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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for monitoring training area/range activities
   • Visits to range and training area activities are planned in accordance with Range Standing Orders and activity schedules
   • Relevant instructions are identified, obtained and agreed in accordance with Range Standing Orders
   • Purpose and outcomes of visit are clarified and agreed in accordance with Range Standing Orders
   • Clearances and access to activities are established in accordance with Range Standing Orders
2. Evaluate compliance of training area/range activities
   • Training area and range activities are monitored in accordance with Range Standing Orders and relevant instructions
   • Training activity compliance with Range Standing Orders, relevant policy and instructions is monitored
   • Contractor activities are monitored in accordance with Range Standing Orders and relevant controls
3. Control training area/range activities
   • Non-compliant training activities are identified and non-compliance is indicated to relevant commanders
   • Training area and range users are briefed in accordance with Range Standing Orders and relevant instructions
   • Coordination issues are resolved, if necessary through direct contact and discussions
   • Access and egress is controlled in those circumstances where required
   • Coordination and compliance between users and landholders is established on non-Defence property
4. Report on training area/range activities
   • Post exercise reports are raised when appropriate in accordance with Range Standing Orders and relevant instructions
   • Non-compliance reports are initiated and forwarded to relevant authorities in accordance with Range Standing Orders and relevant contracts

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

access interpret and apply range and other instructions and policy access interpret and apply Range Standing Orders apply interpersonal techniques communicate verbally and in writing control access and egress to ranges and training areas follow instructionsdirectives and reporting information liaison read technical specifications maps and diagrams retain and apply information from briefings write at the level required to complete post exercise and noncompliance reports

Required Knowledge

composition of teams and roles and responsibility of team members environmental instructions and policy exercise instructions post activity reports principles of teamwork and teams aims and objectives range clearance certificates range instructions range practice manuals Range Standing Orders standing operating instructions verbal and nonverbal communication techniques written communication to a level required to complete work place documentation and reports

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Assessment must confirm the ability to plan and prepare when monitoring a training area and range activities to evaluate compliance of training area and range activities and to control training area and range activities Consistency in performance Competency should be demonstrated in a range of actual or simulated range and training area management contexts
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 and organisation requirements Specific resources for assessment Access is required toan operating range and training area
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

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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
Relevant instructions may include	Contracts Environmental instructions/policy Exercise instructions Post activity reports Range clearance certificates Range instructions Range practice manuals Range standing orders Safety traces Standing operating instructions
Briefing may be	Conducted: as required daily on entry And may include: contingency plans coordination requirements environmental factors optimum use of facilities other range or training area activities restrictions unexploded ordnance (UXO) weather

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