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. |
Participant's needs and characteristics may include: | age cultural factors previous experience fitness level and physical capabilities surfing skills and knowledge. |
Session's aims and objectives may include: | developing surfing skills and techniques education development therapy fitness targets recreation. |
Instructional plan may include: | surfing activities and drills duration of activities and drills. |
Surfing plan may include: | session's aims and objectives date, time and duration location instructor and participant ratios resources and equipment food and water weather details safety requirements. |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits from authorities environmental regulations marine regulations. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety: assessment procedures time and budget constraints communication protocols confidentiality of participant information working with children code of ethics support personnel. |
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 and course 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 event warnings river levels synoptic charts high and low tide predictions. |
Contingency plans may include: | change in weather change in surf conditions equipment failure participant's needs unavailability of suitable surfing site. |
Equipment may include: | surfing equipment: safety and rescue equipment. |
Resources may include: | appropriate clothing 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: | equipment and resource requirements, selection and use safety procedures possible hazards intermediate to advanced surfing techniques objectives rules and codes responsible and safe behaviour. |
Communication system may include: | calls radio hand signals whistles. |
Safety and rescue procedures may include: | emergency response procedures group management in emergency situations emergency response, safety and rescue equipment understanding of safety practices symptoms, treatment and prevention of common surfing risks correct fitting and undamaged equipment use of communication systems. appropriate spacing between participants |
Participant's performance may include: | use of appropriate communication system advanced surfing techniques advanced or complex surfing manoeuvres surfing control and balance in various conditions attitude surf etiquette negotiation of hazards use and maintenance of equipment. |
Instructional techniques may include: | 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 |
Required knowledge may include: | advanced surfing techniques and manoeuvres surf environment and conditions surf and weather reading skills minimal impact practices risk and hazard management equipment selection, use and maintenance communication systems used in surfing. |
Methods of manoeuvring may include: | duck diving press ups Eskimo roles linking of advanced or complex surfing manoeuvres forward and reverse strokes forward and reverse sweeps low support and rudder strokes, sit on kayaks only. |
Advanced surfing techniques may include: | appropriate wave selection catching and riding wave standing where appropriate to craft traversing or trimming along the open face of the wave generating speed performing and linking advanced or complex surfing manoeuvres in the critical part of the wave maintaining control of the board. |
Advanced or complex surfing manoeuvres may include: | late take-offs roundhouse cut-backs vertical re-entries or snaps floaters tube riding tail slides airborne turns 360º turns. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning process activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional content instructional technique assessment technique group feedback directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |