Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to liaise with internal and external personnel on technical, operational and business-related matters
literacy skills to write network documentation in required formats and maintain records
numeracy skills to interpret technical data
planning and organisational skills to plan, prioritise and monitor own work
research skills to gain and maintain current industry technical knowledge
technical skills to:
interpret and write HTML
use basic operating system commands
use file transfer protocol (FTP) clients.
Required knowledge
detailed knowledge of:
a scripting language
CGI 1.1/1.2 specifications
security issues surrounding CGI
web servers
overview knowledge of:
Copyleft and Free Software Foundation
special features relating to copyright and intellectual property.
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.
Form may include: | hidden form tags on or off flags scrollable text box selection lists single selection buttons submit and reset text box. |
Language for CGI may include: | AppleScript C or C++ Perl Python shell script Visual Basic. |
Server requirements may include: | ability to FTP documents to a server remote desktop secure shell access Telnet to a server or Telnet-only access on another server VPN. |
CGI script specifications may include: | CGI/1.1 specification CGI/1.2 specification. |
Server may include: | Apache HTTP server BEA Weblogic servers email servers file and print servers FTP servers IBM VisualAge and WebSphere iPlanet-Enterprise Lotus Domino Microsoft-Internet-Information-Server NetDynamics Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape-FastTrack, Netscape-Commerce proxy servers Sun Microsystems iPlanet Web Server Sun Microsystems Java Web Server. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist