NZQA Expiring unit standard
8290 version 4
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Title
Instruct clients on marine species identification diving
Level
6
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to instruct
clients about marine species common to the dive site and to
locate marine species at the dive site.
Classification
Diving > Diving - Instruction
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Entry is restricted to those in possession of the entry level
certification as recognised by the New Zealand Underwater
Recreational Training Council (NZURTC) or equivalent, as
determined by the Sport Fitness and Recreation Industry
Training Organisation.
Explanatory notes
1
Industry technical and safety criteria are specified in the training manuals of the
agencies approved by the Sport Fitness and Recreation Industry Training
Organisation (Sfrito).
2
All workplace diving practice must comply with the requirements of the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Health and Safety in Employment Regulations
1995. All practice must also comply with Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and
Compensation Act 2001 and the Occupational Safety and Health guidelines for
Occupational Diving.
3
All training providers assessing against any instruction diving unit standard must
ensure that the training is conducted by a qualified instructor currently registered with
one of the listed agencies: National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI),
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Scuba Schools International
(SSI), Confédération Mondiale des Activitiés Subaquatiques (CMAS), International
Diving Educators Association (IDEA), or an equivalent, determined by Sfrito, that
meets the requirements of the Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC), the
candidate’s instructor must provide training in accordance with the standards and
procedures of the respective training agency.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8290 version 4
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Outcome 1
Instruct clients to identify marine species common to the dive site.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients identify five of each type
of fish common to the dive site.
Range
1.2
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients identify five of each type
of flora and five of each type of fauna common to dive site.
Range
1.3
types may include but are not limited to – reef dwelling, pelagic,
bottom dwelling, freshwater.
types of flora and fauna may include but not limited to – kelps,
sponges, corals, plants.
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ research identifies food
chains, habitats, survival, and breeding habits of marine species common to the
dive site.
Outcome 2
Instruct clients to locate marine species at the dive site.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients observe marine life
passively.
2.2
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ logged observation
identifies five types of fish common to the region.
2.3
This unit standard is
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ logged observation
identifies five types of flora
and fauna common to the region.
expiring
2.4
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ dive minimises
disturbance to marine life.
2.5
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ dive meets industry
technical and safety criteria.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28430.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8290 version 4
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 September 1996
31 December 2016
Revision
2
17 July 2001
31 December 2016
Review
3
26 July 2005
31 December 2016
Review
4
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.
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
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016