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AVALANCHE
Demonstrate own party avalanche
rescue
level:
3
credit:
2
planned review date:
June 2009
sub-field:
Snowsport
replacement information:
This unit standard, unit standard 18134, and unit standard
18135, replaced unit standard 4614.
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to
demonstrate own party avalanche rescue.
This unit standard may be of interest to people working at a
snowsport or mountain area or who move around the
mountain environment.
entry information:
Prerequisites: Unit 6400, Manage first aid in emergency
situations; Unit 18134, Demonstrate knowledge of avalanche
phenomena; and Unit 21740 Demonstrate use of avalanche
transceivers, shovels and probes; 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
People undertaking assessment against this unit
standard must be able to move around a mountain
environment, and need to be able to meet the clothing
and equipment requirements for the mountains.
2
All activities must comply with any relevant
environmental, legislative and/or regulatory
requirements set out in the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation,
and Compensation Act 2001, and their subsequent
amendments.
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3
Industry guidelines for recording snow and weather
information and hazard ratings are contained in the
New Zealand Guidelines and Recording Standards for
Weather, Snowpack and Avalanche Observations,
(Wellington: New Zealand Mountain Safety Council,
2003).
4
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/.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate own party avalanche rescue.
performance criteria
1.1
Techniques are described for improving personal survival in an avalanche
accident and/or incident.
Range:
1.2
Techniques are described for increasing the chances of a successful rescue of
others in the party.
Range:
1.3
last seen point, scene safety, calling for back-up or assistance,
access to site.
Search techniques are demonstrated for rescuing others involved in a simulated
accident and/or incident.
Range:
1.4
discarding equipment, angling away from danger area, ‘swimming’
movement, airspace in front of face, hand raised above surface,
keeping calm.
visual search, transceiver search, probing, digging.
Basic life support techniques are performed in a simulated rescue on avalanche
victims.
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Range:
1.5
may include but is not limited to – clearing airways, clear chest,
management of hypothermia, gentle handling.
Information to be communicated to search and rescue personnel or snowsport
area base command is described.
Range:
number of people in the party, number buried, number of
transceivers, time, size of incident.
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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