Elements and Performance Criteria
- Safely handle a direct fire support weapon
- Occupational health and safety (OH&S) requirements and recognised safety precautions are applied throughout the operation
- Direct fire support weapon is handled and carried safely in accordance with standard procedures
- Ammunition is identified and selected, and safely handled in accordance with standard procedures
- Direct fire support weapon is secured in accordance with standard procedures
- Safely maintain a direct fire support weapon
- Direct fire support weapon is stripped and assembled in accordance with standard procedures
- Direct fire support weapon and associated equipment are cleaned and serviced as required, in accordance with standard procedures
- Ammunition is cleaned, inspected, carried and secured in accordance with standard procedures
- Defects are identified and rectified within limits of authority or reported to supervisor
- Documentation is completed in accordance with standard procedures
- Safely operate a direct fire support weapon
- Safely fire a direct fire support weapon
- Direct fire support weapon is safely fired in accordance with standard procedures
- Range Safety Brief and Practice Brief are complied with when firing a direct fire support weapon on a range, in accordance with standard procedures
- Targets are identified and engaged in accordance with standard procedures