8.5.3 Duties and Functions of the Range Officer
A Range Officer must be appointed for each section of target groups, or for each five to ten firing points.Range Officers must:- Be responsible to the Chief Range Officer for the conduct of the competition in the target section entrusted to them but must cooperate with Jury Members at all times.
- Call the shooters on to their firing points.
- Check the names and identification numbers of shooters to ensure that they correspond with the start list, range register and small scoreboards. If possible this should be completed before the start of the preparation period.
- Ensure that the pistols, equipment and accessories of shooters have been examined and approved.
- Check the shooter's shooting positions and advise the Jury of any irregularities.
- Give the required or necessary commands.
- Take any necessary actions following a malfunction, protest, disturbance or any other matter arising during the competition.
- Be responsible for the accurate recording of shots by the Register Keepers when using paper targets.
- Supervise the correct operation of the targets.
- Receive protests and pass them on to a Jury Member.
- Be responsible for the recording of all irregularities, disturbances, penalties, malfunctions, crossfires, extra time allowed, repeated shots or series, etc. on an incident report, range register and the target or printer strip and on the small scoreboard when appropriate.
