ECN 171 CARGO SPECIALIST

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ECN 171 - CARGO SPECIALIST
WO1 PETER RUSSELL
WO1 IAN SOJAN
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SCOPE

• Manual of Army Employment (MAE) ECN 171
• Licensing of Persons Performing High Risk Work in
  Army
• SOVOs (CD) / New licensing system for Earth
  Moving and Material Handling Equipment
• TA handover of Responsibility for D Vehicles from
  CATC to ALTC
• Projects and their impacts to the trade.

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MAE - ECN 171

• Past Changes
• DG was removed by DGPERS-A 11 July 07
• Manager Cargo Operations Course was replaced with
  the Subj 2 WO (CSS) Course by DGPERS-A 11 Jul 07
• The RACT Employment Category Steering Group was
  conducted on the 13 Nov 07 (for Cargo Specialist
  and Marine)
• Awaiting DFRT Hearing to have all the MAE changes
  approved Oct 2009.

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Qualifications ECN 171-2 ADDED to MAE in 2009

• 20 T Crane or Greater Cse (added to mandatory req
  to alleviate soldiers having to have a mobile
  crane.
• Three of the following
• On Pavement Forklift
• On Pavement Forklift Container Handler
• C19 Telescopic Material Handling Equipment
• C20 Telescopic Handling Equipment
• C21 Telescopic Handling Equipment
• CN Non Slewing Crane
• Driver Heavy Rigid GS (HR2)
• Ships Crane Training
• Mobile Slewing Crane 100T (C1)
• Mobile Slewing Crane 100T (C1)
• Mobile Slewing Crane 60T (C6)
• Mobile Slewing Crane 20T (C2)
• Standard Combat Survivability
• CVS Operator Defence

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Licensing of Persons Performing High Risk Work in
Army

• BACKGROUND
• The CGS Directive 6/96 stated that the
  certificate of competence for load shifting
  equipment is the CIVILIAN LICENCE (hence
  Nationally Registered Assessors)
• Qld Legislation changed 01 Jul 07
• Nationally Registered Assessors no longer exist
  in Qld
• ALL Training is now to be conducted within / by a
  Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
• The equipment that the RTO is to train and assess
  on must be under the scope of registration of
  that RTO.

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Licensing of Persons Performing High Risk Work in
Army

• Three High Risk Working Groups were held during
  2008
• Main Purpose
• Understand the Problem
• Exchange Information
• Generate Action plan for resolution to the
  problem.

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Licensing of Persons Performing High Risk Work in
Army

• As a result of the meetings a new CA Directive
  (Licensing of Army Personnel Performing High Risk
  Work and Working in Prescribed Occupations) was
  drafted for the CAs concurrence and signature.
• The Directive is still awaiting signature.

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Licensing of Persons Performing High Risk Work in
Army

• Licence Classes effected in the Cargo Specialist
  Trade are
• LF
• C2, C6, C1
• CN
• Dogger.
• LL ( Track Layer) still with CATC / SME.

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SOVOs / New licensing system for Earth Moving
and Material Handling Equipment

• SOVOs Volume 3 Earthmoving and Material Handling
  Equipment Operations has been re-written.
• Once the CA Directive (Licensing of Army
  Personnel Performing High Risk Work and Working
  in Prescribed Occupations) is signed off the new
  SOVOs will be introduced and the new licensing
  regime will take effect.

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SOVOs / New licensing system for Earth Moving
and Material Handling Equipment

• The new licenses will follow a similar template
  to the Defence Drivers License.
• There will be two licences
• PH444 -1 Defence Force Drivers License
  Earthmoving/Load shifting Equipment
• PH444 -2 Defence Force Drivers License Material
  Handling Equipment
• POC WO1 Pete Russell [phone].

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TA handover of Responsibility for D Vehicles from
CATC to ALTC

• MW AST is in a position to take over the
  responsibility for Material Handling Equipment
  (has been since 31 Jul 09)
• MW AST website - all info to apply for a TMP etc
  ( once taken over).

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PROJECTS JP126Intra Theatre Distribution System

• 8 x KALMAR Rough Terrain Container Handlers
• Introduced Aug 2009
• 4 x 80 Tonne Grove Mobile Cranes
• Due TBC (Dec 2009)
• 9 x MHE-L JCB 4 Tonne Tele-handlers
• Introduced Sep 2009
• Issues
• Up armour on cranes
• Carriage of Kalmar's
• New capability not fully utilised.

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JP2048 Amphibious Deployment and Sustainment

• 2 x LHDs 1 x Sustainment ship.
• LCH replacement?
• Issues
• Manning
• Equipment
• Training.

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JP2077 Military Integrated Logistics
Information System

• Intuitive, automated, and will knock your socks
  off.
• PH 2B.1 (MILIS) go live ???
• Ph 2B.2 (IITV) Development phase due to commence
  Sep 09
• Issue
• Yet to be developed
• Trg. All IITV (CVS) operators to have MILIS
  access.

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L121 Project Overlander

• Issues
• New Vehs
• Intra Terminal Clearance
• Use of containers (stuffing).

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Summary

• MAE
• ECN 171-2 changed in 09.
• Licence for High Risk Work and Prescribed
  Occupations
• New directive waiting for CA signature.
• SOVOs for CD Vehs
• Rewritten and waiting for the release of the
  above directive before its release.
• TA Responsibility handover
• MW AST ready to go
• Website ready to go.
• Projects
• JP126 Kalmars HETs ,
• JP2048 manning,
• JP2077 yet to commence, and
• L121 Intra-Terminal clearance.

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QUESTIONS?