Confirm a range booking and conduct the pre-use inspection

What is going on

A reserve infantry company has requested Range 4 for field firing with section attacks on 19 and 20 September and has asked to use tracer. The request is at Requested in the bookings system. The Range 4 standing orders set the natures permitted, the range safety officer qualification required and the fire danger conditions under which tracer is not permitted. Target mechanism 12 is isolated with an open work order after a ricochet damaged it. Warren Bird wants the request assessed and either confirmed or returned by Friday, and a pre-use inspection planned for the Saturday morning that takes the isolated mechanism into account.

Your brief

Assess the Range 4 request against the standing orders and the procedure, resolve the tracer question, confirm or return the booking with written reasons, and plan and document the pre-use inspection so the range can be handed to the range safety officer safely on the day.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the Range Booking and Inspection Procedure and the Range Activity Request Form and list every check you must complete before a booking can be confirmed.
• Open the Range 4 booking in the Range and Training Area Bookings system and check the request against the other bookings and the Range 4 target mechanism work order.
• Assess the range safety officer qualification and the natures requested, and record your decision on the tracer request with reference to the fire danger conditions.
• Write the confirmation or return letter to the unit stating the decision, the conditions, the pre-use inspection time and the handover arrangements, and update the booking status.
• Prepare the pre-use inspection checklist for Range 4 including targets, stop butts, danger area signage, gates, tracks and fire fighting equipment, and note how the isolated mechanism will be marked.
• Record the inspection plan and the expected post-use clearance requirements against the booking record.
• Brief Warren Bird in writing on any risk that could stop the activity on the day and the alternative date offered.

What someone in this role would produce

• Completed booking assessment with decision and reasons
• Confirmation or return letter to the unit
• Pre-use inspection checklist and plan
• Updated booking record