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 fitness level and physical capabilities age injuries and illnesses. |
Plan may include: | activity aims and objectives date, time and duration location or site guide and participant ratios resources equipment food and water weather details participant information safety requirements. |
Relevant legislation may include: | work health and safety/occupational health and safety permits or permission for access. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | work health and safety/occupational health and safety time 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 and risks may include: | lack of planning equipment failure temperature extremes slippery or unstable terrain dangerous animals and insects hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion group management lack of supervision unauthorised access. |
Artificial surfaces may include: | portable or fixed walls fixed towers indoor or outdoor. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies local knowledge. |
Weather and environmental information may include: | outdoor surfaces: satellite images daily and weekly forecasts maximum and minimum temperatures weather warnings event warnings river levels synoptic charts. |
Appropriate authorities may include: | facility managers supervisors. |
Equipment may include: | ropes harnesses belay devices carabiners maillons chalk and chalk bag helmet knife rescue pulley accessory cord whistle. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Belay system may include: | human operated belay team belay floor/ground anchorage redirects self-locking belay devices belay devices which require hand grip control to arrest fall automatic mechanical belay system - self retracting lines with speed limited lowering. |
Relevant information may include: | personal equipment requirements safety procedures route description preventative measures for risks possible hazards climbing and belaying techniques objectives rules and codes. |
Communication system may include: | calls hand signals whistles. |
Safety procedures may include: | self checks following a well defined logical sequence buddy system checks following a well defined logical sequence ABCDEF Safety Check 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 - organisation specific procedures, including; end or rope knots, friction hitches, belayer ready, helmet chin strap, clothing, jewellery and hair secured F- friend - cross check adherence to site rules and procedures compliance to instructions given by supervising staff. |
Participant performance may include: | use of appropriate communication system climbing technique attitude negotiation of hazards use of equipment rig ropes and associated equipment. |
Variable factors may include: | change of weather equipment failure participant needs climbing conditions. |
Rescue strategies may include: | direct intervention techniques: accessing the climber via portable ladder providing a portable ladder for use as a support tool seizing control of belay system changing out the belay person removing tension/load from the climbing rope indirect intervention techniques: oral instructions to climber (e.g. talk them down) provide encouragement provide instructions as deemed necessary to bring the situation under control. |
Approach procedures may include: | ascending rope ascending ladder work platform. |
Resources may include: | portable ladder mobile work platform rescue rope pulleys Prusik loops pliers knife spare carabiners. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique group feedback directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |