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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare for patrolling
  2. Apply patrolling techniques
  3. Finalise patrolling activities

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

apply administrative requirements

apply battlecraft aggressively

apply fieldcraft skills

apply navigation techniques

apply operational safety

apply patrol drills

apply first aid

apply preventative health measures

employ relevant patrol equipment

employ weapon effects safely

work in a team

Required Knowledge

administrative requirements

assimilate orders

battlecraft

characteristics technical capabilities effects employment and limitations of patrol weapons

characteristics technical capabilities effects employment and limitations of relevant patrol equipment

current operational environment

fieldcraft

first aid

navigation techniques

operational safety

patrol drills

preventative health measures

team work

Evidence Required

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

Assessment must confirm the ability to receive and apply orders to prepare and use patrol equipment and to apply fieldcraft and battlecraft

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over a range of actual or simulated patrolling contexts that could be expected in the workplace

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in operations or in a simulated operational environment

Specific resources for assessment

Access to a training or operational setting weapons and equipment required for patrolling

Guidance information for assessment

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA Public Safety Training Package

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.


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.

A surveillance patrol team is

A grouping of up to ten personnel (for infantry this would be a section)

Information may include

Changes in patterns of normalcy

Characteristics of infrastructure and facilities

Sign of activity

Strength and disposition of threat

Patrolling may be required

By day or by night in all weather conditions and across all terrain

On foot, in vehicles, in watercraft and in aircraft

In order to:

locate threats

obtain details of threat protective measures and other obstacles

observe threat habits and traffic

locate obstacle crossing points

collect topographical information on features, track systems and the state of the ground

identify normalcy and changes to normalcy patterns

Orders may include

Warning orders

Snap orders

Deliberate orders

And may be:

formal or informal

written or oral

Equipment may include

Ammunition

Body armour

Communication equipment

Day and night vision equipment

Encryption devices

Load carrying equipment

Rations

Sensors

Specialist equipment

Weapons

Checking and assembling equipment may include

Cleaning weapons

Removing non-essential items

Securing loose items to reduce noise

Test firing weapons

Testing and assembling patrol equipment

Standard procedures may include

Australian Standards

Defence Instructions

Doctrinal pamphlets

Job guides, other publications

Manufacturers' handbooks, industry specifications and technical instructions

Occupational health and safety (OH&S) regulations

Organisational policies and procedures

Procedure manuals

Reengagement procedures

Relevant local government by-laws

Relevant state/territory or federal legislation

Routine Orders

Standing Operating Procedures

Standing Orders

Written and verbal orders

Personal preparation may include

Applying camouflage

Feeding

Operational security

Preventative health measures

Resting

Patrol rehearsals may include

Actions to achieve patrol mission

Actions on unexpected incidents

Actions with other organisations

Drills

Formations

Insertion and extraction of the patrol may be by

Air

Land

Sea

Patrol security may include

Camouflage and concealment

Listening

Maintaining formations

Methods of movement

Observing arcs

Protection at the halt

Searching ground

Weapon readiness states

Formations may include

Arrowhead

Box

Diamond

Open file

Single file

Staggered file

Patrol drills and procedures may include

Basic drill

Break contact drill

Contact drill

Counter ambush drills

Harbour drills

Insertion and extraction drills

Mine incident drills

Observation post routine

Obstacle crossing drills

Rendezvous and marry-up procedures

Short halts

Navigational techniques may include

Following compass bearings

Pacing and estimating distance

Operating global positioning systems

Relating map to ground

Sign may include

Patterns of human movement

Physical evidence of movement

Visual evidence

Threats may include

Hostile forces

Illegal activity such as:

people, drug or weapon smuggling

exporting of protected flora and fauna

unauthorised entry

unauthorised fishing and hunting

drug cultivation or manufacture

terrorists

Post patrol activities may include

Handing over personnel and equipment

Participating in patrol debrief

Posting patrol reports

Preparing for debriefs

Processing detainees

Providing information

Reviewing standard procedures

Post patrol administration may include

Equipment cleaning

Maintenance of personal hygiene

Returning patrol equipment

Reconstituting patrol

Weapon cleaning