Google Links

Follow the links below to find material targeted to the unit's elements, performance criteria, required skills and knowledge

Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for operations
   • Collect, store and check for presence and serviceability equipment, tools and stores required for explosive ordnance demolitions operations
2. Brief personnel required to participate on their duties and requirements
3. Establish and maintain contact and liaison with other agencies
4. Conduct planning prior to arrival at scene
5. Locate and identify explosive ordnance and associated components
   • Locate explosive ordnance and associated components
6. Identify explosive ordnance and associated components
7. Advise controlling authority of safety and evacuation requirements
8. Determine and plan method of conducting disposal/render safe procedure
9. Conduct render safe procedures and/or dispose of explosive ordnance
   • Identify and prepare for use equipment, tools and stores to dispose of and/or render explosive ordnance safe
10. Inspect explosive ordnance and immediate area and declare safe or plan alternate disposal operation
    • Recover, refurbish and secure equipment
11. Conduct post explosive ordnance disposal clearance
12. Complete and process explosive ordnance disposal reports
13. Provide technical evidence to inquiries/courts

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

---

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and includes:

applying consequent mitigation principles applying safety template requirements applying time management calculating and applying time and safety distance maintaining documentation operating specialist explosive ordnance disposal vehicle reading, accessing, interpreting and applying technical instructions liaising with other agencies preparing and operating equipment, tools and stores gathering and securing evidence applying manual handling and team lifting techniques using PPE handling dangerous good and hazardous substances safely

---

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and includes:

Operational knowledge of: blast/fragmentation/thermal mitigation characteristics, technical capabilities, effects and limitations of explosive ordnance to be disposed of/rendered safe characteristics, technical capabilities, effects and limitations of explosive ordnance disposal stores and equipment documentation requirements equipment handling and safety requirements initiation procedures net explosive quantity estimations operational safety relevant testing procedures render safe/disposal methods safety distance calculation procedures theory of explosive ordnance design

---