters, wall plates, studs, steps and doors.
3a. Plait local materials for walls.
3b. Make sections for a wall 1m x 1m and show two different wall patterns.
4. Show ability to thatch a roof correctly, especially the ridge and hips using kunai grass, sago palm leaves, coconut palm leaves or any other materials.
5. Where applicable select, prepare and use vines for tying and lashing.
6. Take part in building a house not less than 4m x 2m using native materials. In building the house practice all demonstrations nos. 1-5. Show while building the house that you have taken measures to keep it free from termites.
7. Demonstrate ability to name, use and care for the following tools: ax, saw, hammer, chisel, bush knife, ruler and tape spade.
Answer key & resources
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
Investiture Achievement
This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:
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