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: | developing personal water craft skills and techniques education development therapy fitness targets recreation |
Instructional plan may include: | personal water craft activities and drills duration of activities and drills. |
Personal water craft riding plan may include: | aims and objectives date, time location, equipment and resources instructor and participant ratios safety 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 risk management procedures time and budget constraints use and maintenance of equipment communication protocols confidentiality of participant information 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 slippery or unstable shore poor posture, poor technique poor carrying techniques poor carrying techniques loose or insecure craft when being transported other craft. |
Controlled conditions may include: | winds up to 10 knots seas less than 1.0 metre surf no higher than 0.5 metre. |
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 levels synoptic charts high and low tide predictions. |
Contingency plans may include: | change in weather and water conditions equipment failure participant's needs. |
Equipment may include: | personal water craft equipment tools and spare parts safety, first aid and rescue equipment navigation equipment communication equipment. |
Resources may include: | clothing 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 safety procedures personal water craft techniques responsible and safe behaviour. |
Safety procedures may include: | appropriate spacing between participants contingency and risk management plans use of safety and rescue equipment. |
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 |
Required knowledge may include: | basic personal water craft skills and techniques water conditions minimal impact practices communication systems used in personal water craft riding. |
Basic personal water craft riding skills may include: | pre start checks change in posture and position sitting and standing weight transfer and distribution speed and throttle control stopping and driving turning and manoeuvring. |
Safety and rescue procedures may include: | emergency response group management in emergency situations treatment and prevention of common personal water craft injuries communication systems. |
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. |