List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
ELEMENTS | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements describe the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions section. |
1. Survive in the water | 1.1 Use surface and underwater swimming techniques to escape from dangerous situations. 1.2 Enter water from a height and then surface. 1.3 Assume heat-retaining positions in the water as an individual and in a group environment. 1.4 Use improvised flotation devices to supplement buoyancy. 1.5 Fit personal flotation device (PFD) and maintain buoyancy through manual techniques. |
2. Operate and maintain survival flotation craft and its resources | 2.1 Deploy, inflate, right (upon inversion) and board survival flotation craft (multi-person or single-person life raft). 2.2 Escape from inside the survival flotation craft after inversion. 2.3 Rig survival flotation craft for protection from the elements and optimisation (or minimisation) of movement. 2.4 Inspect and maintain survival flotation craft throughout the survival period. 2.5 Manage survival resources. 2.6 Deploy and operate water and food procurement devices. 2.7 Operate signal equipment from the survival flotation craft. 2.8 Interpret and respond to recognition and response signals from search aircraft. |
Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.
fitting personal floatation devices
using duck dive technique
swimming 30 metres in clothing
treading water for a minimum of five minutes in clothing
adopting the HELP for at least ten minutes
rigging and using two different improvised flotation devices for at least five minutes each
surviving at sea over three hours using a multi-person raft by:
rigging the drogue
rigging the canopy
rigging water procurement devices including solar stills and reverse osmosis machines, and producing at least 300 millilitre of water
bailing
inspecting the craft
rigging and employing the following signalling devices from the survival craft:
heliograph – accurately illuminating a target at least 300 metres away
sea marker dye – deploying a sea marker dye effectively and safely using prevailing currents to optimise signature
flare – employing a signal flare effectively without threatening persons or survival equipment
use surface and underwater swimming techniques including at least one of:
duck diving
swimming while clothed
treading water in location
Deploy and operate water and food procurement devices including at least one of:
reverse osmosis machine
solar stills
Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.
aircraft response signals
emergency signalling
heat-retaining position
improvised flotation techniques
Competency should be demonstrated over time in a range of situations that could be expected in a survival situation.
Competency must be assessed in a simulated workplace environment, with access to a suitable sea-survival area, buoyancy devices, signalling devices and life rafts. All aspects of competence must be tested as part of an unbroken continuum from entry into the water at the individual level to the boarding and conduct aboard a survival flotation craft.
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.