Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
SISCAQU007 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Perform advanced water rescues
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
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Unit of Competency | SISCAQU007 - Perform advanced water rescues |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify, evaluate and respond to aquatic emergencies using established rescue procedures. The unit applies to lifeguards (and others when a lifeguard is not available) who perform advanced water rescues in a range of situations, including swimming pools. Work is performed according to accepted best practice principles of aquatic rescues, first aid, relevant legislation and organisational policies. Specific licensing requirements relating to this competency, including requirements for refresher training, should be obtained from the relevant state/territory work health and safety regulatory authority. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Skills must be demonstrated in: a workplace or simulated aquatic facility or environment appropriate to the candidate’s current or intended work role. Assessment must ensure use of: CPR mannequins rescue equipment: reaching aids spinal immobilisation equipment pool rescue equipment (rescue tubes/rings) suitable participants to enable demonstration of all water rescue techniques and scenarios, these can be: participants in a workplace, or individuals who participate in project activities, role plays or simulated activities, set up for the purpose of assessment, within a training organisation. Assessment activities that allow the individual to: respond to realistic in-depth, industry-validated rescue scenarios and simulations. Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors. |
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Competency Field | Aquatics |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Identify and evaluate major aquatic emergencies. |
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Element: Respond to aquatic emergency. |
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Element: Assess the casualty. |
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Element: Organise further emergency care as required. |
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Element: Record and report the incident. |
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Element: Identify and evaluate major aquatic emergencies. |
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Element: Respond to aquatic emergency. |
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Element: Assess the casualty. |
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Element: Organise further emergency care as required. |
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Element: Record and report the incident. |
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