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4389 version 4
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Title
Take still photographs underwater
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to plan a dive to
take still photographs underwater, and complete a dive taking
still photographs 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 Unit 4383, Snorkel dive with
safety, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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 Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation
Insurance Act 1992 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,
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
Plan a dive to take photographs underwater.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Underwater photography equipment selection meets industry technical criteria.
Range
camera, strobe, aiming lights, lenses, trays, arms, sealing rings,
recharging systems, film, maintenance kit.
1.2
Underwater photography dive site selected takes into account subject, access,
environmental conditions, and hazards.
1.3
Potential underwater photography hazards are described according to industry
criteria.
Range
1.4
Principles of photograph composition are described according to industry
criteria.
Range
1.5
definition, image completeness, foreground, background, subject
direction and position, lighting, contrast.
Pre-dive preparation of equipment meets industry criteria.
Range
1.6
nitrogen narcosis, decompression illness, barotrauma,
environmental damage potential, equipment flooding and/or
malfunction, mobility, dexterity, corrosion.
tools, cleaning, lubrication, sealing rings, batteries, electronics,
lens, strobe, camera.
Post-dive care of equipment meets industry criteria.
This unit standard is
Complete a dive taking still photographs
underwater.
expiring
Range
washing, lubricating, batteries, and electronics.
Outcome 2
Evidence requirements
2.1
Behaviour underwater limits impact on the environment.
Range
2.2
diver propulsion, buoyancy control, body positioning.
Behaviour underwater limits the negative impact of environmental conditions on
the photographs.
Range
suspended particles, light loss, colour absorption.
2.3
Photographs using strobe lighting minimise backscatter.
2.4
Completed photographs are exposed and focused to the photographer’s and
instructor’s satisfaction.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
Replacement information
4389 version 4
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This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28397.
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.
This unit standard is
Requirements for consent to assessexpiring
and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
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.
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