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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. |
Characteristics may include: | age cultural and situational factors previous experience and knowledge physical development. |
Specialised SCUBA diving may include: | night diving underwater navigation altitude diving boat diving drift diving dry suit diving multi level diving search and recovery diving underwater photography underwater videography wreck diving deep diving underwater naturalist peak performance buoyancy computer aided dives diving with enriched air nitrox (EANx). |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | developing SCUBA diving skills education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | specialised SCUBA diving activities and drills duration of specialised activities and drills. |
Specialise 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 working with children. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety assessment procedures time and budget constraints communication protocols confidentiality of participant information environmental regulations code of ethics. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes group management hazards. specialised SCUBA hazards. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries lost party or party member equipment failure exhaustion near drowning barotrauma nitrogen narcosis contaminated SCUBA air cramps stings or bites from marine creatures Decompression Illness (DCI). |
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. |
Equipment may include: | SCUBA diving equipment safety and rescue equipment specialised 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 participant characteristics number of support staff features of dive other divers |
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 specialised SCUBA diving techniques communication and buddy systems responsible and safe behaviour. |
Specialised SCUBA diving techniques may include: | videoing photography dry suit computer aided wreck dives. |
Safety and rescue procedures may include: | emergency response procedures group management in emergency situations symptoms, treatment and prevention of common specialised SCUBA diving risks. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique assessment technique group feedback directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |