Skills you have and what would you like to add.

[Hawk_308]

I did not want to high jack NYP thread so I figured Id start this one . What skills do you have that might come in handy in a disaster or long term proverbial poo hitting the fan ? What do you feel like you need to add to your skill set ?

Ex Farmer + ag chem/fetilizer sales
Mechanic - Auto , diesel , small engine ,hydrolic /water pumps,tractors , construction equipment
Fabrication- Welder mig and arc , torch ,plasma cutting , sheet metal
Ham radio operator , General lic
Gardener /canning - Have raised a garden and canned for 12 years
Basic Electrical
Basic electronic repair
Basic home repair
CDL , heavy equipment operator (bulldozer,backhoes,loaders, fork lifts ,bobcats ,graders,tractors combines) Lots of Offroad experience (mud,rock and trail) Have flew a plane but never finished getting lic over 13 years ago so I might still be able to get a cessna 172 in the air and on the ground again .
AR-15 builds and diag and repair
Hunting , small game trapping
Gathering wood and fire starting
fishing including netting and trotlines .



I think I got about every thing

I would like to learn

Medical skills for basic first aid and field med
Hand to Hand training
More advance pistol and rifle trailing
Advance my knowledge on electronics

[Grinnan Barrett]

For myself I would like to go back and get my certification in Solar Energy design and installation. My son in law wants to do this as well.

I would also like to get my HAM licence.

If I could take the time and the grind I would love to work on EMT training. that is a real long shot for that one. that is not a whim type of course.

I do plan on working with my buddy the gunsmith to do some welding.

[onebigelf]

I'm a good shooter. I have skills in wood working, metal working, a little leather working, I'm mechanically handy. I have varied construction skills. I can cook. I'm a good electrician and electronics technician. I've got many years of martial arts training in a wide variety of styles.

I need to learn to hunt and butcher large game.

John

[brokedownbiker]

My existing skills-

Mechanic- gas and diesel cars and trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, small engines.
Basic home electrical repairs
woodworking, mid-level carpentry, roofing
welding- gas, wire feed and stick. fabrication work
infantry training, basic armorers course, radio/teletype operator in the U.S. Army
truck driver- everything except semi's.
mid-level management- ran business with 45 employees for 17 years
equipment operator- backhoe, dozer, tractors
basic and advanced first aid
fair cook/baker
reloading- a new skill I'm learning now, been working at it for about 3-4 months

Skills I want/need-

animal husbandry- raising and maintaining livestock
more medical skills
gunsmithing
my gardening skills need some improvement
farming skills

That is the biggest stuff but my list of things to learn is quite long. I just hope that I have time to learn them.

[WiseOwl]

I am not great at anything but good at some things. I have worked many jobs since I was about 12 and was always a helper/gopher but I always pay attention.

Landscapes
Hardscapes
Plumbing
Irrigation
Framing
Roofing
Tractor and Bush Hog
Gas Engine Work
2 and 4 stroke engine
Carpentry
Cement
Cooking
Welding
Consulting



Things that I am better than decent at:

Gardening/Growing things
Sales/Bartering/ Dealing
Backpacking/ Woods skills
Gas Engine Diagnostics (I ran an auto shop for 2 years, just paid people to do the work)
Hand to hand
Critical/ Common Sense/Rational Thinker
Management
Play Guitar (Insert whammy bar pull)
I love to chop wood ( Check my barter thread post and choppin a tree down in the morning)
Teach people how to do things very easily
Comedy ( I can make even the biggest arsehole crack a smile)
Common Bushcraft (Country boys are born with this)
My biggest skill is Listening. I am a great listener at a task. I am the type that you can show me anything and within 2 weeks, its like I have been doing it for 2 years.
I also follow directions and work hard. I know that would be a "want" in a group in a SHTF sitch-I-ation


I want to learn:

Hunting/ Cleaning/ Tracking ( I have tracked animals, just havent killed them on the trek)
Better with shooting and gun work (i.e fixing and repairing, diagnosing. I would shoot more than I do but I cant afford it right now)
Any medical. (I know old school grandma remedies and have been using them my whole life)
Military Tactics ( Reading SF manuals and watching TV can only do so much, I believe in mental reps but need the physical)
Diesel Engine
Electricity ( The only thing I know how to do is pay the bill)
I want to increase my strength (just got me some new(used) weights to play with)
Martial Arts (Grew up in it, mother is a 3rd degree black belt but didn't take it to the level I want to)


But the one skill that I have always had and will never lose is the WILL TO LIVE and SURVIVE! I haven't been in TEOTWAWKI type of situations but I have made it through some real crap in my 29 years. I have dodged bullets, death and just being down right drug to the bottom of the barrel. I guess you could say I am RESILIENT! :cool:

[Pop_45]

Things I can do:
Basic mechanical
some electrical
some carpentry
some plumbing
some electronic
cooking, even with just the basics. I have over 2000 recipes
canning both pressure and boiling bath
dehydrating
decent shot
hunting
fishing
game care
gardening
animal husbandry
candle making
basic first aid
some reloading
some archery
survival sewing, it ain't pretty, but it holds together.
I have relevant books to skills, and techniques.


Things to learn:
long range accuracy
soap making
weaving
wool spinning
leather working

[Knobster]

Things to learn:

Distilling
Blacksmithing
Welding
Basically, if you can fix something, you will be set in a SHTF scenario. Things will break down and people will come to depend on your skills and trade with you.

[kappydell]

Things I can do:
garden, forage wild foods, preserve foods by canning, dehydration, fermentation
Hunt, kill, butcher meat. good shot, some experience at ammo reloading
water locating & purifying by various means both chemical and physical
other food prep and preservation, expecially in quantity
draw like a xerox machine...
basic carpentry
well versed & experienced at off grid living
make & repair clothing and textile items (sewing is neat and strong)
some experience in leatherwork
good teacher - can break down complicated 'stuff' into small manageable bites, speak publicly, and patient enough to explain things in multiple ways
look impending disaster in the eye and not flinch (been there too many times....)
small scale, off-grid homesteading skills in general

would like to learn:
basic metal working & repairs in tin/aluminum and cast iron
vehicle maintenance skills (more advanced than a tune up...how to do brakes would be nice to know...)
some basic plumbing