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Title
Manage a small dive boat
Level
4
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Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to navigate,
and manoeuvre dive boats, equip and crew a dive boat, and
manage diving activities from the boat.
Classification
Diving > Diving - General
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Person must hold current driving license.
Explanatory notes
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For the occupational diving sector: industry criteria refer to diving practice complying
with the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and
subsequent regulations relating to Occupational Diving; and complies with the theory
and practice requirements of the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 1990 to
ensure the international standard is maintained. All practice also complies with
Accident Rehabilitation & Compensation Insurance Corporation and Occupational
Safety and Health (OSH) guidelines.
This unit standard is
For the recreational diving sector: industry criteria refer to the standards and
procedures manuals of accredited
training agencies.
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Maritime Transport Regulations apply to vessels of different sizes, their proposed
area of use, the passengers and equipment carried, qualifications of skipper and
crew, and any additional licensing authority requirements.
These regulations must be complied with.
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It is recommended that people have small boat experience prior to undertaking this
unit.
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All training providers offering any recreational scuba diving units must ensure that the
training is conducted by a qualified instructor in current teaching status with one of
the listed agencies: National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI),
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Scuba Schools International
(SSI), Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatique (CMAS) (or an equivalent
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determined by the ITO); and the instructor be providing training in accordance with
the standards and procedures of the respective training agency.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate navigation techniques meeting industry criteria.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Dive boat maritime regulations in relation to beaconage, buoyage, and collision
regulations are explained to industry criteria.
1.2
Tide calculations identify height and strength of tide.
Range
1.3
tide tables, tidal stream atlas, tidal symbols from a chart.
Course and distance measurements meet industry criteria.
Range
compass rose, parallel ruler, dividers.
Outcome 2
Manoeuvre a trailer dive boat.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Boat launching and retrievals meet requirements of other users, weather and
tide, boat type, trailer size, and launch and/or retrieval site.
2.2
The boat is manoeuvred to Maritime regulations, and considers the safety of
divers and swimmers.
2.3
2.4
This unit standard is
The anchored boat does not drift.
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Maintenance of boat, trailer and motor after use meets industry and
manufacturer’s requirements.
2.5
Anchoring and weighing of anchor meets industry criteria.
2.6
Knots are tied to industry criteria.
Range
anchor knot, bowline, hitches.
Outcome 3
Equip and crew a small dive boat going to sea.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Inventory preparation meets industry criteria.
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Range
3.2
flares, life jackets, compass, spare fuel, small marker buoy.
Skills of selected crew meet industry criteria.
Range
3.3
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working, to and from dive site, anchoring, securing, towing.
Emergency equipment is present and stowed.
Range
auxiliary propulsion, signalling devices, personal flotation, first aid
kit, diver recall device, pump and/or bucket and/or bailer.
Outcome 4
Manage diving activities from the trailer boat.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Surface communication is maintained between divers, boat, and other marine
users.
4.2
Dive equipment management ensures access and ease of use by divers.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28409.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
This unit standard is
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24 November
1995
31 December 2016
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
2
17 July 2001
31 December 2016
Review
3
20 November 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
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.
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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
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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