Everyone possesses a number of personal skills. Sometimes we do not even recognize them as a skill, we take them for granted. In a SHTF situation there are a vast number of personal skills that would very quickly be elevated from useful to essential, indispensable and even life saving.
Beyond the obvious skills of personal survival, first aid there are a myriad of others. What personal skills do you think would be important in a SHTF situation?
Definitly having good people skills and reading body language well would be very handy.
Having members with good people skills would be important for any group. If bad things happened interactions with other people could be crucial to both personal survival and that of the group. Indeed this is a very useful skill that would be indispensible in a SHTF situation. Good one Cares!
Farming, carpentry, plumber, blacksmith, husbandry, midwife, cooper, wheelwright, furrier, tanner, herbalist, and machine designer. That’s all for now.
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
Gardening.
Dentist, if u know one offer him/her a place for services.
Trapper.
Welder.
Thanks Ranger. I had to look "cooper" up. Nice one.
Teaching, childminding, weaving, sewing & knitting. bootmaking.
Russell Coight....outback legend
My DD is about to start vet nursing (general), and also wants to do vet nursing (surgery & dental)....she will come in handy with those skills 🙂
Thanks Susannah. That is why we need all perspectives on this. Some of tend to get caught up in "guy" skills.
I have started to go through the boards and make a list of all of the suggestions. Here is what I have come up with so far for the list of personal skills:
animal husbandry
blacksmith
bootmaking
brick laying
Butchering
canning
carpentry
childminding
cooking
cooper
dehydrating
Dentist
Farming
Fishing
first aid, more then just the basics
furrier
Gathering
Gardening
gunsmithing
herbalist
homesteading
Hunting
Knitting
Leatherwork
machine designer
midwife
military
outdoor survival
plumber
sewing
shelter building
tanner
Teaching
time management
tracking
Trapper
Veterinary
water purification
weapons making
weaving
Welder
Wheelwright
wood working...including building furniture, wood turning, framing, decks
I will add to it as I find more items 😀
Thanks Oldschool.
Well I've tallied up of every thing that I've tried and some practiced. I've done 16/43 of the list either by necessity or curiosity. as well as heavy equipment operator/bridge construction and demolitions.:mrgreen: :geek: 😎
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."