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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of safety, accident and emergency
procedures for a snowsport area
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
main features of the snowsport area and the services it
provides; identify and respond to hazards and associated risks;
describe the accident and emergency procedures for a
snowsport area; and follow established snowsport area safety
and emergency procedures.
Classification
Snowsport > Snowsport Area Operations
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory 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
Competence in this unit standard requires knowledge of the hierarchy of controls
outlined in the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE): elimination of
significant hazards; isolation of significant hazards when elimination is not possible; and
minimisation of significant hazards where elimination and isolation are not possible.
Workplace safety practices comply with the HSE.
3
It is expected that this unit standard will be assessed against on-job, and parts of this
unit standard may be conducted in a simulated situation.
4
Company or snowsport area policy and procedures are instructions to staff that may
be documented and available for reference at each snowsport area in the form of an
operations manual.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
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Outcome 1
Describe the main features of the snowsport area and the services it provides.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Services provided by the company or snowsport area are explained in terms of
how the different operations impact on each other within the snowsport area.
Range
1.2
Major natural and artificial features of the snowsport area are identified.
Range
1.3
operations may include – lift operation, patrol, racing, instruction,
catering, maintenance, ticketing, snowmaking, snowgrooming,
snowsport equipment hire and rental.
geographic features may include but are not limited to – peaks,
valleys, gullies, bluffs, streams, tarns;
artificial features may include but are not limited to – slope runs,
boundaries, lift lines, buildings, hydrants, water reservoirs, wind
fences, lift towers, signage, man-made grooming features, terrain
parks, rails.
The base area facilities of the snowsport area are identified.
Range
may include but is not limited to – first aid area, patrol,
administration offices, changing rooms, toilets, staff only areas,
food and beverage areas, equipment storage, location of fire
extinguishers.
Outcome 2
Identify and respond to hazards and associated risks.
Range
hazards and associated risks may include – people, environment, equipment,
materials, activity.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Sources of hazard and associated risk at a snowsport area are described in terms
of the safety of clients, staff, and other people who may be affected.
Range
may include – security risk.
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2.2
Common hazards in the immediate work area are identified, and practical actions
to eliminate, isolate or minimise the identified hazards and associated risks are
described in terms of the organisation’s policy and procedures and the legislative
requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Range
2.3
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action may include but is not limited to – equipment management,
compliance with safety rules, use of safety equipment and/or
clothing, recognition of hazards and unsafe behaviour, modifying
the activity, communication with clients, communication with other
staff, recognition of people in difficulty.
Workplace hazard identification, recording and communication systems are
identified, including the key information required, and who to communicate with.
Range
examples of systems include but are not limited to – hazard
registers, site safety audits, housekeeping audits;
communication systems may include – radio, electronic, signage,
oral, written.
2.4
Unsafe work practices are identified and corrective actions applied in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.5
Symptoms of hypothermia, sunburn, and snowblindness are described and their
methods of prevention are identified.
Outcome 3
Describe the accident and emergency procedures for a snowsport area.
Range
may include – near misses.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Common accident and emergency procedures are outlined.
Range
emergencies may include but are not limited to – avalanche, lahar,
vehicle off-road, break-down of lift;
procedures may include but are not limited to – location of fire
exits.
3.2
Procedure in the event of an accident or injury to self is described.
3.3
Procedure in the event of an accident or injury to a snowsport area guest is
described according to snowsport area procedures.
Range
may include – marking site of accident; describing site of accident
using true right and true left terminology; basic life support
techniques (airway, breathing, circulation); communication with
snowsport patrol and/or management; holding a witness; location
of fire extinguishers, fire wardens, assembly points.
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3.4
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Accident and emergency reporting systems are identified, including the key
information required, and who the report should be made to.
Outcome 4
Follow established snowsport area safety and emergency procedures.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Emergency procedures for a building evacuation are demonstrated.
procedures may include but are not limited to – staff assignments,
sequence of areas to be evacuated, instructions to persons, exit
routes (main, alternative), assembly points.
Range
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
29487 and unit standard 29489.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 March 2001
31 December 2020
Review
2
29 June 2005
31 December 2020
Review
3
21 April 2016
31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0050
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 (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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