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Use maps to locate and plan a navigation route to a vegetation fire
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
navigational tools used by a fire and rescue service provider; identify and
report a location using maps; and select a route for navigation to a vegetation
fire.
Subfield
Fire and Rescue Services
Domain
Fire and Rescue Services - Vegetation
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0039
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Compliance with the fire and rescue service provider’s Health and Safety policy and
procedures is mandatory.
2
Definition
Fire and rescue service provider’s requirements refer to policies and procedures on
safety and operation set down by each fire and rescue service employer or host
organisation.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of navigation tools used by a fire and rescue service provider.
Range
map, manual compass, electronic compass.
Performance criteria
1.1
Map features and their functions are identified using a variety of maps.
Range
features may include but are not limited to – scales, symbols, grid
lines, contours, shading, legend;
maps may include but are not limited to – park, NZMS 260,
NZTopo50, topographical maps, provincial series maps, forest
inventory maps.
1.2
An accurate position is fixed on a topographical map using a six-figure grid
reference and map number.
1.3
The uses of a compass are identified and demonstrated.
Range
1.4
uses must include but are not limited to – measuring distances on
a map, orientating the map north, taking and following bearings.
Magnetic and grid bearings are explained and converted.
Element 2
Identify and report a location using maps.
Range
location may include but is not limited to – fire, water point, airfield, helibase or
helipad, assembly area, emergency operations centre, incident control point,
cordons, safe forward point, staging area, triage area.
Performance criteria
2.1
Location is pinpointed to within 100 metres in accordance with the fire and
rescue service provider’s requirements.
2.2
Location is reported in accordance with fire and rescue service provider’s
requirements.
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Element 3
Select a route for navigation to a vegetation fire.
Performance criteria
3.1
Identification of features on maps enables route selection for on-foot, vehicle,
and aircraft access.
Range
3.2
features may include but are not limited to – hills, slopes, valleys,
spurs, cliffs, rivers, creeks, swamps, roads, tracks, bridges, fords,
structures, power lines, telephone lines, railway lines, availability
and nature of roads and tracks, degree of slope, river crossings,
vegetation cover, angle of approach to the fire.
Route distance and trip time are calculated in accordance with the fire and
rescue service provider’s requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 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 Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation
info@frsito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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