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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. |
Participant's needs and characteristics may include: | age cultural and situational factors previous experience and knowledge physical development. |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | developing cycle touring skills education therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | cycle touring activities duration of activities. |
Cycle touring plan may include: | aims and objectives date, time and duration cycle touring site, equipment and resources instructor and participant ratios safety requirements risk and contingency management plan. |
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 use and maintenance of bicycles and equipment risk management procedures time and budget constraints communication protocols confidentiality of participant information environmental regulations 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. |
Obstacles may include: | bridges water on road bumps depressions and pot holes drainage grates. |
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 |
Contingency plans may include: | change in weather and or conditions equipment failure. |
Touring bicycle may include: | road bicycle hybrid bicycle mountain bikes. |
Equipment may include: | cycling equipment safety equipment repair equipment navigation equipment communication equipment. |
Resources may include: | clothing and footwear food and water teaching aids. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Relevant information may include: | risk and hazard prevention and management cycle touring techniques safety procedures responsible and safe behaviour. |
Safety procedures may include: | symptoms, treatment and prevention of common cycle touring incidents or risks group management in emergency situations communication systems. |
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 cycle touring knowledge may include: | cycle touring skills and techniques on-road features, hazards and obstacles minimal impact practices communication systems used in cycle touring. |
Cycle touring skills may include: | key points of technique or skill sequence or combination of skill to achieve effective or efficient results different applications of skill or technique, and where it is applicable or not applicable. |
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. |