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National Certificate in Snowsport (Advanced Lift Operation)
Level
3
Credits
42
Purpose
This qualification is for people who work as experienced and senior lift operators at a
snowsport area with advanced skills in lift operation and shift supervision. People
awarded this qualification will have experience supervising a shift, communicating
instructions, loading people with disabilities, and assisting on an avalanche response.
The Elective Section of this qualification allows people to develop areas of specialisation
or breadth depending on their career aspirations. The elective includes standards that
cover weather interpretation for the outdoors, avalanche, first aid, working at heights on
snowsport towers, snowsport area operations, assessment of learning, specialist driving
knowledge and skills.
This qualification builds on the National Certificate in Snowsport with strands in Aerial Lift
Operation, Road and Carpark Services, and Surface Lift Operation [Ref: 0439] and leads
to the National Certificate in Snowsport (Supervision) with strands in Lift Operation, Patrol
Leader, Snowsport Equipment, Snowgrooming, Snowmaking, Snowschool, and Ticketing
and Guest Services [Ref: 1219].
Special Note
Prerequisite: National Certificate in Snowsport with strands in Aerial Lift Operation, Road
and Carpark Services and Surface Lift Operation [Ref: 0439].
Credit Range
Level 2 credits
Level 3 credits
Level 4 credits
Level 5 credits
Minimum totals
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
Compulsory
10
20
30
Elective
0-2
0-12
0-12
0-12
12
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Requirements for Award of Qualification
Award of NZQF National Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the
purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided on the New Zealand Qualifications
Authority (NZQA) website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/standards-exclusionlist/.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions
and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet
qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
Summary of Requirements
 Compulsory standards
 Elective – A minimum of 12 credits as specified
Detailed Requirements
Compulsory
The following standards are required
Community and Social Services > Snowsport > Avalanche
ID
Title
18135
Assist on an avalanche response
Level
Credit
3
2
Community and Social Services > Snowsport > Snowsport Area Operations
ID
Title
Level
Credit
4578
Supervise the operation of a snowsport area lift
5
20
18994
Demonstrate safe lift operation practices for people with
disabilities at a snowsport area
3
3
Humanities > Communication Skills > Interpersonal Communications
ID
Title
Level
1312
Give oral instructions in the workplace
3
Service Sector > Service Sector Skills > Service Sector - Core Skills
ID
Title
Level
376
Employ customer service techniques to accommodate
customer behavioural styles in a workplace
3
Credit
3
Credit
2
Elective
A minimum of 12 credits
 Of which a minimum of 10 credits at Level 3 or above
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Community and Social Services > Outdoor Recreation > Weather Interpretation in the
Outdoors
ID
Title
Level
Credit
20159
20160
Gather and apply weather information to an outdoor
2
recreation activity
Demonstrate knowledge of weather processes and their 3
effects in New Zealand
Community and Social Services > Snowsport > Avalanche
ID
Title
18136
Demonstrate own party avalanche rescue
2
2
Level
Credit
3
2
Community and Social Services > Snowsport > Snowsport Area Operations
ID
Title
Level
Credit
4577
De-ice at a snowsport area
3
8
4584
Evacuate people from chairlifts
4
2
4586
Operate a snowmobile
3
3
18102
Work on a tower at a snowsport area
3
4
18427
Perform road and carparking services at a snowsport
area
2
4
Education > Generic Education and Training > Assessment of Learning
ID
Title
Level
4098
Use standards to assess candidate performance
Health > Health Studies > First Aid
ID
Title
Credit
4
6
Level
Credit
26551
Provide first aid for life threatening conditions
2
1
26552
Demonstrate knowledge of common first aid conditions
and how to respond to them
2
1
Level
Credit
Service Sector > Driving > Specialist Driving Knowledge and Skills
ID
Title
8638
Drive on snow and/or ice
3
3
18138
Fit and remove vehicle chains
2
2
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Field
Subfield
Domain
Community and Social
Services
Snowsport
Skiing and Snowboarding
Transition Arrangements
Version 2
Version 2 was issued to update the qualification structure and content to facilitate
completion.
Changes to structure and content
 Credit total decreased from 50 to 42 credits.
 Titles, levels and credits were updated.
 Standard 18102 moved from the Compulsory to the Elective section.
 Expiring standards 6400, 6401 and 6402 in the Compulsory were replaced by standards
26551 and 26552, and moved to the Elective.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
This qualification contains standards that replace earlier standards. For the purposes of
this qualification, people who have gained credit for the expiring standards are exempt
from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standards – see table below.
Credit for
Exempt from
435
20159, 20160
4614
18135, 18136
6400, 6401, 6402
26551, 26552
People currently working towards version 2 of this qualification may either complete the
requirements for that version or transfer their results to this version of the qualification.
It is not intended that anyone is disadvantaged by this revision. However, anyone who
feels they have been disadvantaged should contact Skills Active Aotearoa Limited.
NZQF National Qualification Registration Information
Process
Registration
Revision
Version
1
2
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
Date
December 2005
June 2011
Last Date for Assessment
December 2012
N/A
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Standard Setting Body
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
PO Box 2183
Wellington 6140
Telephone
Email
Website
04 385 9047
info@skillsactive.org.nz
www.skillsactive.org.nz
Planned Review
Any person or organisation may contribute to the review of this qualification by sending
feedback to the standard setting body at the above address.
Next Review
2012
Other standard setting bodies whose standards are included in the
qualification
NZQA
Certification
This certificate will display the logos of NZQA, Skills Active Aotearoa Limited and the
organisation that has been granted consent to assess against standards that meet the
requirements of the qualification (accredited).
Classification
This qualification is classified according to the classification system listed on the Directory
of Assessment Standards (DAS) and the New Zealand Standard Classification of
Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
DAS Classification
NZSCED
Code
Description
Code
Description
403
Community and Social Services
> Snowsport
092199
Society and Culture > Sport and
Recreation > Sport and
Recreation not elsewhere
classified
Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess by a recognised Quality
Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Accredited providers
and Industry Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system
that applies to those standards. Accreditation requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the
associated Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) for each standard.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
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