NZQA Expiring unit standard
8270 version 4
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Title
Instruct clients on specialist dive courses
Level
6
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to plan a
specialist dive course, demonstrate instruction skills, and
maintain client safety during a specialist dive course.
Classification
Diving > Diving - Instruction
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
Recreational Training Council (NZURTC) or equivalent, as
determined by the Sport Fitness and Recreation Industry
Training Organisation.
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
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 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and
Compensation Act 2001 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 (NAUI),
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Scuba Schools International
(SSI), Confédération Mondiale des Activitiés Subaquatiques (CMAS), International
Diving Educators Association (IDEA), or an equivalent, determined by Sfrito, that
meets the requirements of the Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC), the
candidate’s instructor must provide training in accordance with the standards and
procedures of the respective training agency.
4
Meeting clients’ cultural needs may include but is not limited to an understanding of
the values, principles and practices of a client’s culture.
This unit standard is
expiring
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SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8270 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan a specialist dive course.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Dive site instruction environment meets requirements for the number of clients,
and their needs and ability.
Range
environment – visibility, water movement, environmental
conditions, hazards;
client needs – physical, emotional, mental, cultural, client
expectations.
1.2
An instructional progression is selected based on analysis of clients’ level of
skill, equipment used, and to meet industry technical and safety criteria.
1.3
Course content is based on clients’ needs analysis and meets industry technical
and safety criteria.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate instruction skills.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Theoretical and practical components are presented as an instructional
progression.
2.2
Instruction methods are adapted to the needs of the clients.
This
unit standard is
learning styles;
needs – physical, emotional, mental, cultural.
expiring
Clients receive constructive feedback based on dive analysis.
Range
2.3
Range
2.4
Feedback is given in a manner which matches the needs and learning style of
the clients.
Range
2.5
timely, progressive, additional coaching.
can include but is not limited to – verbal, visual, audio-visual,
kinaesthetic.
Instruction includes assessment to ensure that clients’ techniques meet industry
technical and safety criteria.
Outcome 3
Maintain client safety during a specialist dive course.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8270 version 4
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Advice to clients on equipment and dive techniques is appropriate to the dive
site’s environment and conditions.
3.2
Clients’ and instructor’s equipment meets industry technical and safety criteria.
3.3
Clients’ safety is managed taking into account the dive environment.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28413.
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
26 July 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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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