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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. |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | developing windsurfing skills and techniques education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | windsurfing activities duration of activities. |
Windsurfing plan may include: | aims and objectives date, time and duration site, equipment and resources instructor and participant ratios safety requirements risk and contingency management plan. |
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, maintenance and storage of equipment assessment procedures time and budget constraints communication protocols windsurfing etiquette code of ethics. |
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 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 weather warnings event warnings river levels synoptic charts high and low tide predictions. |
Contingency plans may include: | change in weather and or conditions equipment failure participant's needs. |
Equipment may include | windsurfing equipment safety, first aid and rescue equipment communication equipment repair equipment. |
Resources may include: | clothing and footwear food and water teaching aids. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
Relevant information may include: | risk and hazard prevention and management safety procedures windsurfing techniques and manoeuvres responsible and safe behaviour. |
Safety procedures may include: | treatment and prevention of common windsurfing incidents or risks determining safe areas and boundaries managing group in emergency situations. |
Instructional techniques may include: | sequence of instruction: simple to complex part to whole chronological known to unknown D.E.D.I.C.T: demonstrate explain demonstrate instruct critique test E.D.I.C.T: explain demonstrate instruct critique test I.D.E.A: introduce demonstrate explain apply feedback. |
Required windsurfing knowledge may include: | windsurfing skills and techniques water features, hazards and risks minimal impact practices communication systems used in windsurfing. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |