Introducing the Bush Mechanic/Artificer Learner concept Bush mechanic (also called Artificer Learner) is someone who may be seen in two senses: Bush Mechanic in the narrow sense is ‘someone who uses their ingenuity and technical knowledge to improvise unique solutions to field challenges’. This narrow sense is where the book starts and then drills down into and across this definition, as was the intent and extent of this book over the 5 years of its compilation. It is possible to see deeper and broader meanings behind the commonly understood characteristics of the bush mechanic, echoes of the past as well as harbingers of a possible future. It has been the intent of this research project as recorded in this book to explicate these broader characteristics while at all times remaining true to the vernacular narrow or street-cred definition. Bush Mechanic in the broadest sense as used in this book is ‘an adult learner who is broadly and deeply technically skilled both in a participative and reflexively orientated manners with normative (ethically) and instrumental (technical-strategic) capabilities who seeks to address key dimensions of the global problematique through prototypes by prioritisation, choice, design and implementation all aimed at acting ahead wisely towards a world transformed’. Wildman (2005 - several) updated Wildman (2007). Bush Mechanic as Artificer Learner then is and adult learner setting out to learn from their particular bush mechanic process, he or she may or may not be formally trained however formal learning is not designed to help the bushie who needs vertical skills (idea design implementation) and vertical skills (linking various related expertise areas) e.g. farmer (seed husbandry, tractor maintenance, shed building, farm managing and so forth). The second definition above touches on many of the ‘commandments’ and key issues in Adult Learning discussed above.