This unit describes the skills required to plan and direct the construction and to ensure the maintenance of a short-term road or track. It includes repairs to all weather dirt roads to prepare them for sealing without additional construction and repairs, that would normally involve:

• potholes that cause the slowing of traffic
• removal and replacement of culverts emergency repairs to bomb damaged airfield runway, taxi-way and hard standings
• small scale stabilisation tasks
• construction of short distance emergency bypass routes
• expedient roadways

This unit applies to combat engineer personnel who are required to plan and direct the construction and to ensure the maintenance of, a short term road or track in a deployed operational environment.

The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to.

Those undertaking this unit would work independently and lead a team under direct and/or indirect supervision. They use discretion and judgement, and take responsibility for the quality of their outputs. They would perform complex tasks in a broad range of unpredictable contexts.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.