Weyrling Information~Training Schedule

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Training Schedule:
Month one (post hatching) to 18th month (graduation.)

Month one:

-Feeding and Care of young Dragonets.
(bathing will be supervised for 1st month)

-Basic First Aid for Humans & Dragons

-How to deal with telepathy
[look in Histories under weyrling info to learn more.][no chores first month]

Months two
thru
four:

-Assignments of Weyrling Wings

-First rank cords and badges

-Basic Wing formations

-Weyr Etiquette & History

-Political Makeup of Pern

-Gold riders will learn Weyr Management

-Bronze riders and those that show leadership
skills will also be taken aside for added training

-Basic Geography

-Basic Weather patterns

-Basic astronomy

-Dragon Healing & Anatomy

-Basic ground drills and signals

-Physical training for both rider and dragon

-Sparring for those interested

-Chores

Months five
thru
eleven:

-Advanced Astronomy

-Advanced weather patterns

-Basics of Between

-Terrain recognition

-Basics in sorting and choosing Firestone

-Firestone drills start

-Care and Use of Flamethrowers (Golds only)

-Advanced Wing Formations

-Preflight Training

-Advanced Ground drills

-Flight harness care, use, and construction

-Sparring

-Physical training cont..

-Chores

Months
Twelve
thru
Thirteen:

-Advanced Terrain Recognition

-Basics of Thread Charts

-Ground drills cont...

-Chewing Firestone & Flaming

-First Flights

-Sparring cont...

-Physical Training cont...

-Chores

Months
fourteen
thru
sixteen:

-Sex Ed. & Mating Flights (given by weyrling
master and Gold rider.)

-Flight formation patterns

-Applied Wing formations

-Flight drills

-First trips between

-Advanced Thread Fall patterns

-Fighting drills and training

-Aerial drills cont...

-Transport Duties Assigned

-If during a pass, will fly fall or transport firestone

-Sparring cont...

-Physical training cont...

-Chores

Months
seventeen
thru
eighteen:

-Transport Duties Cont...

-Shadowing different riders (ex. Sweeprider,
Searchrider, Watchrider, Wingsecond,
Wingleader & etc.)

-Wing Formations cont...

-Aerial drills cont...

-Interviews with the Weyrleaders & Wingleaders

-Final testing

-Graduation

-New Rank Badges and Cords

-Shoulder Tapping by Wingleaders

-New Weyr Assignments

-Gold riders move up to Jr. Weyrwomen
or are Transferred to different Weyrs

-Sparring cont...

-Physical training

-Chores