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Title / Instruct and assess clients’ administration of supplemental oxygen for divers
Level / 6 / Credits / 3
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: instruct and assess clients’ knowledge of diving first aid and oxygen administration; and instruct and assess clients’ administration of supplemental oxygen.
Classification / Diving > Diving - Instruction
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / People seeking credit for this unit standard must hold either PADI Divemaster certification and have completed an Instructor Training Course, or SSI Dive Control Specialist certification and have completed an Instructor Development Course, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1 Industry technical and safety criteria refer to dive instruction, supervision and performance being carried out in accordance with the standards, procedures and training materials of the respective dive training agency. The agency must meet or exceed the World Recreational Scuba Training Council training standards.
2 All dive operations must comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, the Accident Compensation Act 2001, AS/NZS 2299.3:2003 Occupational diving operations – Recreational industry diving and snorkelling operations and the Guidelines for Occupational Diving 2004.
3 Definitions
Clients refer to individuals who are certified as open water divers.
Diving refers to Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA), breath hold diving and snorkelling.
Instruction refers to the candidate instructor’s act of imparting knowledge or skills as per industry technical and safety criteria.
PADI refers to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors.
SCUBA refers to Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
SSI refers to Scuba Schools International.
5 Assessment of this unit standard may be undertaken in simulated conditions.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Instruct and assess clients’ knowledge of diving first aid and oxygen administration.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Clients are instructed and assessed on diving first aid and oxygen administration in accordance with industry technical and safety criteria.
Range first aid requirements in relation to diving, recognising the signs, symptoms and treatment of diving injuries, types and features of oxygen delivery systems and devices, the benefits and hazards of administering supplemental oxygen to divers at the surface.
Outcome 2
Instruct and assess clients’ administration of supplemental oxygen.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Clients are instructed and assessed to prepare oxygen equipment in accordance with industry technical and safety criteria.
Range may include but is not limited to – constant flow regulator, multi-function regulator, demand valve, unique delivery systems, fitting regulator to cylinder, flow rates, ventilation pocket mask, non re breather mask, simple face mask, nasal canula, bag valve mask, safety considerations;
a minimum of four is required.
2.2 Clients are instructed and assessed to administer supplemental oxygen to a diver in accordance with industry technical and safety criteria.
Range breathing patient, non-breathing patient.
Replacement information / This unit standard replaced unit standard 8294.Planned review date / 31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 20 November 2014 / N/A
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.
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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Skills Active Aotearoa Limited if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Skills Active Aotearoa LimitedSSB Code 101576 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2014