DEFSUR002 — Construct improvised weapons and equipment in a survival situation

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17 assessable components: 2 elements (11 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 2 knowledge evidence requirements. 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 for the construction of improvised weapons and equipment

1.1Determine required weapons (such as bolas, boomerang, spear) and equipment (such as bed, coolamon, digging stick, rock hammer, seat, table, traps and snares) to increase chances of survival and prioritise as appropriate to the situation.
1.2Develop a basic plan for construction, including general design, labour and resource requirements of desired items.
1.3Gather natural resources to meet the concept of design.
1.4Make two-ply string from fibrous material for use in binding and securing.

2 Construct improvised weapons and equipment

2.1Use heat to shape timber (induce and/or remove bends).
2.2Cut notches, edges and settings into timber to fit and secure additional items.
2.3Use heat to harden timber to prevent wearing, blunting and splitting.
2.4Use knots and lashes to secure additional items.
2.5Add padding using grasses and barks to survival equipment.
2.6Weave or assemble baskets using natural resources to store survival items.
2.7Maintain and preserve weapons and equipment using improvised preservation techniques, including plant and animal oils, saps and smoking.

Performance evidence

sharpening and maintaining a knife
tying knots and lashings/seizing/whipping
maintaining a range of survival weapons and equipment
producing a range of items according to the survival situation, but must include: • either digging stick: • length – minimum half user’s body length • shaft diameter – minimum 2.5 centimetres • plumb – not greater than seven degrees off ‘true’ from point to end • point – fire hardened sufficiently to deny fingernail from making any marking/indentation • or spear: • length – minimum three-quarters user’s body length • shaft diameter – maximum two centimetres • plumb – not greater than seven degrees off ‘true’ from point to end • point – fire hardened sufficiently to deny fingernail from making any marking/indentation • either bed: • length and width – must cover user’s body when flat with arms by sides • height – must elevate user at least ten centimetres off the ground • level – must be level • strength – must withstand weight of user and frame must remain rigid under user’s movements • comfort – must have sufficient padding to prevent framework from unduly discomforting user • or seat: • dimensions – seat must cover user’s posterior • height – must elevate to user’s knee level off the ground • level – must be level • strength – must withstand weight of user and frame must remain rigid under user’s movements • comfort – must have sufficient padding (including bark, grass)to prevent discomfort through pressure of framework • improvised cordage: • six metres • minimum two-ply lay • capable of supporting twenty kilograms weight • maximum six millimetres diameter • basket: • minimum side and bottom length twenty centimetres • carry handle attached • capable of securing survival items during travel

Knowledge evidence

knife and weapon safety
fire safety

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