Elements and Performance Criteria

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Requirements may refer to:
application
business
network
people in the organisation
system.
Standards may include:
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS)
organisational
project
project standards, found on Standards Australia website.
Client may include:
employee
external organisation
individual
internal department.
Existing architecture may vary from:
systems based on mainframes to networks of mid-range machines and desktop computers
networks that may be:
intranet
local
virtual private network
wide or based on the internet
with vendor products and network protocols.
Document may follow:
audit trails
ISO, IEC and AS standards
naming standards
project management templates
report writing principles
version control.
Project may include:
business improvement process
ebusiness solution involving the total organisation or part of the organisation
systems-only change
total organisational change.
Constraints may include:
budget
hardware
legal
policy
resource
software
time.
Stakeholders may include:
development team
project team
sponsor
user.
Solution may include:
hardware upgrades
implementing a new system
new hardware
new software
software upgrades
user training.
Appropriate person may include:
authorised business representative
client
supervisor.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the ability to:
use two or more development tools
develop specific areas of a system for further information or to confirm a software or hardware direction
identify opportunities for expansion of the model
test the model to a test plan.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure access to:
acceptance criteria
client requirements
future organisational business processes
organisational and process goals
project budget
project deliverables
standards for model development
technical specifications
test plan
appropriate learning and assessment support when required.
Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct observation of candidate preparing to develop a system model
verbal or written questioning to assess knowledge of developing and testing a system model
review of candidate’s documented test results.
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.
Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.
Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.
In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.