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Elements and Performance Criteria

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

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.

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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 identifying aircraft types identifying explosive ordnance types maintaining documentation operating specialist explosive ordnance disposal vehicle reading, accessing, interpreting and applying technical instructions locating and identifying explosive ordnance to be removed gathering and securing evidence applying manual handling and team lifting techniques using PPE handling dangerous good and hazardous substances safely

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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: aircraft systems blast/fragmentation/thermal effects and mitigation characteristics, technical capabilities and explosive ordnance loads of damaged aircraft characteristics, technical capabilities, effects and limitations of explosive ordnance to be removed, disposed of/rendered safe characteristics, technical capabilities, effects and limitations of tools and equipment documentation requirements equipment handling requirements initiation procedures net explosive quantity estimations operational safety relevant testing procedures removal procedures render-safe/disposal methods safety distance calculation procedures site preparation and refurbishment requirements theory of explosive ordnance design

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