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Title
Complete dives using a diver propulsion vehicle
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare for
and complete a dive using a diver propulsion vehicle (DPV).
Classification
Diving > Diving - Recreational
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisite: 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
Version 4 was republished to correct the Standard Setting Body (SSB) name and the SSB
Code.
1
The buddy system is where scuba 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.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare for DPV dives.
Evidence requirements
1.1
DPV dive plan meets industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
distance, navigation, descent rate, ascent rate, air supply, time,
depth, no-decompression limits.
1.2
DPV’s maintenance is explained according to the manufacturer’s specifications.
1.3
Pre-dive procedures for DPV meet industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
1.4
battery, controls, seals, lights.
Potential hazards of DPV diving are identified and remedial procedures are
outlined to meet industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
rapid descent, equalisation, distance, time, battery life, extended
air time, no-decompression limits.
Outcome 2
Perform DPV dives.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ascents and descents are controlled and adhere to the dive plan.
2.2
DPV use complies with the manufacturer’s specifications.
2.3
DPV dive practice meets industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
2.4
ascent, environmental conditions, hazards, communication with
buddy and/or team.
Any emergency is controlled to meet industry safety criteria.
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
4397 version 4
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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
Republished
4
5 February 2015
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.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016