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: | menu planning and preparation range of foods emergency food and water. |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines essential nutrients individual food requirements and allergies. |
Conditions may include: | weather terrain. |
Contextual issues may include: | season weather length of trip personal requirements safety requirements water supply. |
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 code of ethics snowsport area signs and regulations Alpine Responsibility Code and skiing 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. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies coastal patrol or coastguard volunteer marine rescue local knowledge. |
Weather and employment information may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies coastal patrol or coastguard volunteer marine rescue local knowledge. |
Equipment may include: | alpine skis poles ski boots ski bindings appropriate clothing and footwear food and water goggles. |
Design and or construction features may include: | side-cut longitudinal flex ski length binding risers boot rigidity. |
Comfort and safety may include: | maintenance of equipment ski length appropriate to skier's ability, height and weight ski boot type appropriate for an advanced skier ski bindings have a Deutsches Institute fur Normung (DIN) range suitable for an advanced skier ski poles chosen will fit the body size of participant. |
Efficient movement may include: | centred and athletic skiing stance in relation to fore and aft planes of movement coordination in the rotational, lateral and vertical planes of movement. |
Co-ordination may include: | timing speed and precision to blend the planes of movement. |
Planes of movement may include: | rotational plane of movement the lateral plane of movement vertical plane of movement. |
Speed control may include: | stopping slowing down speeding up. |
Turn-shape may include: | medium radius turns long radius turns short radius turns shallow turns deep turns. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment and course failure. |
Measures may include: | safe falling speed observation of winter weather conditions and terrain adequate clothing fluid and food intake complying with all snowsport area signs and regulations complying with Alpine Responsibility Code and skiing practices within the code. |
Safety of others may include: | speed distance from other skiers. |
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. |