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level:
4
credit:
20
planned review date:
June 2009
sub-field:
Snowsport
purpose:
This unit standard is designed for people who are working as
a member of a snowsport area patrol.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain
snow slope safety; contribute to patrol and/or snowsport area
safety training programme; respond to an emergency
incident and/or life-threatening accident at a snowsport area;
and close a snowsport run and/or snowsport area.
entry information:
Prerequisites: Unit 4581, Assist with daily patrol routines;
Unit 4583, Evacuate patients using a toboggan on a
snowsport area; Unit 14470, Provide extended basic life
support; Unit 14471, Provide extended first aid; and Unit
14473, Move and position patients in preparation for
transportation; Unit 18128, Contribute to the avalanche
stability assessment for a snow safety programme; and Unit
20160, Demonstrate knowledge of weather processes and
their effects on outdoor recreation in New Zealand; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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
It is strongly recommended that people undertaking
assessment against this unit standard develop
leadership skills in avalanche search and rescue.
2
On achievement of this unit standard a person is able to
patrol unsupervised, and is able to supervise other
training patrollers.
3
All activities must comply with the policies, procedures,
and requirements of the enterprises involved and any
relevant environmental, legislative and/or regulatory
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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.
4
The Snow Safety Code assumes that there is risk
inherent in the sport of skiing (alpine, telemark,
snowboarding), and that individuals must take
responsibility for their behaviour in order to minimise
that risk to themselves and to others. The code (in its
various forms) is promoted within all snowsport areas
and is enforced, where necessary, by patrollers and
snowsport area management. For more information on
the Snow Safety Code promoted by the Ski Areas
Association of New Zealand, contact the New Zealand
Snowsports Council, PO Box 27501, Wellington.
5
Snowsport area policy and procedures are documented
at each snowsport area in the form of an snowsport
area operations manual.
6
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
Maintain snow slope safety.
performance criteria
1.1
Lifts are checked for safety, and information communicated according to
snowsport area procedures.
Range:
1.2
Slopes are assessed for potential hazards, and information communicated
according to snowsport area procedures.
Range:
1.3
potential hazards may include but are not limited to – icing of signs
following storms, weather and/or surface condition changes, snow
instability, rocks, icy conditions, cliffs and/or bluffs, areas of mass
convergence of slope users, whiteout conditions, blind drop-offs,
jumps, machinery, lift drive stations, beginner areas;
hazards managed may include – run name and direction signs,
degree of difficulty markers, caution signs, noticeboards,
snowsport area boundary signs.
Hazards and potential hazards are prioritised and managed according to
snowsport area policy.
Range:
1.4
may include but is not limited to – loading and unloading areas
maintained, surface conditions on lift lines, lifts clear from ice
and/or rime, safety mechanisms operating correctly, cables
running smoothly, wind monitored in relation to operation of lift(s).
hazard marking plan; type, level and amount of slope usage;
terrain parks; beginners, intermediate, advanced, snowboarders,
skiers, racers, toboggans.
Safety equipment is checked for working order, and placed strategically for
access in the event of an emergency.
Range:
may include – toboggans, tools, medical and emergency
equipment, emergency checklists, stretchers, markers, fencing,
signs, snowmobiles.
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1.5
Slope users are educated about safe snowsport practices and the Snow Safety
Codes, through oral communication and modelling of acceptable behaviour.
Range:
skiing and snowboarding in control, avoiding excessive speed,
observing area signage and staff instructions.
1.6
Snowsport area policy is enforced with regard to skiers not demonstrating safe
snowsport practices.
1.7
Effective communication with other departments on the snowsport area is
maintained in accordance with snowsport area policy and procedures.
element 2
Contribute to patrol and/or snowsport area safety training programme.
performance criteria
2.1
Training in snowsport area safety procedures is provided to other personnel, in
accordance with snowsport area procedures and requirements.
2.2
Training in avalanche rescue is provided to other personnel, in accordance with
company or snowsport area search and rescue procedures.
element 3
Respond to an emergency incident and/or life-threatening accident at a snowsport area.
performance criteria
3.1
Snowsport area emergency plan is followed in the event of an accident and/or
incident.
Range:
3.2
may include – missing person, injured or ill person, vehicle
accident.
Accident site is made safe for self, patient, other slope users and workers, and
in accordance with snowsport area policy.
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3.3
Resources are coordinated at accident site in accordance with snowsport area
policy.
Range:
3.4
Communications are maintained with relevant staff other according to
snowsport area requirements.
Range:
3.5
people, equipment, machinery, first aid gear.
may include but is not limited to – patrollers, supervisors,
management.
First aid and evacuation procedures are carried out according to industry
standards and snowsport area requirements.
Range:
evacuation procedures may include – rope work, snowgroomers,
snowmobiles, helicopters, toboggan, lifts, ambulance.
element 4
Close a snowsport run and/or snowsport area.
performance criteria
4.1
Procedures for closing a slope run are identified, and a run is closed.
Range:
4.2
closed area signs, flagging, roping-off, lift closure.
A sweep search of a delegated area of the mountain is completed at the close
of activity, all slope users cleared from that area, and outcome communicated
according to snowsport area procedures.
Range:
sweep – physical, visual, aural.
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.
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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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