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 SCUBA diving instruction skills education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | SCUBA diving activities and drills duration of activities and drills. |
SCUBA diving plan may include: | aims and objectives date, time and duration location, equipment and resources safety requirements. |
Industry technical and safety criteria may include: | British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) SCUBA Schools International (SSI). |
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 communication protocols confidentiality of participant information code of ethics minimal impact codes. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes group management hazards SCUBA hazards. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries lost party of party member equipment failure barotrauma nitrogen narcosis contaminated SCUBA air pressure or volume or density relationships buoyancy respiration air consumption oxygen toxicity carbon monoxide toxicity stings or bites Decompression Illness (DCI). |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies coastal patrol or coastguards 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. |
Equipment may include: | SCUBA diving equipment safety 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. |
Safety procedures may include: | suitable buddy communication signs and signals in-water supervision safety and rescue equipment. |
Instructional techniques may include: | simple to complex part to whole chronological known to unknown D.E.D.I.C.T. E.D.I.C.T. I.D.E.A. orientate, enhance, synthesise |
Required knowledge may include: | risk and hazard prevention and management safety procedures SCUBA diving techniques communication and buddy systems responsible and safe behaviour. |
SCUBA diving techniques may include: | entries to and exits from the water removal and replacement of equipment on surface mask and regulator removal, recovery and replacement in water use of buddy and communication system buoyancy control underwater navigation controlled breathing descending and ascending equalising pressure self and buddy rescues bearings or reciprocal bearings dive calculations air supply monitoring. |
Safety and rescue procedures may include: | emergency response procedures group management in emergency situations symptoms, treatment and prevention of common SCUBA diving risks. |
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. |