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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. |
Condition of participants may include: | skill level previous experience physical capabilities fitness level 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 risk management plan relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | risk management procedures 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. |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | developing climbing on natural surface skills education development therapy fitness targets 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 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: | range of foods: 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. |
Appropriate authorities may include: | waterways departments surf rescue authorities supervisors. |
Equipment may include: | climbing equipment safety equipment rescue equipment artificial protection appropriate clothing and footwear. |
Belay types may include: | single rope double rope top belay bottom belay. |
Relevant information may include: | personal equipment requirements: safety procedures route description preventative measures for risks possible hazards environmental impact minimisation climbing and belaying techniques objectives rules and codes responsible and safe behaviour. |
Communication system 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 climbing technique lead climbing technique second climbing technique belaying technique attitude negotiation of hazards use of equipment. |
Variable factors may include: | change of weather equipment failure participant's needs climbing 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. |