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. |
Session plan may include: | session's aims and objectives date, time and duration location or course site set up and inspection requirements coach or staff or assistant and participant ratios additional equipment weather details. |
Participant's needs and characteristics may include: | age cultural factors situational factors previous experience injuries and illnesses physical emotional psychological. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access time and budget constraints use and maintenance of course and equipment communication protocols confidentiality of participant information ratios and supervision requirements code of ethics. |
Aims and objectives may include: | developing low rope skills education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
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. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies local knowledge. |
Weather and environmentalinformation 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: | menu planning and preparation range of foods. |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines essential nutrients food preparation and safe food handling and hygiene practices individual food requirements and allergies. |
Communication system may include: | calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Environmental impact may include: | compaction of soil, flora, soft fall material erosion disturbance of fauna or flora modification or reduction of aesthetic value. |
Factors may include: | level of commitment trust co-operation stage of group formation. |
Sequence of activities may include: | warm up activities stage of group formation individual and group goals. |
Additional equipment may include: | ladders hand ropes swing ropes pulleys detachable elements eye bolts camming devices wire rope grips shackles thimbles rigging screws turnbuckles staples. |
Maintenance tasks may include: | covering frayed wire rope ends replacing frayed or damaged rope tightening loose nuts removing hazards. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |