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SNOWSPORT EQUIPMENT
Fit bindings to snowboards
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June 2009
Snowsport
People credited with this unit standard are able to determine client snowboard binding requirements and install and adjust snowboard bindings. entry information: accreditation option: moderation option:
Open.
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
A centrally established and directed national moderation system has been set up by Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Industry Training Organisation. special notes: 1 Range: hard and/or soft bindings, step-in system.
2 All activities must comply with the policies, procedures, and requirements of the enterprises involved and any relevant legislative and/or regulatory requirements which may include but are not limited to: the Consumer
Guarantees Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Sale of
Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994, Injury
Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act
2001, and the Health and Safety in Employment (HSE)
Act 1992.
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Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Determine client snowboard binding requirements. performance criteria
1.1
Client interview produces information about the client’s snowboard binding requirements.
Range: requirements may include
– type of boarding, recreational background of snowboarder, physical ability, stance. element 2
Install and adjust snowboard bindings. performance criteria
2.1 Bindings are adjusted to match the boot and optimise position of boot on board.
Range: boot/binding size, toestrap, heelstrap, adjustment, highback adjustment, highback rotation, cant (if applicable), leash.
2.2 The binding is mounted according to client requirements, type of binding placements provided, the snowboard manufacturer's recommendations, and conditions of warranty.
Range: stance, stance width, angle, overhang, centering.
2.3 Binding screws are seated without damaging the snowboard or screw according to manufacturer's recommendation and company practice.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Sport, Fitness and Recreation Industry Training Organisation info@sfrito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
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Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0050 which can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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