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Elements and Performance Criteria

Conduct booking confirmation conferences
Confirm range instructions conform to Range Standing Orders
Ensure activities are safe and deconflicted
Brief stakeholders
- Stakeholders are briefed on training area and range activities in accordance with Range Standing Orders
- Notifications are raised and forwarded in accordance with Range Standing Orders as required
Approve and record use of training area and/or activity

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

apply interpersonal techniques

communicate verbally and in writing

conduct briefings

conduct liaison and negotiations

exercise tact and judgement in a command and control environment

interpret and apply technical information

participate as a member of a team

write at the level required to complete workplace forms and reports

Required Knowledge

ammunition danger area templates

composition of teams and roles and responsibility of team members

negotiation techniques

oral communication techniques

range danger area traces

range practices

relevant policies publications legislation and regulation

teamwork principles and strategies

training objectives and activities

weaponssystems characteristics

written communication to a level required to complete workplace forms and reports

Evidence Required

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

Assessment must confirm the ability to check safety traces and danger area templates to deconflict activities on the range and training area and to conduct briefs to range users

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

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.
A range may include	All air, land and/or sea areas used for Defence live-firing weapons practices, tests or operations
A training area may include	Any area of land, sea, undersea, or air used for any military manoeuvres or simulated wartime operations involving planning, preparation and execution, carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation Combined, joint or single service exercises
Supplementary bids may include	Bids that are received after the cut off date
Traces and templates may include	Ammunition danger area templates and must be: approved and signed by the unit Officer Commanding or Commanding Officer conform to Range Standing Orders for safety received on a medium that is not subject to stretching or other distortion received on a medium that is transparent Range danger area traces
Safety requirements may include	Appointment of a Director of Practice Appointment of an Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Practice
Range activities may include	Foreign weapons/ammunition specifically authorised for use on a particular range Live firing of any weapon/ammunition authorised to be fired on a particular range
Stakeholders may include	Adjacent landowners Local government authorities Users
Briefs may include	Contingency plans Environmental factors Other range or training area activities Restrictions Unexploded ordnance (UXO) Weather And may occur at the appropriate time daily safety briefs for range users entry/exit to range/training area
Notifications may include	Notification to Airmen (NOTAMS) Notification to Mariners (NOTMARS