Modification History
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Unit Descriptor
Unit descriptor |
This unit of competency involves preparing and using waders in freshwater or marine work environments. The unit does not cover the risks associated with working in high flow water. The unit includes risk minimisation and safe practices, and the personal survival and rescue skills required in situations of flooded waders, lost footing, sudden immersion and other aquatic emergencies that may be complicated by the wearing of waders. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. |
Application of the Unit
Application of the unit |
This unit has relevance for anyone who uses waders in fishing operations, aquaculture operations and fisheries compliance sectors of the seafood industry. The unit could have application in other industries. All enterprise or workplace procedures and activities are carried out according to relevant government regulations , licensing and other compliance requirements , including occupational health and safety (OHS ) guidelines . |
Licensing/Regulatory Information
Refer to Unit Descriptor
Pre-Requisites
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Employability Skills Information
Employability skills |
This unit contains employability skills. |
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT |
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Prepare for safe use of waders |
1.1. Types of waders with suitable characteristics for the type of work to be undertaken are selected and checked for condition, fit and adjustment. 1.2. Potential environmental hazards and factors contributing to aquatic emergencies are identified. 1.3. Risks associated with sudden immersion in cold water are identified and minimised in the preparations for use of waders. 1.4. The types of aquatic emergencies that might arise when working in waders are identified and risks minimised. 1.5. Water temperatures are identified and in-water survival times calculated, taking into account factors that influence cold water survival . 1.6. Appropriate clothing and safety equipment are donned. |
2. Use safe wading techniques |
2.1. Selection of entry technique accounts for potential environmental hazards. 2.2. Wading techniques are appropriate for water and environmental conditions. |
3. Apply simple survival skills on sudden immersion and loss of footing |
3.1. Wader safety tuck position is adopted when footing is lost and on sudden entry to water. 3.2. Survival techniques are appropriate to water conditions. 3.3. Techniques to extend survival time are applied in deep water. 3.4. Survival strokes are used to swim to exit point. 3.5. Independent exits from the water, with and without waders, are performed. |
4. Perform a simple water rescue |
4.1. A person in need of assistance is identified. 4.2. The situation is assessed and a rescue plan is developed according to best practice principles of water safety . 4.3. Simple search techniques are demonstrated in shallow water. 4.4. A simple rescue is performed and the person assisted to exit the water. 4.5. Appropriate first aid and after -care is provided. |
Required Skills and Knowledge
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE |
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit. |
Required skills |
Literacy skills used for :
Numeracy skills used for :
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Required knowledge |
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Evidence Guide
EVIDENCE GUIDE |
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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. |
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Overview of assessment |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
Assessment must confirm the ability to:
Assessment must confirm knowledge of:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
This unit of competency must be assessed in the context of marine or freshwater workplaces in which waders are used. For valid and reliable assessment there must be access to water of varying depths, including water too deep to stand up in. The environment should be safe, with simulation of the hazards and circumstances likely to be encountered in a real workplace, such as the simulation of waves or tidal affects. The following resources must be available at assessment:
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Method of assessment |
This unit must be assessed with candidates wearing the type of clothing, including waders that will be worn in the workplace and with access to the type of equipment that is likely to be used in survival and rescue situations. Competency must be assessed in water that is shallow enough to stand in before candidate is assessed in deeper water. The following assessment methods are suggested:
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Guidance information for assessment |
This competency should be assessed independently of other units, and before candidate undertakes work in waders. |
Range Statement
RANGE STATEMENT |
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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
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Relevant government regulations , licensing and other compliance requirements may include: |
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OHS guidelines may include: |
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Types of waders include: |
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Environmental hazards may include: |
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Factors contributing to aquatic emergencies may include: |
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Sudden immersion in cold water may result in: |
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Types of aquatic emergencies may include: |
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Factors that influence cold water survival time include: |
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Appropriate clothing and safety equipment may include: |
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Entry techniques may include: |
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Wading techniques include: |
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Wader safety tuck position includes: |
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Survival techniques include: |
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Techniques to extend survival time include: |
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Survival strokes may include |
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A person in need of assistance may include: |
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A rescue plan may include: |
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Best practice principles of water safety may include: |
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Search techniques include: |
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Simple rescue techniques may include: |
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First aid and after -care may include: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Unit sector |
Aquaculture operations |
Co-requisite units
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Competency field
Competency field |