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level:
3
credit:
3
planned review date:
June 2009
sub-field:
Outdoor Recreation
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate safe procedures for working with helicopters;
manage a safe landing site; and demonstrate simulated
survival procedures for a crashed helicopter.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
All activities must comply with the policies, procedures,
and requirements of the enterprises involved and any
relevant environmental, legislative and/or regulatory
requirements which include but are not limited to the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE),
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation
Act 2001, and their subsequent amendments and
associated regulations.
2
There are minimum assessor requirements for
assessment against this unit standard. The details of
these requirements are available on the Sfrito website
http://www.sfrito.org.nz/.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate safe procedures for working with helicopters.
performance criteria
1.1
The instructions of the pilot are followed.
Range:
1.2
Procedures to safely approach and leave the operating helicopter are explained
and demonstrated.
Range:
1.3
pilot eye contact, pilot approval before approaching, hand signals,
slope angle, safely managed equipment.
An on-site helicopter is loaded and unloaded according to its capabilities and
the instructions of the pilot.
Range:
1.4
may include but is not limited to – verbal, hand signals, radio
communications.
compact load, stable load, weight, securing of load, securing of
doors, securing of seat belts, storage of equipment;
may include but is not limited to – attachment of stropped load,
loading of passengers, loading of patients, loading of stretchers.
Possible hazards associated with working with secured and hovering
helicopters are described and strategies to manage them are explained.
Range:
hazards may include but are not limited to – smoking, flammable
liquids, obscured visibility and down drafts during landing and
take-off, rotor blades, flying articles of clothing or other items.
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element 2
Manage a safe landing site.
performance criteria
2.1
Methods used to maintain clear communication with the pilot are explained
and/or demonstrated.
Range:
2.2
A landing site is chosen and the selection justified in terms of safety.
Range:
2.3
may include but is not limited to – radio, hand signals, ground
marking, flags, pyrotechnics.
factors may include but are not limited to – terrain hazards, slope
angle, surface roughness, presence of loose material, proximity to
buildings, vegetation, overhead cables.
Weather conditions that influence landing site choice are identified and their
possible effects explained.
Range:
wind direction and strength, visibility, cloud cover, estimated
altitude of cloud ceiling, weather pattern.
element 3
Demonstrate simulated survival procedures for a crashed helicopter.
performance criteria
3.1
The emergency exits of the helicopter are identified and escape procedures
demonstrated.
3.2
Emergency equipment is located and used appropriately.
Range:
3.3
may include but is not limited to – survival equipment, axe, fire
extinguisher, first aid kit, emergency locator beacons.
Emergency procedures on surviving a crash are outlined.
Range:
clear area, reduce fire risk, attend to injured, communicate with
rescue organisations.
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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
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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