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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify range systems and procedures
  2. Apply technical knowledge
  3. Prepare Range Standing Orders
  4. ReviewRange Standing Orders

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

access and interpret relevant legislation regulations and policies

apply environmental constraints

apply service writing conventions

interpret and apply technical information

participate in the team

read and write to a level required to interpret relevant legislation regulations and Defence policy

Required Knowledge

ammunition danger area templates

composition of teams and roles and responsibility of team members

conventions of service writing

environmental aspects of range management

layout and content of Range Standing Orders

principles of teamwork and teams aims and objectives

range danger area traces

range practices

relevant legislation regulations and policies

safety traces

techniques for giving and receiving feedback in a constructive manner

training objectives and activities

verbal and nonverbal communication techniques including language style active listening

weaponssystems characteristics

written communication at a level required to transcribe information and prepare technical reports

Evidence Required

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

Assessment must confirm the ability to identify policies legislation and regulations that are relevant to ranges to apply service writing conventions and to review and amend Range Standing Orders

Assessment must also confirm the ability to accurately interpret and apply relevant legislation regulation Defence policies safety traces and training objectives in preparing Range Standing Orders

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

A portfolio of a variety of completed Range Standing Orders should be submitted as evidence for assessment

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


Range Statement

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.

Sources of information may include

Defence instructions

Defence standards

Legislation and regulations

Range user comments

Technical or doctrinal pamphlets

Training information bulletins

Weapon pamphlets

Ranges may be

In the air

On land

On water

Technical knowledge may include knowledge about

Live or non-live firing training requirements

Range practices

Range training areas including Defence, other government or privately owned land

Weapons/systems from the Australian Defence Force or Foreign Forces inventory

Legislation, regulation and Defence policies may include

Defence Force regulations

Defence instructions

Defence Security Manual

Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Other federal or state/territory legislation

The Defence Act

Safety traces may include

Ammunition danger area templates

Range danger area traces

Training objectives may include

Overseas forces training objectives

User training objectives

Prescribed format may include

That specified by Director Training Area Management

That contained in Australian Defence Force Publication 102 Service writing

That contained in various Defence style sheets for publication

The distribution of Range Standing Orders may include

Electronic

Hard copy

Reviews may be

Formal

Informal