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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. |
Food and water requirements may include: | perishability packaging storage. |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | operating procedures and company or enterprise policies 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 stinging trees and nettles dense vegetation group management hazards. |
Risks may include: | falls and slips hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment failure. |
Natural surfaces may include: | cliff boulder. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies 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. |
Communicationsystem may include: | calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Equipment may include: | harness helmet climbing shoes karabiners belay devices tapes and slings rope 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 - 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. |
Belay system may include: | top belay bottom belay. |
Knot tying may include: | figure eight bowline |
Features may include: | aretes chimneys corners cracks edges flakes jugs overhangs roofs pinnacles ledges pockets. |
Route description may include: | verbal written. |
Climbing techniques may include: | bridging layaways side pulls laybacking pinch grips smearing underclings mantle - shelving crimping jamming chimneying lunging. |
Rest positions may include: | an appropriate edge to lean against ledge to lean against no hands rest. |
Simple obstacles may include: | ledges overhangs squeezes traverses vegetation. |
Belay device may include: | plate device tube device auto locking device body belay. hitch such as Munter or Italian. |
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. |