Application
This unit applies to current or aspiring specialty SCUBA dive guides or instructors working in a range of conditions that include taking videos underwater to a maximum depth of 18 metres. This may include those working for private dive schools or companies operating at coastal sites or through holiday resorts. |
Prerequisites
SISOSCB301A SCUBA dive in open water to a maximum depth of 18 metres | ||
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Plan video dive. | 1.1. Determine factors affecting site selection and ensure selected video dive site meets industry technical and safety criteria, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures. 1.2. Access information on the dive site and identify potential underwater hazards and implement procedures to minimise risks. 1.3. Identify and apply principles of video composition according to industry technical and safety criteria. |
2. Select and use underwater video equipment. | 2.1. Select underwater video equipment according to industry technical and safety criteria. 2.2. Assess equipment for safety and suitability and demonstrate pre-diveequipment care according to industry technical and safety criteria. |
3. Take video footage underwater. | 3.1. Demonstrate and practice underwater video recording techniques on various subjects according to dive plan and organisational policies and procedures. 3.2. Maintain position that limits the negative impact of environmental conditions on the video footage. 3.3. Take video footage using strobe lighting to minimise backscatter. 3.4. Complete short video productions that are satisfactorily exposed and focused. 3.5. Demonstrate post-diveequipment care according to industry technical and safety criteria. |
4. Evaluate video dive. | 4.1. Evaluate relevant aspects of the underwater video dive. 4.2. Identify improvements for future video dives. |
Required Skills
Required skills |
planning and organising skills to: operate and maintain underwater video equipment select underwater subjects to record practice a range of techniques problem-solving skills to: maintain position and lighting for video recording negotiate underwater hazards and risks numeracy skills to use angles and distances when video recording subjects underwater technology skills to operate underwater video equipment first aid and emergency response skills appropriate to the site to enable initial response to emergencies and personal health care. |
Required knowledge |
legislation, organisational policies and procedures and industry technical and safety criteria to enable safe and legal conduct of underwater video activities minimal impact interactions and techniques to minimise negative impact on aquatic animal and plant life selection, use and maintenance of underwater video equipment, characteristics and technology, the advantages and disadvantages of the range of equipment, and factors affecting appropriate selection of equipment underwater video recording techniques, principles of video composition and effects of water on light and video recording hazards and risks associated with underwater video recording at a depth of 18 metres emergency, first aid and rescue procedures appropriate 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 select and use underwater video recording equipment and undertakes pre and post dive equipment care performs a range of underwater video recording techniques to capture a variety of subjects and identifies factors affecting quality of footage negotiates hazards and risks and minimises negative impact on aquatic life throughout dive according to industry technical and safety criteria, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures evaluates and reflects on own underwater video recording performance to identify strengths, weaknesses and areas that need improvement. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure participation in multiple underwater video recording activities to demonstrate competency and consistency of performance. Assessment must also ensure access to: resources and information to plan and select appropriate under water video equipment a suitable open water dive site to a maximum depth of 18 metres SCUBA diving and video equipment. |
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: observation of safe participation and use of video equipment oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of underwater video recording techniques, hazards and risks 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: SISOSCB304A Navigate prescribed routes under water. |
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. | |
Factors affecting site selection may include: | entry and exit points bottom conditions aquatic life subject environmental conditions tides and currents water conditions. |
Industry technical and safety criteria may include: | British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) SCUBA Schools International (SSI). |
Relevant legislation may include: | occupational health and safety permits or permission for access environmental regulations marine regulations Agency Standards. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | occupational health and safety communication protocols code of ethics minimal impact codes. |
Underwater hazards may include: | current loss of buoyancy hazardous aquatic life concentrating on subject rather than diving nitrogen narcosis equipment failure mobility dexterity corrosion. |
Risks may include: | hypothermia heat exhaustion injuries exhaustion lost party or party member equipment failure barotrauma nitrogen narcosis contaminated SCUBA air cramps stings or bites from aquatic life Decompression Illness (DCI). |
Principles of video composition may include: | plan the shoot definition image completeness foreground background subject direction and position lighting contrast use and pose a model editing title pages. |
Underwater video equipment may include: | housing video camera strobe aiming lights trays arms sealing rings recharging systems film maintenance kit playback equipment. |
Pre-dive equipment care may include: | housing and loading video tools cleaning lubrication sealing rings batteries electronics. |
Underwater video recording techniques may include: | maintaining smooth movements lighting and composition normal lens technique close-up or zoom technique wide angle technique keeping a moving subject correctly composed panning-horizontal movement tilting-vertical movement focussing editing different environmental conditions effects of water on light and video recording. |
Subjects may include: | fish aquatic mammals aquatic plant life shipwrecks cave systems portraits of other divers. |
Position may include: | diver propulsion buoyancy control body positioning. |
Negative impact may include: | suspended particles light loss colour absorption. |
Post-dive equipment care may include: | washing lubricating. |
Relevant aspects may include: | objectives planning activity site weather equipment selection clothing selection food selection instructional technique assessment technique group feedback directing techniques rescue techniques employed. |
Sectors
Unit sector | Outdoor Recreation |
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills. |
Licensing Information
Refer to Unit Descriptor