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
analytical skills to analyse requirements and confirm environment is appropriate to the tasks involved
communication skills to brief team members on their tasks
literacy skills to review and write technical documents
planning and organisational skills to manage a project
problem-solving skills to coordinate build phase
technical skills to:
identify, analyse and evaluate algorithms for a range of solutions
model data for identifying, analysing and evaluating a range of solutions
review coding work on units under testing.
Required knowledge
client business domain to inform the system build
client-server architecture
current industry-accepted coding in a recognised language, including features and capabilities
current industry-accepted database management system (DBMS) modelling techniques
current industry-accepted hardware and software products, including their general features and capabilities
at least three or more current principles of databases
database design
quality assurance practices.
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.
Specifications may include: | current system functionality metrics project plan software requirements technical requirements user problem statement. |
Project may include: | business improvement process business involved in a total organisational change ebusiness solution involving the total organisation or part of the organisation systems-only change. |
Development environment may include: | computer language used development methodology development tools operating systems target environments version control systems. |
Development tools may include: | computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools fourth-generation language program generator screen generator. |
Requirements may relate to: | business database network people in the organisation platform system. |
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