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 Range Officer Training Update

Range Officer training courses were suspended last year pending the adoption of new Range Officer Policy.  The policy has taken some time to draft and was held up for a period of time as we sought clarification from SSAA (Vic) insurers on parts of the policy. 

Recent incidents at both Eagle Park and Springvale ranges and the outcomes from the subsequent investigations conducted by Police and Worksafe have also been considered in the development of the policy.  The policy is now due to be tabled at the next Board meeting in two weeks.

Once the policy has been adopted this will enable me to progress with implementation.

As a heads up on the draft policy, there will be an application process introduced for new RO applicants and applications will need to be endorsed by the applicant’s Branch or Sub-Club.  The training program will be revised to also address short falls identified in the post range incident investigations by Police and Worksafe.  This process will make sure the training and accreditation program has a high degree of rigour and ensure that the expected standards are met.  There will also be a process introduced to ensure Range Officers remain active and current.

As a stop gap until the role out of the revised course there will be two courses delivered in March and April at Springvale Range for both the re-qualification and full course.  If there are any other Branches or Sub-Clubs who urgently need to qualify new RO’s or re-qualify existing RO’s please contact State Office.

I will up-date you again as we progress with implementation of the policy.

Springvale Range

 Springvale Range 5 has been re- approved by LRD and is again opened for business.

Springvale Range

Will be trialling opening 7 days a week from February.

Mon – Fri  5.00-9.00pm

Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm

Sun 12.00-5.00pm.

Bruno’s Cafe will also be opening 7 days a week for a trail period starting next week.

Eagle Park 5 stand shotgun range

The five stand range is closed pending certification from Victoria Police.  As soon as the range is certified we will advise of its reopening

2015 Duck season

The 2015 Victorian Duck Season has been announced.

The 2015 duck hunting season will commence on Saturday 21 March at 7.10am in the eastern zone, 7.20am in the central zone and 7.30am in the western zone, and closes half an hour after sunset on Monday 8 June, 2015.

Victorian Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford today announced a full-length duck hunting season of 12 weeks with restrictions to the daily bag limit.

The daily bag limit will be 10 ducks on opening day, with a five per day bag limit for the remainder of the season.

For further details please see the media release on the Victorian Premier website http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/dry-conditions-lead-to-changes-to-2015-duck-season 

Can you help?

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I'm about to submit our application for permits to the Cardina Shire Council for the firearm shop and onsite indoor shooting range, but we first need to build some awareness and support from the firearm community because as you're aware, the more support we receive from the community the more it tips those approval scales in our favour + our application is very expensive and we want to see some support before any financial commitments are made.

We have everything lined up and ready to go for our application and as mentioned, we first need support from the firearm community. I'm just wondering if there's some way we can work together to help us gain the awareness and support we need?"

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Chris Moore - 0409 045 787

Southern Cross Firearms (Aust)

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