Application
This unit applies to those working as an alpine-style snowboarding guide, leader or instructor in a variety of conditions, such as black runs at a snowsport area. This unit may also apply to those working at lodges and or resorts, or those working for private outdoor adventure companies who run snowboarding camps and holiday programs or for volunteer organisations, not for profit organisations, government agencies, or group instructors in outdoor education programs. |
Prerequisites
Nil | ||
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Plan for an alpine-style snowboarding activity. | 1.1. Identify and plan food and water requirements according to principles of nutrition and the conditions of the activity. 1.2. Identify an appropriate activity site or location according to contextual issues, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures. 1.3. Determine possible hazards associated with alpine-style snowboarding in a variety of snow, terrain and weather conditions. 1.4. Access relevant sources to interpret weather and environmental information and determine activity plans. |
2. Select appropriate equipment. | 2.1. Select suitable equipment after consideration of design and or construction features and contextual issues, and check that it is in good working order. 2.2. Adjust and fit equipment, according to manufacturer's specification, to ensure comfort and safety. 2.3. Select personal clothing for activity according to the design and or construction features appropriate for the conditions. |
3. Apply alpine-style snowboarding skills. | 3.1. Participate in pre-snowboarding warm ups and stretching exercises. 3.2. Apply principles of form to adapt the movements of snowboarding to suit the terrain and snow conditions. 3.3. Carve turns of differing types, shapes and sizes through the fall line. 3.4. Apply speed control using turn-shape on all black runs. 3.5. Determine principles of form to refine the movements of snowboarding to result in an efficient line through a gated course. 3.6. Execute alpine-style snowboarding through a gated course, demonstrating sideslipping and use of the most efficient line. 3.7. Approach hazards in a safe manner and minimise risks to self and group where possible. 3.8. Take measures to guard personal safety and safety of others whilst alpine-style snowboarding. |
4. Evaluate snowboarding activity. | 4.1. Evaluate relevant aspects of the activity. 4.2. Identify improvements for future alpine-style snowboarding experiences. |
Required Skills
Required skills |
literacy skills to analyse, interpret and apply weather and environmental information, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures planning and organising skills to allocate and select relevant food, water, clothing and equipment for the alpine-style snowboarding activity communication skills to interact with other participants to maintain a positive and safe environment problem-solving skills to: respond appropriately to changing conditions determine techniques to use when alpine-style snowboarding self management skills to review and reflect on own performance and set goals to improve technique first aid and emergency response skills appropriate to the location to enable initial response to emergencies and personal health care. |
Required knowledge |
legislation and organisational policies and procedures to enable safe conduct and legal access Alpine Responsibility Code and snowboarding practices, snowsport area signs and regulations, and minimal impact codes to ensure safety and protection of environment equipment types, characteristics and technology used for alpine-style snowboarding, the advantages and disadvantages of the range of equipment, and factors affecting appropriate selection of equipment clothing requirements for outdoor activities and factors affecting appropriate clothing selection, such as layering and protective clothing alpine-style snowboarding techniques, such as the execution of turns and sideslipping to demonstrate efficient riding principles of nutrition to maintain health and energy during activity sources of weather and environmental information to ascertain possible conditions and their affect on the activity emergency procedures and potential hazards relevant to the location to ensure risk minimisation to self and group. |
Evidence Required
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: applies relevant process to plan equipment and supply requirements appropriate to the black run conditions and duration of the alpine-style snowboarding activity demonstrate alpine-style snowboarding techniques, such as carving a variety of turns, and a range of safe alpine-style snowboarding manoeuvres through a gated course such as sideslipping in a balanced and controlled manner while negotiating hazards evaluates and reflects on own alpine-style snowboarding performance to identify strengths, weaknesses and areas that need improvement. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure participation in multiple alpine-style snowboarding activities on advanced terrain to demonstrate competency and consistency of performance. Assessment must also ensure access to: a suitable snowsport location with advanced terrain, such as black runs, for alpine-style snowboarding skills to be demonstrated resources and information, such as principles of nutrition and weather sources to accurately plan and prepare for the alpine-style snowboarding activity equipment such as alpine-style snowboards, bindings, boots, suitable clothing, goggles, helmet, gated course, lift pass, backpack or bumbag, and food and water. |
Method of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of alpine-style snowboarding strategies and techniques observation of safe participation and demonstration of alpine-style snowboarding skills, such as the execution of turns and speed control on black runs third-party reports from a supervisor detailing performance. Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: SISOSKB404A Snowboard on advanced terrain |
Guidance information for assessment |
Range Statement
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: | range of foods: perishability packaging storage. |
Principles of nutrition may include: | food groups dietary guidelines. |
Conditions may include: | snow: surface snow conditions weather: visibility terrain. |
Contextual issues may include: | weather conditions, including times season transport location trip distance and duration group objectives group size. |
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 safety and emergency procedures code of ethics snowsport area signs and regulations Alpine Responsibility Code and snowboarding 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. |
Alpine-style snowboarding may include: | narrower board greater edge contact greater side-cut greater stance angle hard boots plate bindings. |
Relevant sources may include: | Bureau of Meteorology media land managers or agencies 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. |
Equipment may include: | beanie alpine-style snowboard alpine- style boots bindings wrist guards gloves sun glasses or goggles. |
Design and or construction features may include: | side-cut overall length effective edge camber torsional flex boot flex. |
Comfort and safety may include: | height and weight boot type side-cut overall length effective edge forward lean stance width stance angle. |
Principles of form may include: | speed timing power range co-ordination. |
Movements may include: | steering edging pressure control sideslipping. |
Turns may include: | turns: up un-weighting down un-waiting skidded turn sizes. |
Turn shape may include: | complete closed or finished and incomplete open or unfinished. |
Efficient line through a gated course may include: | flow rhythm tightness to the gate early edge change effective turn shape. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment 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 snowboarding practices within the code. |
Safety of others may include: | speed distance from other snow users. |
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. |
Sectors
Unit sector | Outdoor Recreation |
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills. |
Licensing Information
Refer to Unit Descriptor