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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare and deploy direct fire support weapons
   • Determine and organise resources required.
   • Report identified problems/shortfalls to immediate supervisor.
   • Deploy direct fire support weapons and establish and supervise the command post.
2. Engage targets with direct fire support weapons
   • Confirm accuracy of all firing data.
   • Check lay of all weapons are correct before firing.
   • Give appropriate firing orders to the direct fire support weapon operators.
   • Select appropriate ammunition.
   • Direct and control direct fire support weapons operations.
3. Maintain direct fire support weapons
   • Supervise operator maintenance activities.
   • Rectify reported defects within limits of authority or report to supervisor.
4. Prepare and deploy direct fire support weapons
   • Determine and organise resources required.
   • Report identified problems/shortfalls to immediate supervisor.
   • Deploy direct fire support weapons and establish and supervise the command post.
5. Engage targets with direct fire support weapons
   • Confirm accuracy of all firing data.
   • Check lay of all weapons are correct before firing.
   • Give appropriate firing orders to the direct fire support weapon operators.
   • Select appropriate ammunition.
   • Direct and control direct fire support weapons operations.
6. Maintain direct fire support weapons
   • Supervise operator maintenance activities.
   • Rectify reported defects within limits of authority or report to supervisor.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

interpreting orders

directing and controlling the direct fire support weapon crew

supervising both sustained fire machine gun and medium direct fire support weapons

supervising sight testing

supervising non-technical inspections

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

ammunition identification:

type

colour

hazard band

labelling

markings

lot/batch numbers

packaging

nomenclature

safety precautions associated with the task

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