The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Participant's needs and characteristics may include: | age cultural factors fitness level and physical capabilities abseiling skills and knowledge injuries and illnesses. |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | developing abseiling on natural surface skills education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | abseiling activities and drills duration of activities and drills. |
Abseiling plan may include: | session's aims and objectives date, time and duration location instructor and participant ratios resources and equipment food and water weather details participant information safety requirements risk management plan. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations marine regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety time and budget constraints use and maintenance of equipment communication protocols confidentiality of participant information instructor and participant ratios emergency and safety procedures code of ethics. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes slippery or unstable terrain dangerous animals and insects stinging trees and nettles dense vegetation group management hazards. |
Natural surfaces may include: | cliffs boulders |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment failure. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies coastal patrol or coastguard volunteer marine rescue local knowledge |
Weather and environmental information may include: | satellite images daily and weekly forecasts maximum and minimum temperatures weather warnings event warnings river levels synoptic charts high and low tide predictions. |
Contingency plan may include: | change location reduce duration cancel postpone |
Equipment may include: | abseiling equipment safety equipment rescue equipment |
Resources may include: | food and water teaching aids suitable natural single pitch surface for instructing abseiling. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Relevant information may include: | equipment requirements, selection and use safety procedures possible hazards abseiling and belaying techniques objectives rules and codes responsible and safe behaviour. |
Communication system may include: | calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Safety checks may include: | A - anchors - secure and suitable to application B - buckles - locked as per manufacturers recommendations C - connectors - locked, secured and orientated D - devices - threaded correctly and secured E - everything else including end of rope knots, friction hitches, belayer ready, helmet chin strap, clothing, jewellery and hair secured F - friend - cross check. |
Participant's performance may include: | use of appropriate communication system abseiling technique belaying technique attitude and behaviour negotiation of hazards use of equipment. |
Instructional techniques may include: | part to whole sequential known to unknown D.E.D.I.C.T: demonstrate explain demonstrate instruct critique test E.D.I.C.T: explain demonstrate instruct critique test I.D.E.A: introduce demonstrate explain apply orientate, enhance, synthesise |
Activity specific knowledge may include: | abseiling skills and techniques establishment of ropes features of a natural surface minimal impact practices risk and hazard management equipment selection, use and maintenance communication systems used in abseiling. |
Abseiling skills may include: | abseiling and belaying techniques establishment and retrieval of ropes for a single pitch communication of progress negotiation of hazards and or risks use and maintenance of equipment. |
Safety and rescue procedures may include: | emergency response procedures group management in emergency situations emergency response equipment understanding of safety practices. |
Opportunities may include: | locations suitable to skill level range of equipment and clothing available abseiling clubs or groups in the local area. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique assessment technique group feedback directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |