Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to carry and operate revolver.
- Review workplace policies and procedures including WHS to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when carrying and operating revolvers for security purposes.
- Select revolver and correct ammunition and duty gear for revolver type, and use required personal protective equipment (PPE) and clothing.
- Check that equipment is operational following manufacturers’ instructions and rectify or report faults or malfunctions.
- Draw, use and recover revolver.
- Check and load ammunition following manufacturers’ instructions and safely recover revolver.
- Draw revolver safely to ready position.
- Operate revolver demonstrating compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles.
- Control revolver to demonstrate correct retention techniques.
- Use available cover and concealment, and demonstrate correct techniques for low light shooting.
- Discharge multiple shots at the same target and multiple targets to meet the required standard of accuracy.
- Perform immediate and remedial actions in the event of revolver malfunction.
- Safely unload and recover revolver.
- Discharge revolver at approved range.
- Interpret and comply with local range rules at approved shooting range.
- Select and fit PPE including hearing and eye protection, and baseball cap to comply with range rules.
- Handle revolver according to fundamentals of shooting principles.
- Follow commands from range personnel or firearms instructors.
- Select correct ammunition for revolver and load as instructed by range personnel or firearms instructor.
- Discharge revolver to meet approved course of fire and achieve required standards.
- Complete range register and incident report as required.
- Clean and maintain revolver.
- Apply PROVE procedures to physically check revolver, swing out cylinder and confirm that the chamber is empty prior to cleaning.
- Select and use correct tools and cleaning kit for revolver following manufacturers’ instructions.
- Access a suitable venue to clean revolver following WHS procedures.
- Disassemble and clean revolver following manufacturers’ instructions.
- Reassemble revolver and inspect to confirm safety and correct operation.