Elements and Performance Criteria
- Interpret information from a weather map.
- Identify characteristics of map types and their different uses.
- Identify differences between general forecasts and forecasts for marine environments.
- Identify weather map symbols and associated weather conditions.
- Outline and justify a weather prediction over a multi-day period for a specific marine region using information gained from weather maps and forecasts.
- Collect, record and interpret weather conditions in a specific marine region.
- Identify major cloud types and altitude level.
- Collect weather and environmental information at regular intervals for a specific area over a multi-day period.
- Record weather data and identify patterns.
- Compare and identify the differences between current weather conditions and a current weather forecast.
- Determine the possible effects of landforms on marine weather conditions.
- Identify and explain season variations in weather patterns for a specific marine area.
- Outline differences between large scale and localised weather conditions for a specific marine area.
- Interpret weather and environmental information for aquatic activities at a specific marine location.
- Determine the suitability and limitations of the activity in relation to the current local weather conditions and forecast.
- Identify strategies to ensure the safety and well-being of individuals and or group in weather conditions according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Identify the weather conditions commonly associated with the onset of life threatening weather hazards in a marine environment.
- Identify characteristics of life threatening weather hazards in a marine environment and their possible impact on recreational marineactivities.