Assessor Resource

PUADEFRM202B
Approve training area and range activities

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit was developed for range management and range control work within Defence but may be applicable to work in this field.

Typically, people who or apply this unit would work independently or as part of a team under direct and indirect supervision, use discretion and judgement and take responsibility for the quality of their outputs. All activities are carried out in accordance with relevant organisational policies and procedures.

This unit covers the competency required to analyse proposed range and training area activities, including the management of a booking system, read and interpret traces and templates, and promulgate activities.

A training area may contain a variety of ranges within its boundaries but a range cannot contain a training area.

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Prerequisites

Prerequisite Unit/s

Nil

Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.



Evidence Required

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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to check safety traces and danger area templates, to deconflict activities on the range and training area, and to conduct briefs to range users

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in the workplace or in a simulated work environment, in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies, regulations and organisational requirements.

Specific resources for assessment

There are no specific resource requirements for this unit.

Guidance information for assessment

In all cases assessment should be supported by questions to assess knowledge and those aspects of competency which are difficult to assess directly.

Questioning techniques should suit the language and literacy levels of the candidate

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit.

Required Skills

apply interpersonal techniques

communicate verbally and in writing

conduct briefings

conduct liaison and negotiations

exercise tact and judgement in a command and control environment

interpret and apply technical information

participate as a member of a team

write at the level required to complete workplace forms and reports

Required Knowledge

ammunition danger area templates

composition of teams and roles and responsibility of team members

negotiation techniques

oral communication techniques

range danger area traces

range practices

relevant policies, publications, legislation and regulation

teamwork principles and strategies

training objectives and activities

weapons/systems characteristics

written communication to a level required to complete workplace forms and reports

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 in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.

A range may include

All air, land and/or sea areas used for Defence live-firing weapons practices, tests or operations

A training area may include

Any area of land, sea, undersea, or air used for any military manoeuvres or simulated wartime operations involving planning, preparation and execution, carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation

Combined, joint or single service exercises

Supplementary bids may include

Bids that are received after the cut off date

Traces and templates may include

Ammunition danger area templates and must be:

approved and signed by the unit Officer Commanding or Commanding Officer

conform to Range Standing Orders for safety

received on a medium that is not subject to stretching or other distortion

received on a medium that is transparent

Range danger area traces

Safety requirements may include

Appointment of a Director of Practice

Appointment of an Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Practice

Range activities may include

Foreign weapons/ammunition specifically authorised for use on a particular range

Live firing of any weapon/ammunition authorised to be fired on a particular range

Stakeholders may include

Adjacent landowners

Local government authorities

Users

Briefs may include

Contingency plans

Environmental factors

Other range or training area activities

Restrictions

Unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Weather

And may occur at the appropriate time

daily safety briefs for range users

entry/exit to range/training area

Notifications may include

Notification to Airmen (NOTAMS)

Notification to Mariners (NOTMARS

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Booking confirmation conferences are promulgated in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Booking conferences are organised in accordance with Defence procedures 
Booking conflicts are identified and resolved 
Range and training area bookings are promulgated in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Supplementary bids are processed where required in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Authority for weapons and ammunition to be fired on the requested range is confirmed in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Gross error checks on traces and templates are conducted to confirm they are in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Contingency plans are confirmed in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Safety requirements are confirmed in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Conflict between separate activities on the range is identified and resolved 
Activity phases are coordinated to ensure there is no conflict between phases 
Director of Practice is appointed where more than one activity is being conducted concurrently on the range 
Stakeholders are briefed on training area and range activities in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Notifications are raised and forwarded in accordance with Range Standing Orders as required 
Authorised traces and templates are signed in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Applicant units and authorities are notified in accordance with Range Standing Orders 
Activities are recorded in accordance with Range Standing Orders 

Forms

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