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8273 version 4
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Title
Supervise and control dive operations
Level
5
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
communicate with clients on a dive trip; plan and manage the
dive trip; and guide clients on dives.
Classification
Diving > Diving - Recreational
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Entry is restricted to those in possession of the entry-level
certification as recognised by the New Zealand Underwater
Training Council or equivalent, as determined by the Sport
Fitness and Recreation Industry Training Organisation (Sfrito).
Explanatory notes
1
Industry technical and safety criteria are specified in the training manuals of the
agencies approved by 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
Communicate with clients on a dive trip.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Discussion with clients identifies their needs and their expectations of the dive
trip.
Range
expertise, qualifications, limitations, disabilities.
1.2
Communication with clients ensures familiarity with dive procedures and
communication requirements.
1.3
Communication with clients is appropriate for the situation.
Outcome 2
Plan and manage the dive trip.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Equipment distribution ensures that clients’ needs are met.
Range
2.2
size, weight, ability.
Supervision of clients’ training is interactive.
Range
supervisor assists clients, clients assist supervisor.
2.3
Evaluation of dive site ensures its suitability for client group.
2.4
Planning and management of dive trip logistics ensure smooth running of trip.
This unit standard is
Outcome 3
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Guide clients on dives.
Range
trip location, group size, group equipment, dive site, hazards,
qualification and experience of clients.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Guiding practice facilitates clients’ confidence.
3.2
Guiding practice ensures clients’ safety at all times.
3.3
Communication with clients underwater while guiding is clear and easily
understood.
3.4
Guiding practice meets industry technical and safety criteria.
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
Replacement information
8273 version 4
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This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28416.
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
23 September 1996
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.
This unit standard is
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
expiring
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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