CPPSEC3117 — Carry, operate and maintain shotguns for security purposes
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What an assessment for CPPSEC3117 must cover
73 assessable components: 4 elements (22 performance criteria), 12 performance evidence and 33 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare to carry and operate shotgun.
- 1.1Review workplace policies and procedures including WHS to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when carrying and operating shotguns for security purposes.
- 1.2Select shotgun and correct ammunition and duty gear for shotgun type, and use required personal protective equipment (PPE) and clothing.
- 1.3Check that equipment is operational following manufacturers’ instructions and rectify or report faults or malfunctions.
2 Operate a shotgun.
- 2.1Access shotgun from car carry position and load ammunition.
- 2.2Operate shotgun demonstrating compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles.
- 2.3Control shotgun to demonstrate correct retention techniques.
- 2.4Use available cover and concealment, and demonstrate correct techniques for low light shooting.
- 2.5Discharge multiple shots at the same target and multiple targets to meet the required standard of accuracy.
- 2.6Perform immediate and remedial actions in the event of shotgun malfunction.
- 2.7Safely unload, store and secure shotgun in car carry position.
3 Discharge shotgun at approved range.
- 3.1Interpret and comply with local range rules at approved shooting range.
- 3.2Select and fit PPE including hearing and eye protection, and baseball cap to comply with range rules.
- 3.3Handle shotgun according to fundamentals of shooting principles.
- 3.4Follow commands from range personnel or firearms instructors.
- 3.5Select correct ammunition for shotgun and load as instructed by range personnel or firearms instructor.
- 3.6Discharge shotgun to meet approved course of fire and achieve required standards.
- 3.7Complete range register and incident report as required.
4 Clean and maintain shotgun.
- 4.1Apply PROVE procedures to physically check shotgun is safe and empty of ammunition prior to cleaning.
- 4.2Select and use correct tools and cleaning kit for shotgun following manufacturers’ instructions.
- 4.3Access a suitable venue to clean shotgun following WHS procedures.
- 4.4Disassemble and clean shotgun following manufacturers’ instructions.
- 4.5Reassemble shotgun and inspect to confirm safety and correct operation.
Performance evidence
- one dry fire environment
- one live fire shooting range
- loading and unloading techniques: administrative loading
- loading and unloading techniques: combat load
- loading and unloading techniques: loading for car carry
- loading and unloading techniques: downloading to car carry
- compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles: grip
- compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles: stance
- compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles: trigger control
- compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles: sight alignment and picture
- compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles: breathing
- compliance with fundamentals of shooting principles: follow through
Knowledge evidence
- standard operating procedures and workplace policies that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when carrying, operating and maintaining shotguns for security purposes:
- carriage and use of firearms and weapons
- duty of care
- licensing requirements and limits of own authority
- range rules at approved shooting range
- selection and use of ammunition
- selection and use of duty gear
- use of force
- workplace health and safety (WHS)
- approved communication terminology, call signs and radio channels used in the security industry
- approved course of fire
- different procedures for operating various shotgun types and models
- duty gear required for carrying and using shotguns
- effective range of law-enforcement ammunition
- firearms retention techniques
- fundamentals of shooting including grip, stance, trigger control, sight alignment and picture, breathing and follow through
- legal consequences of pointing and firing a shotgun outside of an approved range
- loading and unloading techniques including administrative loading, combat load, loading for car carry and downloading to car carry
- low light shooting techniques
- methods for discharging multiple shots at same target and multiple targets
- nomenclature of modern law-enforcement ammunition
- nomenclature of modern law-enforcement shotguns
- operating sequence and principles of shotguns
- personal protective equipment (PPE) required when carrying and using shotguns and using an approved range
- procedures for attending an approved shooting range
- procedures for responding to multiple threats
- process of dynamic risk assessment and how it is applied
- reasons finger must remain off trigger until target is sighted
- rules of approved shooting range
- situations where it is appropriate to draw or use a shotgun to manage a perceived threat according to the use of force model
- techniques for proving a shotgun: point in a safe direction, remove ammunition, observe chamber, verify feeding path, and examine bore for obstructions
- the phonetic alphabet and how it is used
- types of security risk situations that may be encountered during armed assignments and appropriate responses.
Foundation skills
- writing skills: to complete range registers and incident reports
- reading skills: to interpret: standard operating procedures and policies that clarify legal rights and responsibilities; manufacturers’ instructions and technical information when checking, operating and cleaning shotguns; signs that detail range rules that may be in written and diagrammatic formats
- speaking and listening skills: to: understand spoken commands from range personnel and firearms instructors; use questions to clarify instructions
- numeracy skills: to apply basic mathematical techniques to: select and use correct amount of ammunition; discharge correct number of shots
- problem solving skills: to: recognise faults and malfunctions in shotguns and equipment; correctly disassemble and reassemble shotgun
- teamwork skills: to adjust personal communication styles in response to the opinions, values and needs of others
Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
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