Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan a river crossing.
- Identify river features.
- Identify potential hazards and risks associated with crossing rivers.
- Access relevant sources to interpret weather and environmental information.
- Waterproof backpack contents.
- Select and justify an appropriate location to cross a river according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedure.
- Apply swimming techniques in moving water.
- Adopt the correct body position for defensive swimming.
- Demonstrate the negotiation of hazards using defensive swimming techniques and ferry angles.
- Identify and demonstrate techniques to actively free oneself from river hazards using aggressive swimming techniques.
- Demonstrate the ability to set a ferry angle in order to reach the bank or eddy.
- Apply river crossing techniques.