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Title
Hunt and collect preselected objects underwater
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan a dive
to hunt and collect preselected objects underwater; hunt
preselected objects underwater; and collect preselected objects
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
Range indicator: preselected objects could include but not limited to fish, shellfish,
bottles, crustaceans, and artefacts as agreed before assessment between the diver
and assessor.
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
expiring
The Historic Places Act 1993 protects archaeological sites. It prevents divers taking
from damaging, destroying, or modifying the site.
4
The Marine Reserves Act 1971 establishes and protects the flora and fauna found in
marine reserves.
5
The Fisheries Act 1983 and its Regulations and Notices establish criteria for size and
number of catch.
6
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.
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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
Plan a dive to hunt and collect preselected objects underwater.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The underwater dive plan meets industry technical and safety criteria.
1.2
Exposure protection and equipment selected match the diver’s build and
experience, according to industry safety criteria.
1.3
Legislation is explained in relation to the object to be hunted and collected.
Range
1.4
Historic Places Act 1993, Marine Reserves Act 1971, and
applicable Fishing Regulations and Notices.
The underwater dive practice meets industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
access, permission, environmental conditions, hazards.
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Evidence requirements
expiring
Outcome 2
Hunt preselected objects underwater.
2.1
Site selection is identified in terms of the potential location of preselected
objects.
2.2
The underwater dive practice during hunt meets the dive plan.
Outcome 3
Collect preselected objects underwater.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Collection decisions are justified in terms of impact on the surrounding
environment.
3.2
Collection of preselected objects impacts minimally on nearby environment.
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3.3
Collection complies with the Fisheries Act 1983, Historic Places Act 1993, and
the Marine Reserves Act 1971.
3.4
Dive practice meets industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
access, environmental conditions, hazards.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28406.
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
Industry Training Organisations must
be granted consent to assess against standards by
expiring
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.
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