Assessor Resource
DEFPO002B
Conduct battlefield circulation and control operations
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
The application of this unit in the workplace - the environments, complexities and situations involved - will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.
This text will be useful for the purposes of job descriptions, recruitment advice or job analysis; where possible, it will not be too job specific to allow other industries to import it into other Training Packages, where feasible.
This unit covers the competency required to conduct a range of battlefield circulation control tasks, which relate to the physical monitoring and control of traffic within an area of operations under a variety of environmental conditions.
An individual required to conduct battlefield circulation and control operations may be required to collect information on traffic control matters and provide verbal and/or written advice to assist planners in the development of a movement plan. Reconnaissance of the route to identify and clarify driving conditions will be required and may be undertaken by map and/or through physically driving the route. The individual may be directly responsible for establishing, maintaining and recovering signage on the route and may direct and control traffic as a 'pointsman' at critical points, and if required, implement contingency plans to divert traffic. The unit also covers the competency required to interpret road movement tables to exercise control over, and provide advice to, vehicles and other traffic moving along a route, communicate relevant movement information to the movement control headquarters and liaise with external traffic control authorities and agencies, if required.
This unit will involve the individual operating from a staffed police post as a member of a team, but also operating individually and independently.
You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)