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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

allocate appropriate materials and personnel to the operations

develop and deliver orders instructions directions and training programs

direct control coordinate and monitor subordinate organisations and activities

efficiently and safely control the operations to achieve the mission

operational planning

provide reports and appropriate documentation

Required Knowledge

characteristics technical capabilities effects employment and limitations of relevant sniping equipment

characteristics technical capabilities effects employment and limitations of the sniping teams

material personnel skills and other requirements for the operations

OHampS requirements

operational environment

Orders for Opening Fire relevant to the sniping operations

procedures and requirements of the operations

reporting requirements and procedures associated with the operations

safety precautions associated with the operations

sniping operations to be performed

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to plan sniping operations to develop and deliver orders and instructions to identify the application of legislative requirements to coordinate multiple activities and to provide debriefing reports and appropriate documentation associated with the operations

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated in a range of training and simulated operational environments

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed supervising sniper pairs in a simulated environment under conditions that could be expected in the workplace

Specific resources for assessment

Access to sniper pairs operational resources and an operational setting

Guidance information for assessment

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA Public Safety Training Package

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.

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.
Technical advice may include	Advice to superiors and subordinates on: sniper employment opportunities sniper deployment options training requirements sniper capabilities ballistic specifications
Tasks may include	Destroy materiel Reconnaissance Rescue operations Destroy personnel Surveillance
Standard procedures may include	Australian Standards Defence Instructions Doctrine pamphlets Job guides, other publications Manufacturers' handbooks, industry specifications and technical instructions OH&S regulations Organisational policies and procedures Procedure manuals Relevant local government by-laws Relevant state/territory or federal legislation Routine Orders Standing Operating Procedures Standing Orders Written and verbal orders
Constraints may include	Environmental conditions Experience of subordinates Health Morale Operational tempo Resources Terrain Training short falls Troops to task Welfare
Training requirements may include	Collective training Maintenance and development of sniper proficiency Physical fitness
Resource requirements may include	Personnel: sniper teams Materials: ammunition explosives Equipment: weapons optics clothing and specialist equipment Other allocated support: vehicles/watercraft rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft
Information and intelligence may be gained from	Aerial photographs Intelligence staff/units/agencies Maps Other units/organisations Reconnaissance Reports
Risk is	The potential for injury or loss The potential for a hazardous event or hostile action to occur A combination of consequence, exposure and probability/likelihood of a specified hazardous event or hostile action
Decision making processes may include	A doctrinal approach to decision making that allows a battlefield situation to be examined and a logical decision to be reached e.g. the individual military appreciation process
Battle procedures may include	Concurrent activity Rehearsals Thorough reconnaissance Warning orders
Liaison may include	Foreign troops Government agencies Neighbouring units Non government organisations Other services Other corps Supporting arms
Debriefing may include	Questions on the conduct and results of the allocated mission and tasks
Reports and returns may include	Briefs Commander's notebook Confidential reports Instructions Operational reports