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.

Software may include:
commercial software applications
customised software
in-house software
organisation-specific software
packaged software.
Online resources may include:
community sites
CVS trees
FTP sites
gopher sites
news groups
online communities
websites.
Documentation may follow:
audit trails
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and Australian Standards (AS) standards
naming standards
project management templates
report writing principles
version control.
Online community may include:
local communities
online virtual communities of interest
organisational communities
main tools for online communities:
mailing lists
newsgroups
web conferencing.
Licensing models may include:
Apache licences
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
General Public License (GPL)
Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Mozilla.
Software-development tools may include:
computer language
development methodology
development tools
operating systems
target environments
version control systems.
Socially acceptable should be:
designed and sent with regard to recipient's:
culture
ethnicity
location
race
social sensitivities.
Online project may include:
commercial hosting facility hosting community code
CVS site
FTP site
other type of group repository
private website.
Community-participation standards may include:
informal or formal rules and regulations used by groups to manage their online projects
procedures or guidelines
verbal or written policies.

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:
provide significant contribution to an open-source project in the form of:
program source code changes and/or additions
documentation changes or additions
online participation in the project direction
local proof of building of snapshots, code modifications and testing.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure access to:
software development environment
internet
technical requirements
databases
information repositories
programming languages
group-facilitation software
appropriate learning and assessment support when required
modified equipment 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:
verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of open-source practices, open-source software and open-source issues such as distribution, compatibility and security
evaluation of candidate’s:
participation
application code, test and documentation.
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.