Weapons Competency
The Law
Upon conducting your first weapons course, you will have to complete a course on the law of handling, use and operating a weapon. This course only needs to be done once, if you decide on adding different weapons at later stages then you won’t have to do the Law exam again, please do read up below on Personal and Business use for training purposes.
Civilians and for personal Use
As a civilian you can apply for 4 categories of weapons, Handgun, Shotgun, Manually Operated Rifle and Self-Loading rifle, Self-loading rifle is the hardest to apply for as it’s a semi-automatic category, normally falls under sports shooters or for special protection such as hunting.
Business Purpose Training
Business Use
All Businesses that use or issue weapons to staff for protection against any assets, animals, wild animals, game guides, rangers, security officers, VIP protection and more must complete this training by law and complete Regulation 21 once a year. The same 4 categories of weapons apply, Handgun, Shotgun, Manually Operated Rifle and Self-Loading rifle.
Reg 21 – Firearm Refresher Training
All persons that are issued with a registered company firearm must attend a refresher course at least once a year at an accredited training provider.
Unit Standards
- Handle and Use a Handgun (Unit Standard 119649):
- Handle and Use a Self-Loading Rifle or Carbine (Unit Standard 119651):
- Handle and Use a Manually Operated Rifle or Carbine (Unit Standard 119650):
- Handle and Use a Shotgun (Unit Standard 119652):
- Handle and Use a Self-Loading Business Purposes (Unit Standard 119654):
- Handle and Use a Manually Operated Business Purposes (Unit Standard 119653):
- Handle and Use a Hand Gun for Business Purposes (Unit Standard 123521):
- Handle and Use a Shot Gun for Business Purposes (Unit Standard 123515):
- Legal Aspects (Unit Standard 119649)
