This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain training area/range standing orders.

It includes the requirement to identify information sources, apply technical knowledge, draft the standing orders, incorporate comments and finalise the development by distributing the final draft.

This unit applies to Defence personnel who work in range management and range control but may be relevant to others who work in this field. Those undertaking this unit would work independently or as part of a team, under indirect supervision, while performing complex tasks, in a small range of familiar contexts. They would use discretion and judgement and take responsibility for the quality of their outputs.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Identify training area/range systems and procedures

1.1

Identify and obtain sources of information relevant to the training area/range

1.2

Review and document currency of information

1.3

Assess training area/range systems and procedures against reviewed information

2

Prepare Training Area/Range Standing Orders

2.1

Identify and apply relevant legislation, regulation, environmental considerations and Defence policies, safety traces and training objectives to the Training Area/Range Standing Orders

2.2

Draft Training Area/Range Standing Orders using the prescribed format

2.3

Distribute draft for comment to relevant personnel

2.4

Receive, analyse, review and incorporate comments into the draft

2.5

Prepare final draft and distribute to relevant personnel

3

Review Training Area/Range Standing Orders

3.1

Review Training Area/Range Standing Orders and identify and prepare changes

3.2

Incorporate amendments to Training Area/Range Standing Orders and distribute to relevant personnel

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and includes:

accessing and interpreting relevant legislation, regulations and policies

applying environmental constraints

applying safety traces relevant to a range

applying service writing conventions

interpreting and applying technical information, relevant legislation, regulations and Defence policy

drafting Training Area/Range Standing Orders using the prescribed format

identifying policies, legislation and regulations that are relevant to ranges

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

ammunition danger area templates

relevant policies and procedures in relation to duty of care, ethical standards, training area/range standing orders and all other organisational requirements.

composition of teams and roles and responsibility of team members

conventions of service writing

environmental aspects of range management

range danger area safety traces

permanent range practices

field firing practices

techniques for giving and receiving feedback in a constructive manner

training objectives and activities

weapons/systems characteristics

Assessors must hold credentials specified within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence and all regulatory requirements included within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must occur in workplace operational situations. Where this is not appropriate, assessment must occur in simulated workplace operational situations that reflect workplace conditions.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Resources for assessment must include access to:

a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or simulations

acceptable means of simulation assessment

applicable documentation, including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals

relevant materials, tools, equipment and PPE currently used in industry.

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Not applicable.

Range