Below is a list of skills the help to promote self sufficiency.  This isn’t a post for reading, but it is more of notes that I make as I think of things, hear a suggestion on a podcast, or read of something interesting on the web.

This list will be ongoing and I will add to it regularly.

Of interest are occupational skills, survival & bushcraft skills, homesteading skills, etc.

Occupational Skills (you can easily earn money doing these)

Trapping, skinning, and tanning of leather and hides

Machinist (lathe, mill, CNC, EDM) and toolmaking

Cutting, brazing, soldering, and welding

Well digging / drilling, well maintenance

Home Security Consultant

Blacksmithing and Metal working

Carpentry

Wool and fabric making, textiles, sewing, seamstress

Electrician

Masonry and stone work

Locksmith

Plumbing

Solar panel repair

Renewable energy installation

Home energy expert

 

 

Survival and Bushcraft Skills

Starting a fire (magnesium, hand drill)

Morse Code, hand signals, and other non-verbal communications

Sailing, boating, water navigation, and power squadron

Lock picking

Map reading, navigation, and orienteering

 

 

Homesteading Skills

Making Maple Syrup

Making Yogurt

Apiary, making honey, and bee keeping

Making candles, butter, soap, and waxes

Canning, pickling, fermenting

Gardening, permaculture, aquaponics

Fishing

Hunting

Foraging food and gathering wild edibles

Making jerky and billtong

Drying, smoking, dehydrating, and curing meats (Charcuterie)

Butchering, cleaning, gutting, and other aspects of animal harvesting

 

To Sort

Home Security Consultant

Knots (truckers hitch)

Leatherwork and moccasins (tire tread for bottom)

Building spring houses

Bartering and selling

Organization and logistic skills

Buy stuff at garage sales, sell on ebay

Buy used books and sell on amazon