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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: | range of foods: 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: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment failure. |
Natural surfaces may include: | cliffs boulders. |
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. |
Communication system may include: | calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Contingency plans may include: | poor communication conditions injuries escape or retreat options off route possibilities. |
Unforeseen circumstances may include: | equipment failure change of route unresolvable obstacle or hazard dramatic change of weather climber or belayer injury. |
Features may include: | aretes chimneys corners cracks edges flakes jugs ledges overhangs. |
Capabilities may include: | body weight ratio strength stamina flexibility balance mental perceptions. |
Route description may include: | verbal written. |
Equipment may include: | helmets karabiners harnesses climbing shoes belay device chalk and calk bag tapes and slings ropes and cord. nuts spring loaded caming devices quick draws hexes tut tool |
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 single rope double rope. |
Knot tying may include: | figure eight Bowline. |
Climbing techniques may include: | bridging dynamic movement, such as dead pointing heel hooks jamming lay backing layaways and side pulls mantle pinch grips smearing underclings. crimping chimneying. |
Rest positions may include: | edge to lean against ledge to lean against. No hands rest. |
Obstacles may include: | ledges overhangs squeezes. Traverses Vegetation. |
Anchors may include: | multi-directional uni-directional self-equalising. |
Protection may include: | artificial fixed natural. |
Belaying position may include: | top of the pitch bottom of the pitch. |
Belay device may include: | plate device tube device auto locking device. hitch such as munter or Italian. |
Belayer safety may include: | wearing of helmets attaching to safety ropes standing out of direct line of gear fall. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment section clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique assessment technique group feedback directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |