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Abseiling (Artificial Surfaces)

Listed here are the units of competency from the current National Outdoor Recreation Training Package. These have been provided to enable leaders to benchmark their skills and experience.

Leaders in this activity should be confident that they have the skills and knowledge, at least equivalent to that described by the following selected units, relevant to the competency levels within the activity (where applicable).

To obtain detailed information on the content of each unit of competency it is necessary to access the National Training Information Service (NTIS) website at then insert the unit identification code into the search function.

Restricted Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces)

A person designated as a Restricted Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) has the knowledge, skills and experience that enable them to work autonomously within a defined range of skilled operations. These should involve known routines, methods and procedures, where minimal discretion and judgement is required in the selection of equipment, services or contingency measures.

Restricted Abseiling Guides (Artificial Surfaces) may work within clearly defined contexts conducting abseiling activities on artificial surfaces acting according to clearly defined Standard Operating Procedures and relevant documented guidelines. Persons with this level of competence may only conduct abseiling activities on Artificial Structures, NOT natural rock faces.

The Restricted Abseiling Guide may only conduct abseiling on artificial surfaces for which they have received instruction on how to operate that particular facility and how to respond in an emergency at that facility. Both the normal operation and emergency response have been determined and documented by someone with a higher level of skill, such as those held by a Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces).

A Restricted Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) works as a guide in a context where there is no intention of imparting skills or knowledge to clients beyond that which is necessary to enable their safe participation in climbing. At the end of a session or program with the guide, the intent is not for the client to have acquired the skills to independently participate in abseiling activities. Persons with this level of competence may also work as an assistant with a more experienced leader in potentially non-routine or more complex activities and programs (e.g. with "at risk" clients).

Restricted Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) units of competency:

SRXEMR001A Respond to emergency situations
SRXGRO001A Facilitate a group
SRXGRO002A Deal with conflict
SRXINU002A Apply sport and recreation law
SRXOHS001B Follow defined occupational health and safety policy and procedures
SRXRIK001A Undertake risk analysis of activities
SROODR002A Plan outdoor recreation activities
SROODR005A Guide outdoor recreation activities
SROOPS002B Plan for minimal environmental impact
SROABA002A Apply single pitch abseiling skills on artificial surfaces
SROABA003A Establish ropes for abseiling on artificial surfaces
SROABA005A Guide abseiling on artificial surfaces (single pitch)

Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces)

A person designated as a Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) has the skills, knowledge and experience to work autonomously within a closely defined range of skilled operations involving known routines, methods and procedures, where a small amount of discretion and judgment is required in the selection of equipment, services or contingency measures.

This person may conduct activities independently only within clearly defined contexts where there are clearly defined Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and relevant documented guidelines for the activity, they are familiar with those SOPs, and where assistance is readily available should a non-routine situation arise.

A Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) leads or guides reliant clients in single pitch abseiling activities. There is no intention of imparting skills or knowledge to clients beyond that which is necessary to enable their safe participation in the abseiling activity. At the end of a session or program with a guide, the intent is not for the client to have acquired the skills to independently participate in the activity

A Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) may conduct activities only at sites which have documentation which defines the key safety features and risk management procedures for the activity. They may only work at sites which:

Provide the opportunity for single pitch abseiling
Have fixed anchors

A Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) does not have the ability to adequately assess the suitability of a new artificial abseiling facility/site and its anchors or to independently develop procedures for the conduct of abseiling activities. They may work as an assistant with a more experienced leader in potentially non-routine or more complex activities and programs (e.g. in multi-pitch situations).

Single Pitch Abseiling Guide (Artificial Surfaces) units of competency:

SRXEMR001A Respond to emergency situations
SRXGRO001A Facilitate a group
SRXGRO002A Deal with conflict
SRXINU002A Apply sport and recreation law
SRXOHS001B Follow defined occupational health and safety policy and procedures
SRXRIK001A Undertake risk analysis of activities
SROODR002A Plan outdoor recreation activities
SROODR005A Guide outdoor recreation activities
SROOPS002B Plan for minimal environmental impact
SROABA002A Apply single pitch abseiling skills on artificial surfaces
SROABA003A Establish ropes for abseiling on artificial surfaces
SROABA005A Guide abseiling on artificial surfaces (single pitch)
SROVTR001A Perform vertical rescues

Single Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces)

A person designated as a Single Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces) facilitates skill transfer or development to clients in order that they may independently abseil on single pitches on artificial surfaces. This requires the instructor to be able to transfer required skills and knowledge, apply a variety of appropriate instructional strategies, and assess a client's skill and knowledge acquisition during and at the end of a program or session.

Single Pitch Abseiling Instructors (Artificial Surfaces) may only work at sites which:

Provide the opportunity for single pitch abseiling
Have fixed anchors

Single Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces) units of competency:

SRXEMR001A Respond to emergency situations
SRXGRO001A Facilitate a group
SRXGRO002A Deal with conflict
SRXINU002A Apply sport and recreation law
SRXOHS001B Follow defined occupational health and safety policy and procedures
SRXRIK001A Undertake risk analysis of activities
SROODR002A Plan outdoor recreation activities
SROOPS002B Plan for minimal environmental impact
SROABA002A Apply single pitch abseiling skills on artificial surfaces
SROABA003A Establish ropes for abseiling on artificial surfaces
SROABA006A Instruct abseiling on artificial surfaces (single pitch)
SROVTR001A Perform vertical rescues
TAADEL301A Provide training through instruction and demonstration of work skills

Multi Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces)

A person designated as a Multi Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces) has the skills, knowledge and experience to instruct clients in order that they may acquire single-pitch abseil guiding or multi-pitch abseiling skills or multi-pitch abseil guiding or instructional skills to enable independent operation. This requires the instructor to be able to transfer required skills and knowledge, apply a variety of appropriate instructional strategies, and assess a client's skill and knowledge acquisition during and at the end of a program or session.

Multi Pitch Abseiling Instructors (Artificial Surfaces) also have the skills, knowledge and experience to operate independently at a broad range of venues with a variety of different client groups and within a broad range of varied contexts that may be complex and non-routine. A person at this level of competence may perform a broad range of skilled applications. These may include the evaluation and analysis of current practices, development of new criteria and procedures for performing current practices and provision of some leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of the skills.

A Multi Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces) may work at sites which:

Have fixed anchors
Are multi-pitch artificial surfaces
Have the potential to provide non-routine situations (eg. adverse weather conditions, complex rescue situations).

Multi Pitch Abseiling Instructor (Artificial Surfaces) units of competency:

SRXEMR001A Respond to emergency situations
SRXEMR002A Coordinate emergency response
SRXGRO001A Facilitate a group
SRXGRO002A Deal with conflict
SRXGRO003A Provide leadership to groups
SRXINU002A Apply sport and recreation law
SRXOHS001B Follow defined occupational health and safety policy and procedures
SROOPS002B Plan for minimal environmental impact
SROODR003A Plan outdoor recreation activities (advanced)
SROODR006A Manage risk in an outdoor activity3
SROABA002A Apply single pitch abseiling skills on artificial surfaces
SROABA003A Establish ropes for abseiling on artificial surfaces
SROABA004A Establish ropes for multi pitch abseiling on artificial surfaces
SROABA006A Instruct abseiling on artificial surfaces (single pitch)
SROABA007A Instruct abseiling on artificial surfaces (multi pitch)
SROVTR001A Perform vertical rescues
TAADEL301A Provide training through instruction and demonstration of work skills

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