NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
Snorkel dive with safety
Level
2
4383 version 4
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Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use and
maintain snorkel dive equipment; execute snorkel dives with
safety; and perform snorkel dives.
Classification
Diving > Diving - Recreational
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The buddy system is where snorkel divers dive in pairs while maintaining contact with
each other at all times.
2
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).
3
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 Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation
Insurance Act 1992 and the Occupational Safety and Health guidelines for
Occupational Diving.
4
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,
Professional Association of Diving Instructors, Scuba Schools International,
Confédération Mondiale des Activitiés Subaquatiques, International Diving Educators
Association, or an equivalent, determined by Sfrito, that meets the requirements of
the Recreational Scuba Training Council, the 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
Outcome 1
Use and maintain snorkel dive equipment.
Range
mask, snorkel, fins, weight system, buoyancy control, exposure protection, dive
knife and/or tool.
Evidence requirements
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SSB Code 101576
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
4383 version 4
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1.1
Selected snorkel dive equipment matches the snorkel diver’s build and
experience.
1.2
Snorkel dive equipment is used to meet industry criteria.
1.3
Explanation of maintenance required meets the manufacturer’s
recommendations.
Outcome 2
Execute snorkel dives with safety.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The effects of pressure, temperature, and volume are explained in relation to
snorkel diving.
Range
2.2
Selected snorkel dive site meets industry safety criteria.
Range
2.3
barotrauma, hypothermia, hyperthermia, hyperventilation, shallow
water blackout, buoyancy.
access, environmental conditions, hazards.
Entries to and exits from the water meet industry safety criteria.
Range
open water and/or confined water.
2.4
Buddy system is maintained at all times.
2.5
Surface dives meet industry technical and safety criteria.
2.6
Equalising clears ears.
2.7
This unit standard is
Surface and underwater expiring
swimming on snorkel meets industry technical and
safety criteria.
Outcome 3
Perform snorkel dive rescues.
Evidence requirements
3.1
First aid for potential snorkel dive incidents is explained according to industry
technical and safety criteria.
Range
3.2
near drowning, hypothermia, hyperthermia, barotrauma, minor
aquatic injuries, cramps, exhaustion.
Buddy is supported and towed for 10 metres in a simulated rescue exercise.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
4383 version 4
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3.3
Cramp release techniques are demonstrated on self and buddy to relieve
cramp.
3.4
Self-rescue techniques achieve buoyancy.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28391.
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
1
24 November 1995
31 December 2016
Revision
2
17 July 2001
31 December 2016
Review
3
21 February 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.
This unit standard is
Providers and Industry Training Organisations,
which have been granted consent and
expiring
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016