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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. |
Challenge ropes courses may include: | high elements low elements linked elements independent elements. |
Participant's needs and characteristics may include: | age cultural factors situational factors previous experience injuries and illnesses physical emotional psychological. |
Aims and objectives may include: | developing high rope skills education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Plan may include: | session's aims and objectives date, time and duration location or course site set up requirements coach or staff and participant ratios equipment and resources weather details safety requirements. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations marine regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety time and budget constraints use and maintenance of course and equipment communication protocols confidentiality of participant information operational procedures for specific high ropes course ratios 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 and course failure. |
Communication system may include: | verbal radio hande signals whistles. |
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 event warnings river level synoptic charts high and low tide predictions. |
Harness may include: | thigh loop sit harness improvised harness chest harness full body harness. |
Additional equipment may include: | ladders hand ropes swing ropes detachable elements pulleys eye bolts swaging devices wire rope grips shackles thimbles rigging screws turnbuckles staples camming devices karabiners. |
Knots may include: | end of rope knots friction knots joining knots tape knot. |
Belay device may include: | auto locking devices plate devices tubular devices. |
Equipment may include: | helmets harness karabiners belay ropes and devices static belay tapes or ropes ladders. |
Maintenance tasks may include: | removal of hazards: fallen branches loose rocks spider webs. |
Belay systems may include: | static belay dynamic belay. |
Participant's performance may include: | use of appropriate communication system course participation belaying techniques rescue techniques safety precautions attitude negotiation of hazards use of equipment. |
Variable factors may include: | change of weather rope course and or equipment failure participant's needs conditions. |
Rescue strategies may include: | indirect assistance of rescuee through verbal direction direct assistance of rescuee to recover and continue elements direct assistance of rescuee to lower from course to ground. |
Approach procedures may include: | via course from start or finish of course from mid-course access point and via elements ascending ladder to element ascending rope to element. |
Resources may include: | ladder rescue rope pulley Prusik loops pliers knife. |
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. |