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:
examine and define system requirements
review requirements and determine appropriate solution
communication skills to:
interact with developer to determine system requirements
interact with end user or client to determine system requirement
literacy skills to read technical specifications
planning and organisational skills to perform tasks according to the project plan
problem-solving skills to:
address common problems in operating a web service or cloud computing application
perform basic debugging skill, such as defining simple problem, locating source of the problem, and providing solution to problems
research skills to find and evaluate technologies to meet system requirements
technical skills to:
access databases and manipulate data
create applications using basic programming techniques
create web pages using hypertext markup language (HTML) and cascading style sheet (CSS)
perform basic operations within a web environment
use an integrated development environment (IDE).
Required knowledge
development tools to produce services deployable from the internet (cloud computing)
internet infrastructure
object-oriented programming
overview knowledge of:
database access and manipulation
HTML
eXtensible markup language (XML).
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.
Gather requirements may include: | interviews observation questionnaires requirements already documented reviewing existing documentation. |
Development environment may include: | AJAX Eclipse incorporating Java HTML, XHTML and CSS JavaScript JSP Microsoft Visual Studio incorporating ASP, C#, Visual Basic PHP Python. |
Architecture may include: | capacity considerations network topology operating system public or private network scalability security model web server, such as IIS or Apache. |
Framework may include: | .NET Apache Axis Apache CXF Halycon Hessain Web Services Interoperability Technology WSO2 WSF/PHP. |
Protocols may include: | representational state transfer (REST) simple object access protocol (SOAP) universal description, discovery and integration (UDDI) web processing service (WPS) web services description language (WSDL). |
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