Subjects
18 units of competency are required for this qualification:
4 core units
14 elective units
Choose a minimum of 12 electives from the list below, of which at least 7 must be taken from Group A.
Choose the remaining 2 electives from the list below or from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.
All elective units selected from outside this qualification must reflect the occupational and learning outcomes of this AQF qualification level. Seek further advice on selecting imported units of competency in the DEF Implementation Guide.
Where a prerequisite unit is attached to an elective unit it is identified by this symbol .
The prerequisite units attached to any of the elective units must be undertaken and are additional to the number of elective units required for the qualification.
Elective units selected must not duplicate content already covered by other units in this qualification.
Core units | |
Work safely with explosive ordnance | |
Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements | |
Undertake first response to non-fire incidents | |
Shift materials safely using manual handling methods | |
Group A: Specialisation units | |
Control engineering and logistic processes | |
Apply a knowledge of explosives | |
License explosive facilities and potential explosive sites | |
Breakdown explosive ordnance | |
Maintain grenades | |
Maintain mortar ammunition | |
Maintain actuating devices | |
Maintain pyrotechnics and countermeasures | |
Maintain guided weapons | |
Maintain free flight rockets | |
Maintain gun ammunition | |
Maintain aerial delivered ordnance | |
Maintain mines | |
Maintain demolition stores | |
Assess explosive firings | |
Plan explosive trials | |
Conduct explosive trials | |
Perform explosive tests, measurements and analyses | |
Conduct explosive firings | |
Develop work priorities | |
Optimise process/plant area
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Trial new process or product | |
Monitor remote production facilities | |
Manage plant shutdown and restart | |
Commission/recommission plant | |
Implement and coordinate accident-emergency procedures | |
Group B: General elective units | |
Respond to fire | |
Establish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshops | |
Dispose of non-explosive dangerous goods | |
Apply a knowledge of the service environment | |
Inspect explosive facilities | |
Supervise engineering and logistic tasks | |
Fuze and defuze explosive ordnance | |
Assemble and disassemble explosive components | |
Treat risk within Defence at an operational level | |
Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environment | |
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices | |
Lead team effectiveness | |
Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or team | |
Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work area | |
Use planning software systems in manufacturing | |
Implement competitive systems and practices | |
Ensure process improvements are sustained | |
Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvement | |
Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices | |
Mistake proof a production process | |
Undertake process capability improvements
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Apply statistics to processes in manufacturing | |
Undertake proactive maintenance analyses | |
Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy | |
Establish context for emergency risk assessment | |
Assess emergency risk
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Develop treatment options for emergency risk | |
Manage risk treatment implementation | |
Treat operational risk
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Assess operational risk | |
Carry out inspection of vehicles designed to carry special loads | |
Operate vehicle carry special loads | |
Load and unload explosives and dangerous goods | |
Identify and label explosives and dangerous goods | |
