Elements and Performance Criteria

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.
Survival craft and rescue boats must include:
Life rafts
Lifeboats
Rescue boats
Launching equipment must include:
Cranes
Davits
Life raft launching and inflation equipment
Lifesaving and survival equipment must include:
Immersion suits
Life jackets
Person overboard combination light and smoke float
Portable radio equipment
Pyrotechnic distress signals
SARTs
Satellite EPIRBs
Thermal protective aids
Strategies must include:
Beaching survival craft
Deploying exposure cover on an open lifeboat
Handling survival craft in rough weather
Helicopter rescue from survival craft
Maximising detect ability of survival craft
Preventing and treating hypothermia
Rationing food and water
Using rescue boat to marshal life rafts
Using rescue boat to retrieve survivors in the sea

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, the required skills and knowledge, the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
The evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the Elements, Performance Criteria, Required Skills, Required Knowledge and include:
acting appropriately to the prevailing circumstances and conditions in response to abandon ship and survival situations according to accepted safety practices and standards
launching and operating various types of survival craft
communicating effectively with others as required when operating survival craft and ancillary survival equipment.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Performance is demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.
Resources for assessment include access to:
industry-approved marine operations site where operating survival craft and other lifesaving appliances can be conducted in suitably simulated situations
tools, equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry
relevant regulatory and equipment documentation that impacts on work activities
range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or other simulated practical and knowledge assessments
appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace.
In both real and simulated environments, access is required to:
relevant and appropriate materials and equipment
applicable documentation including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals.
Method of assessment
Practical assessment must occur in an:
appropriately simulated workplace environment and/or
appropriate range of situations in the workplace.
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate to this unit:
direct observation of the candidate operating survival craft and other lifesaving appliances
direct observation of the candidate applying relevant WHS/OHS requirements and work practices.
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended.
In all cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess Required Knowledge.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language and literacy requirements of the work being performed and the capacity of the candidate.