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. |
Characteristics may include: | age cultural and situational factors previous experience and knowledge physical development. |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | enhancing caving skills self improvement adventure and recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | caving activities duration of activities teaching methods. |
Caving plan may include: | aims and objectives date, time and duration cave site, equipment and resources safety requirements. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety cave access and permit requirements working with children equal opportunity privacy environmental regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety use and maintenance of equipment time and budget constraints communication protocols confidentiality of participant information working with children code of ethics Australian Speleological Federation Codes and Guidelines: Cave Safety Guidelines Code of Ethics and Conservation Minimal Impact Caving Code Cave Diving Code of Practice. |
Hazards may include: | environmental group management misuse of equipment. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia injuries and illnesses flooding exhaustion dehydration phobias stings or bites equipment failure. |
Relevant sources may include: | bureau of meteorology media national parks and wildlife centres police. |
Weather information may include: | satellite images daily and weekly forecasts maximum and minimum temperatures weather warnings. |
Contingency plans may include: | change in weather and or conditions equipment failure. |
Equipment may include: | caving equipment safety and rescue equipment navigation equipment communication equipment. |
Resources may include: | clothing and footwear food and water teaching aids. |
Contextual issues may include: | time of day season and weather cave features participant characteristics number of staff length, depth and complexity of cave safety requirements. |
Relevant information may include: | risk and hazard prevention and management caving, abseiling and belaying techniques safety and minimal impact procedures responsible and safe behaviour. |
Safety and rescue procedures may include: | assessing and outlining symptoms, treatment and prevention of common multi pitch caving risks determining safe areas and boundaries managing group in emergency situations. |
Instructional techniques may include: | simple to complex part to whole chronological known to unknown D.E.D.I.C.T: demonstrate explain demonstrate instruct critique test E.D.I.C.T: explain demonstrate instruct critique test I.D.E.A: introduce demonstrate explain apply. orientate, enhance, synthesise |
Required caving knowledge may include: | caving techniques, including abseiling and belaying multi pitch cave features, environments and conditions minimal impact practices appropriate to caving risk and hazard management communication systems used in caving. |
Relevant aspects may include: | the effectiveness of the instructional session feedback validity and reliability of assessment and evaluation tools. |