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Reskilling List

We had a small but lovely meeting on Wednesday. Our main activity was to start looking at the Reskilling Groups contribution to the resilience plan. It turned out that this just consisted of a long list of skill we will need to know! We also put next to each skill what level of knowledge of the skill was necessary, so: 
M = Most people will need to know how to do it 
S = Some people! 1-2 people per 5 houses will need to know 
L = Local service such as a blacksmith 
C = one team at City level  
b = everyone will require basic knowledge 

Obviously we have made some assumptions and specific theme groups like food might say otherwise. 

So the skills we came up with are: (please add any you think we’ve missed) 
Food 
  • preparing veg/fresh food M 
  • cooking from scratch M 
  • preserving/ different methods of storage M 
  • butchering L 
  • growing food M & L 
  • scavenging M 
  • brewing L 
  • Knowing when food is off (without a use by date!) M 
  • Alternate ways of cooking (such as hay box) M 
  • Energy efficient cooking M 
  • Composting M 
  • Hunting/fishing S 
  • Animal Husbandry S 

Borrowing/ sharing/ exchanging resources 

Reduce/ reuse 
  • Take/Use your own packaging M 
  • Think ahead on what you are going to do with what you buy M 
  • Try not to throw things away – find another use M 
  • Make the most of what you have already M 

Repair 
  • Shoes L 
  • Fabrics M 
  • Knitting S 
  • Clothes M 
  • Computers L + b 
  • Electronics L + b 
  • Plumbing L + b 
  • Building L + b 
  • Cars/ Bikes etc L + b 
  • Machines – sewing, washing, cooker etc L + b 
  • Tools L + b 
  • Furniture L + b 
Making 
  • Builder L + b 
  • Carpenter L 
  • Blacksmith L 
  • Tailor L 
  • Weaver/ Material L 
  • Cobbler L 
  • Farmer L 
  • Butchers/ Bakers/ Dairy L 
  • Energy engineers L 
  • Green industry without oil… L 
  • Stone Masons C 
  • Electrician – lights L 
  • Soap/ Cleaning products C 

Firemen L + b + C 
Think local M 
Washing clothes M 
Planning house sensibly eg. rugs you can take out and beat rather than fitted carpets M 
Slowing down/ having patience M 

Health 
  • natural healthcare L + b 
  • preventative care M + L 
  • Alternative care (therapies) L + b 
  • First Aid L + b + C 
  • Community support 

Entertainment (everyone needs to have a skill to be interesting!!) 
  • Play instruments S 
  • Craft M 
  • Dance S 
  • No oil exercise (walking, cycling, canoeing) M 
  • Being in nature M 
  • Story-telling/ Comedy S 
  • Low carbon entertainment eg circus, theatre S + C 
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