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ORIENTEERING
Complete white and yellow grade
orienteering courses
level:
2
credit:
1
planned review date:
October 2008
sub-field:
Outdoor Recreation
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use a
map to New Zealand Orienteering Federation (NZOF)
standards while orienteering; orienteer white and yellow
grade courses using different maps on unfamiliar sites; and
describe and demonstrate responsible environment, access,
and safety practices.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Industry Training Organisation – Outdoor Recreation Advisory
Group.
special notes:
1
The New Zealand Orienteering Federation (NZOF)
definitions of the different types of orienteering courses,
degrees of difficulty, course planning details, map
standards, and pace for course completion apply to this
unit standard. Further information on these definitions
is available from the NZOF website:
http://www.nzorienteering.com.
2
All activities must comply with any relevant
environmental, legislative and/or regulatory
requirements set out in the New Zealand Environmental
Care Code, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation
Act 2001, and their subsequent amendments. The
New Zealand Environmental Care Code is available
from the Department of Conservation, Head Office,
PO Box 10420, Wellington.
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The NZOF requires that, in the completion of elements
2 and 3, at least two different maps are used and at
least two unfamiliar sites are used.
4
There are minimum assessor requirements for
assessment against this unit standard. The details of
these requirements are available on the Sfrito website
http://www.sfrito.org.nz/.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Use a map to NZOF standards while orienteering.
performance criteria
1.1
Map symbols are related to the terrain.
Range:
1.2
linear features, non-natural features, all features within the course
area except contours.
Terrain features are related to the map.
Range:
linear features, non-natural features, all features within the course
area except contours.
1.3
Map is oriented with and without a compass.
1.4
Orienteering symbols used to represent a course are identified.
1.5
Thumbing the map follows ground progress.
1.6
Control descriptions confirm correct marker for course.
1.7
Routes are identified using handrail features.
Range:
may include but is not limited to – tracks, streams, fences, row of
trees.
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element 2
Orienteer white courses using different maps on unfamiliar sites.
performance criteria
2.1
Course is completed individually and meets the pace requirements set out by
NZOF.
2.2
Control points are visited in the specified sequence.
element 3
Orienteer yellow courses using different maps on unfamiliar sites.
performance criteria
3.1
Controls near linear features are located.
3.2
A rough compass direction is followed enabling corners to be cut.
3.3
Route choices are justified on the basis of distance and vegetation.
3.4
Course is completed individually and meets the pace requirements set out by
NZOF.
3.5
Control points are visited in the specified sequence.
3.6
The use of handrails is demonstrated.
3.7
Attack points are identified.
element 4
Describe and demonstrate responsible environment, access, and safety practices.
performance criteria
4.1
Environmental care is described and demonstrated and follows the New
Zealand Environmental Care Code.
4.2
Land access issues are described.
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4.3
Course safety procedures are described and demonstrated.
Range:
may include but is not limited to – procedure if lost, return times,
meeting points.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Sport, Fitness and Recreation Industry Training Organisation
info@sfrito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0102 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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