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. |
Condition of participants may include: | skill level physical capabilities and fitness level swimming ability age injuries and illnesses. |
Plan may include: | session aims and objectives date, time and duration location guide and participant ratios resources equipment food and water weather details participant information: safety and emergency requirements. |
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: communication protocols marked beach zones time and budget constraints confidentiality of participant information code of ethics. |
Session objectives may include: | developing surfing session skills education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Hazards may include: | temperature extremes slippery or unstable terrain dangerous animals and insects stinging trees and nettles dense vegetation group management hazards. |
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 event warnings river levels synoptic charts high and low tide predictions. |
Food and water requirements may include: | range of foods perishability |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines individual food requirements and allergies. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Equipment may include: | fins wetsuit craft booties leg ropes paddles rash vests helmets rescue and safety equipment Personal Flotation Device (PFD) for sit-ons. |
Craft may include: | bodyboards surfboards soft surfboards single and double sit on-kayaks stand up paddle boards. |
Relevant information may include: | personal equipment requirements: safety procedures preventative measures for risks possible hazards environmental impact minimisation surfing techniques and manoeuvres rules, codes and etiquette responsible and safe behaviour. |
Safety procedures may include: | equipment checked and undamaged correct fitting equipment appropriate spacing between participants use of safety and rescue equipment. |
Communication system may include: | calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Surfing manoeuvres may include: | selection of appropriate waves to catch and ride catching and riding wave standing, where appropriate to craft traversing left and right along the face of a spilling wave turning and linking of basic manoeuvres displaying balance and confidence flat water manoeuvres. |
Participant's performance may include: | use of appropriate communication system surfing technique and manoeuvres surfing control and balance in various conditions attitude surf etiquette negotiation of hazards use of equipment. |
Variable factors may include: | change of weather equipment failure participant's needs surf conditions. |
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. |