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Title
Instruct clients on hunting and collecting diving
Level
6
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to instruct
clients to plan a dive to hunt and collect preselected objects
underwater, and to hunt and collect preselected objects during
a dive.
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
2
Range indicator: preselected objects could include but not limited to fish, shellfish,
bottles, crustaceans, and artefacts as agreed before assessment between the diver
and instructor.
This unit standard is
Industry technical and safety criteria are specified in the training manuals of the
agencies approved by the Sport
Fitness and Recreation Industry Training
expiring
Organisation (Sfrito).
3
The Historic Places Act 1993 protects archaeological sites. It prevents divers taking
from, damaging, destroying, or modifying the site.
4
The Marine Reserves Act 1971 establishes and protects the flora and fauna found in
marine reserves.
5
The Fisheries Act 1996 and its regulations and notices establish criteria for size and
number of catch. Divers should be aware of those that are applicable to their area
and purpose.
6
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
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Compensation Act 2001 and the Occupational Safety and Health guidelines for
Occupational Diving.
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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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Instruct clients to plan a dive to hunt and collect preselected objects underwater.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ dive plan meets industry
technical and safety criteria.
1.2
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ selection of exposure
protection and equipment matches their build and experience and meets
industry safety criteria.
1.3
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ explanation of legislation
is in relation to the object to be hunted and collected.
1.4
This unit standard is
Instruction includes assessment
to ensure that clients’ dive practice meets
expiring
industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
may include but not limited to – Historic Places Act 1993, Marine
Reserves Act 1971, Fisheries Act 1996, Maritime Transport Act
1994.
Range
access, environmental conditions, hazards.
Outcome 2
Instruct clients to hunt preselected objects during a dive.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ identification and
selection of the site are in terms of the potential location of preselected objects.
2.2
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ dive during the hunt
meets the dive plan.
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Outcome 3
Instruct clients to collect preselected objects during a dive.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that the clients’ collection decisions
are justified in terms of impact on the surrounding environment.
3.2
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that the clients’ collection of the
objects impacts minimally on the nearby environment.
3.3
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that the clients’ collection complies
with legislation.
3.4
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that the clients’ dive meets the
industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
access, environmental conditions, hazards.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28431.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
Review
Review
1
23
Septemberstandard
1996
31 December
This
unit
is2016
2
17 July 2001
31 December 2016
3
26 July
2005
31 December 2016
expiring
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.
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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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