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. |
Food and water requirements may include: | range of foods: perishability packaging storage. |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines. |
Conditions may include: | snow: surface snow conditions weather: visibility terrain. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
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 equipment communication protocols safety and emergency procedures code of ethics snowsport area signs and regulations Alpine Responsibility Code and snowboarding practices within the code. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes slippery or unstable terrain dangerous animals and insects stinging trees and nettles dense vegetation group management hazards. |
Off-piste snowboarding may include: | backcountry snowboarding no lifts or patrols extreme terrain and snow conditions dangerous terrain such as cliffs, deep snow, chutes, and trees navigation through off-piste conditions. |
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 heights synoptic charts high and low tides. |
Equipment may include: | beanie larger, off-piste snowboard off-piste boots bindings wrist guards gloves sun glasses or goggles. |
Design and or construction features may include: | side-cut overall length effective edge torsional flex camber soft or hard boots soft or hard bindings. |
Comfort and safety may include: | height and weight boot type side-cut overall length effective edge forward lean stance width stance angle surfaces waxed. |
Movements may include: | steering edging pressure control sideslipping. |
Turn types and shapes may include: | turn types: skidded edged carved shapes: small radius medium radius large radius. |
Shape of the turn may include: | open unfinished incomplete and or closed finished complete. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment failure. |
Measures may include: | effective communication with other snowboarders first aid and emergency response rescue procedures navigation safe falling observation of winter weather conditions and terrain fluid and food intake complying with all snowsport area signs and regulations complying with Alpine Responsibility Code and snowboarding practices within the code. |
Safety of others may include: | speed distance from other snow users. |
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. |