NZQA registered unit standard
Title
28425 version 1
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Instruct and assess client drift SCUBA dives in open water
6 Credits 3 Level
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: instruct and assess clients ’ knowledge of drift diving; plan and prepare for instruction and assessment of client drift dives; and instruct and assess client drift SCUBA dives in open water.
Classification
Available grade
Entry information
Diving > Diving - Instruction
Achieved
Critical health and safety prerequisites
Hold a current fit to dive medical clearance signed by a physician.
People seeking credit for this unit standard must hold either
PADI Divemaster certification and have completed an
Instructor Training Course, or SSI Dive Control Specialist certification and have completed an Instructor Development
Course, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1 Industry technical and safety criteria refer to dive instruction, supervision and performance being carried out in accordance with the standards, procedures and training materials of the respective dive training agency. The agency must meet or exceed the World Recreational Scuba Training Council training standards.
2 All dive operations must comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, the
Accident Compensation Act 2001, AS/NZS 2299.3:2003 Occupational diving operations – Recreational industry diving and snorkelling operations and the
Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004 .
3 Sufficiency for this unit standard requires a minimum of two open water dives.
4 Definitions
Assessment refers to the candidate instructor’s assessment of a group of divers applying industry technical and safety criteria. A group is considered to be a minimum of two people.
Clients refer to individuals who are certified as open water divers.
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Dive plan refers to the procedures by which the accredited dive provider’s diving operations are implemented for all dives required to meet this standard.
Drift diving refers to diving which allows the diver to move underwater in the general direction of the current and as such the exit point is significantly down current of the entry point.
Instruction refers to the candidate instructor’s act of imparting knowledge or skills as per industry technical and safety criteria.
Open water is any natural body of water realistic of local diving conditions in terms of water movement, temperature, visibility, depth and aquatic life.
SCUBA
PADI
SSI
refers to Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
refers to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors.
refers to Scuba Schools International.
5 Assessment may be undertaken in simulated conditions.
Outcome 1
Instruct and assess clients ’ knowledge of drift diving.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Clients are instructed and assessed on drift diving in accordance with industry technical and safety criteria.
Range may include but is not limited to – types, causes and characteristics of currents, drift diving techniques and procedures when using a surface reference float, drift diving techniques and procedures without using a surface reference float, drift diving
Outcome 2
2.1 equipment, drift diving hazards; a minimum of one is required.
Plan and prepare for instruction and assessment of client drift dives.
Evidence requirements
Dive planning and preparation is conducted and parameters established for client drift dives in accordance with industry technical and safety criteria.
Range pre dive briefing, dive objective, assessment of dive site and environmental conditions, hazard identification, emergency procedures, maximum depth and bottom time, returning air pressure, entry and exit procedures, descent and ascent procedures, direction, communication, safety and specialist equipment setup, instructor and client dive equipment selection, assembly and checks, buddy team selection and checks, roles and responsibilities including that of topside personnel.
Outcome 3
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Instruct and assess client drift SCUBA dives in open water.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Client drift dive planning and preparation is assessed in accordance with the dive plan and industry technical and safety criteria.
3.2 Clients are instructed and assessed to conduct drift dives with a surface reference float in accordance with a dive plan and industry technical and safety criteria.
Range entry, descent, buoyancy control, monitoring of time, depth, air supply, equipment, direction, proximity to buddy, underwater communication, ascent, exit.
3.3 Clients are instructed and assessed to conduct drift dives without a surface reference float in accordance with a dive plan and industry technical and safety criteria.
Range entry, descent, buoyancy control, monitoring of time, depth, air supply, equipment, direction, proximity to buddy, underwater communication, ascent, exit.
3.4 Post dive procedures are conducted in accordance with the dive plan and industry technical and safety criteria.
Range debriefing, client feedback regarding skill performance and adherence to the dive plan, logging dives.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 8282.
Planned review date 31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 20 November 2014 N/A
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.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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.
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