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. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety use and maintenance of equipment communication protocols emergency procedures code of ethics. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes slippery or unstable terrain dangerous animals and insects group management hazards. |
Risks may include: | falls and slips injuries and illnesses height phobia rope burn equipment failure. |
Artificial surfaces may include: | portable or fixed walls fixed towers or bridges indoor or outdoor. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies coastal patrol or coastguard 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. |
Communication system may include: | climbing calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Equipment may include: | helmets karabiners harnesses gloves belay device slings ropes tapes chalk bag and chalk. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Safety checks may include: | A - anchors - secure and suitable to application B - buckles - locked as per manufacturers recommendations C- connector - locked, secured and orientated D - devices - threaded correctly and secured E- everything else including end of rope knots, belayer ready, helmet chin strap, clothing, jewellery and hair secured. F- friend - cross check. |
Belay system may include: | top belay bottom belay. |
Knot tying may include: | alpine butterfly end of line loop mid line loop stopper knot rethreaded figure 8 figure 8 on bight friction hitches. |
Features may include: | aretes chimneys corners cracks edges jugs ledges overhangs pockets roofs slabs. |
Climbing techniques may include: | bridging dynamic movement, dead pointing heel hooks jamming lay backing layaways and side pulls mantle shelving pinch grips smearing underclings. |
Simple obstacles may include: | ledges overhangs squeezes traverses. |
Belay device may include: | plate device tube device auto locking device. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection. |