NZQA unit standard 4387 version 4

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Title
Perform diver rescues
Level
4
4387 version 4
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Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of diving physiology; demonstrate diver rescue
skills; and use supplemental oxygen supply during diver
rescues.
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, and proof of 20 logged dives
showing experience in navigation, and deep and night diving,
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
Acceptable unit standards that can contribute to the prerequisite of proof of 20 logged
dives are: Unit 4385, Navigate prescribed routes underwater; Unit 4386, Complete
computer-aided dives; Unit 4388, Complete a night dive; Unit 4389, Take still
photographs underwater; Unit 4390, Complete an underwater video; Unit 4391,
Complete a dry suit dive; Unit 4392, Complete drift dives on SCUBA; Unit 4395, Dive
at an altitude greater than 300 metres; Unit 4397, Complete dives using a diver
propulsion vehicle; Unit 4400, Identify marine species at a dive site; Unit 4401, Hunt
and collect preselected objects underwater; Unit 4402, Complete a dive off a boat;
and Unit 4403, Complete a shore dive.
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, Dangerous Goods (Class 2 – Gases) Regulations 1980, and the
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) 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,
This unit standard is
expiring
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
4387 version 4
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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 buddy system is where scuba divers dive in pairs while maintaining contact with
each other at all times.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of diving physiology.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The effects on divers of partial and/or changing pressure are described.
Range
1.2
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, toxicity,
absorption.
The mechanisms for treating dive related problems are described according to
industry criteria.
Range
near drowning, hypothermia, cramps, exhaustion, decompression
illnesses, panic, barotrauma, shallow water blackout, nitrogen
narcosis, contaminated air.
Outcome 2
This unit standard is
First aid is administered expiring
according to OSH standards for simulated dive
incidents.
Demonstrate diver rescue skills.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Range
2.2
near drowning, hypothermia, hyperthermia, cramps, exhaustion,
decompression illnesses, panic, barotraumas, shallow water
blackout, nitrogen narcosis, contaminated air, minor aquatic life
injuries, respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Rescues of self and buddy are demonstrated according to OSH standards in a
simulated situation.
Range
ascent, searches, equipment removal, rescue breathing, tows,
calling expert assistance, exits, cardiopulmonary resuscitation first
aid.
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Outcome 3
Use supplemental oxygen during diver rescues.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Prepared oxygen equipment meets industry technical and safety criteria.
Range
3.2
demand valve and/or free flow systems, selection of face masks,
fitting regulator to cylinder, flow rates.
Oxygen use complies with the standards specified in the Dangerous Goods
(Class 2 – Gases) Regulations 1980.
Range
3.3
equipment modifications, explosion, fire, handling, charging,
testing.
The administration of supplemental oxygen complies with industry technical and
safety criteria.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28395.
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
Revision
Review
Review
1
24
November standard
1995
31 December
This
unit
is2016
2
17 July 2001
31 December 2016
3
21 February
2005
31 December 2016
expiring
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.
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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
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