NZQA Expiring unit standard Title Complete a dry suit dive Level 3 4391 version 4 Page 1 of 3 Credits 3 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare for and complete a dive wearing a dry suit. 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 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 This unit standard is expiring 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. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Prepare for a dry suit dive. Skills Active Aotearoa Limited SSB Code 101576 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA Expiring unit standard 4391 version 4 Page 2 of 3 Evidence requirements 1.1 Features of dry suit construction are identified according to industry technical and safety criteria. Range closure, seals, valves, construction material. 1.2 The dry suit is cleaned, dried, and stored without damage. 1.3 Dry suit maintenance meets the manufacturer’s specifications. 1.4 Dry suit and equipment selected meet industry technical and safety criteria. 1.5 Dry suit emergencies are identified and remedial procedures described meet industry safety criteria. Range excessive air in the suit or in the feet, dropped weight belt, flooded suit, squeeze, suit leak. Outcome 2 Complete a dive wearing a dry suit. Evidence requirements 2.1 Neutral buoyancy is maintained wearing a dry suit during a dive. 2.2 Buoyancy wearing a dry suit is adjusted on the surface and underwater. 2.3 A descent is performed without suit squeeze. 2.4 Dry suit dive practice meets industry technical and safety criteria. This standard is equipment. access,unit hazards, environmental conditions, accessory expiring Range Replacement information This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 28399. 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 4391 version 4 Page 3 of 3 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