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Describe factors contributing to and consequences of road crashes
Level
2
Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe factors
contributing to road crashes and consequences of road crashes.
Subfield
Driving
Domain
Core Driving Knowledge and Skills
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
27 October 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0092
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Legislative requirements to be complied with for this unit standard include:
Land Transport Act 1998;
Traffic Regulations 1976;
Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe factors contributing to road crashes.
Performance criteria
1.1
Description explains human risk factors that contribute to road crashes.
Range
1.2
Other risk factors are described in terms of their potential contribution to road
crashes.
Range
1.3
human risk factors include – mental or emotional state, beliefs,
values, attitudes, physical condition, information processing
capacity, sensory deficit, alcohol and other drugs, peer pressure,
social conditioning, past events, other drivers’ behaviour.
other risk factors that relate to – vehicle, weather, light, road,
traffic.
Description explains how risk factors combine to increase the likelihood of road
crashes.
Range
three theoretical crashes, three or more conditions combined for
each crash.
Element 2
Describe consequences of road crashes.
Performance criteria
2.1
Road crash consequences are described in terms of the implications for those
affected.
Range
implications – physical, psychological, financial, legal, social;
one implication each for – family members, emergency and
medical personnel, witnesses, friends, employers and work
associates, the wider community.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report 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.
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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 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 the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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