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: | previous experience physical development age injuries and illnesses. |
Plan may include: | aims and objectives date, time and duration location, equipment and resources guide and participant ratios safety and emergency requirements risk management plan. |
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 assessment procedures time and budget constraints use, maintenance and storage of equipment communication protocols code of ethics risk management procedures confidentiality of participant information. |
Trip objectives may include: | self improvement meeting people fitness targets. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes slippery or unstable terrain dangerous animals and insects stinging trees and nettles dense vegetation group management hazards slippery or unstable shore poor posture, poor technique poor carrying techniques poor carrying techniques loose or insecure craft when being transported other craft. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment and course failure. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies coastal patrol or coastguard volunteer marine rescue local knowledge. |
Weather and environmental information may include: | satellite images daily and weekly forecasts maximum and minimum temperatures weather warnings event warnings river level 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 individual food requirements and allergies. |
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: | personal water craft equipment tools and spare parts safety, first aid and rescue equipment aids to small craft navigation navigation equipment communication equipment. |
Relevant information may include: | safety procedures risk and hazard prevention and management riding techniques logistical details responsible and safe behaviour. |
Safety procedures may include: | safest line or route through hazards spacing between participants use of safety and rescue equipment. |
Personal water craft riding techniques may include: | pre start checks launching or retrieving change in posture or position sitting and standing weight transfer and distribution speed and throttle control stopping and driving turning and manoeuvring navigating a route towing or being towed. |
Variable factors may include: | change of weather and conditions equipment failure participant's needs. |
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. |