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. |
Condition of participants may include: | skill level previous experience physical capabilities and fitness level age injuries and illnesses. |
Plan may include: | activity aims and objectives date, time and duration location guide and participant ratios resources 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 guide and participant ratios emergency and safety procedures code of ethics. |
Activity objectives may include: | self improvement meeting people fitness targets adventure and recreation. |
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. |
Food and water requirements may include: | perishability packaging storage. |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Belay system may include: | top belay bottom brake self belay. |
Appropriate authorities may include: | waterways departments surf rescue authorities supervisors. |
Equipment may include: | abseiling equipment: safety equipment rescue equipment. |
Relevant information may include: | personal equipment requirements safety procedures possible hazards environmental impact minimisation abseiling and belaying techniques objectives rules and codes responsible and safe behaviour. |
Communicationsystem 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 attitude negotiation of hazards use of equipment. |
Variable factors may include: | change of weather equipment failure participant's needs abseiling conditions. |
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. |