NZQA Expiring unit standard
4385 version 4
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Title
Navigate prescribed routes underwater
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: measure
prescribed routes underwater; determine direction of the
prescribed route underwater; and navigate the prescribed route
underwater.
Classification
Diving > Diving - Recreational
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 4384, Scuba dive and perform rescues in open water to a
maximum depth of 18 metres, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Distances covered in this unit standard must exceed the underwater visibility.
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
This unit standard is
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
expiring
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.
5
The route to be navigated in outcomes 2 and 3 will be prescribed by the assessor.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
4385 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Measure prescribed routes underwater.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Underwater distance is measured by kick cycles.
1.2
Underwater distance is measured by time.
1.3
Underwater distance is measured by arm spans.
Outcome 2
Determine direction of the prescribed route underwater.
Range
straight line, turn.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Direction of the prescribed route is determined using a compass.
2.2
Direction of the prescribed route is determined using natural phenomena.
Outcome 3
Navigate the prescribed route underwater.
Evidence requirements
This unit standard is
Range
kick cycles,expiring
time, arm spans, using a compass, using natural
phenomena.
3.1
A straight line and its reciprocal are navigated by standard measuring
techniques and direction indicators.
3.2
A prescribed route with changes of direction is navigated by standard
measuring techniques and direction indicators.
Range
3.3
kick cycles, time, arm spans, using a compass, using natural
phenomena.
Dive practice meets industry technical and safety criteria.
Replacement information
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28393.
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
4385 version 4
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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.
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