NZQA registered unit standard
22299 version 3
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Title
Create a swim teaching environment that is supportive of learning
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: establish
and maintain a safe physical environment to undertake swim
teaching; and meet the safety needs of participants within the
pool environment.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Aquatics
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competency in this unit standard must be demonstrated in a real swim teaching
environment and cannot be simulated.
2
Facility policy and procedure refers to the operations manual or documented normal
operating procedures at an aquatic facility, which set out the way the pool will
operate on a day-to-day basis.
3
Environmental conditions may include but are not limited to – pool space and depth,
type of pool, challenge of environment for participants, disclosure of environmental
hazards to participants, number of people in the pool, water temperature, water
quality, weather conditions, sound level and acoustics, distractions, location of pool.
4
It is recommended that assessment against this unit standard be done in conjunction
with Unit 22300, Develop and maintain water confidence in non-swimmers, Unit
22301, Develop beginner swimmers’ propulsion techniques using the components of
swimming strokes, and Unit 27498, Develop water safety and survival skills, as the
standards assess complementary skills.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Establish and maintain a safe physical environment to undertake swim teaching.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Equipment to support swim teaching is appropriate for the participants and safe
to use.
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1.2
Strategies for management of basic first aid meet facility policy and procedure
requirements.
Range
1.3
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strategies may include but are not limited to – identifying need,
signal to lifeguard/assistants, maintain class control, follow-up as
per facility policy and procedure requirements.
Environmental conditions are managed and appropriate for participants’ abilities
and levels of confidence.
Outcome 2
Meet the safety needs of participants within the pool environment.
Range
safety needs include – physical, emotional, cultural.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Planned activities ensure participant safety and are in accordance with facility
policy and procedure requirements.
Range
2.2
Observation and management of participants throughout the session follows
facility policy and procedures for pool users.
Range
2.3
facility policy may include but is not limited to – extreme runny
noses, open wounds, observable signs of infection, acute illness.
Communication with participants is encouraging and positive.
Range
2.4
planning may include but is not limited to – height of participants,
participant ability and level of confidence, maturation,
instructor/participant ratio, gender, physical contact, body
language, spoken language, clothing, equipment.
communication may include but is not limited to – welcome;
personal attention; identification of individual needs; purposeful,
constructive approach through play; calm and reassuring manner;
positive tone of voice; positive body language; constructive
feedback; individual feedback.
Monitoring of participants throughout the session checks for participant safety.
Range
monitoring may include but is not limited to – movement of
participants, group organisation, degree of active involvement of
participants.
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2.5
Participant lack of confidence and anxiety levels are recognised and strategies
for reducing and overcoming these are implemented.
2.6
Parents/caregivers and/or spectators are managed in a manner that has a
positive and supportive influence on the learning environment.
Range
clear expectations of parents/caregivers and/or spectators before,
during and after lesson (eg signage, newsletters or handouts).
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 May 2006
31 December 2013
Rollover and
Revision
2
12 February 2010
31 December 2013
Review
3
21 July 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Skills Active Aotearoa Limited info@skillsactive.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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