REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

This describes the essential knowledge and skills and their level required for this unit

Required knowledge

Relevant OHampS and environmental procedures and regulations applicable to simulation operations and personnel safety

Broad knowledge of the application of simulation and synthetic activities including live virtual and constructive LVC simulations

Broad knowledge of information communication technology within the simulation and synthetic environment

Established procedures applicable to simulation operations

Abnormal conditions including hardware software and equipment malfunctionfailure and poorunusual participant performance

The effects of simulation sickness

Functions of singleuser multiuser and distributed user operating systems

Documentation production and safe storage

Basic database management

Required skills

Read comprehend and interpret written technical English

Select and employ simulation equipment

Apply fine physical motor skills

Coordinate activities that involve a range of complex tasks

Create and store documents using information communication technology

Coordinate information communication technology related activities

Demonstrate briefingdebriefing skills

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required knowledge and skills the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit and include demonstration of

applying the underpinning knowledge and skills

communicating safety and emergency procedures

communicating simulation sickness effects

manipulating saving and storing simulation data in accordance with workplace procedures

monitoring and addressing abnormalunusual conditions

recording simulator faults

refurbishingmaintaining simulator equipment in accordance with workplace procedures

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over a period of time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include

a range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessment andor

access to an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment and

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Assessment of this unit must be undertaken by a registered training organisation

As a minimum assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate writtenoral tests

Practical assessment must occur

through activities in an appropriately simulated environment at the registered training organisation andor

in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace

Access and egress may include:

Simulator may include

Workplace procedures may include:

Motion system may include:

Safety and emergency may include:

Safety and emergency procedures may include:

Monitoring simulator serviceability may include:

Simulation sickness may include:

Workplace communications may include:

Information communication technology equipment may include:

Pre-operation planning may include:

Appropriate simulation equipment may include:

Simulation activities may include:

Operating manuals may include:

Accessed may include:

Work practices may include:

Data may include:

Saved may include:

Stored may include:

Relevant personnel may include:

Simulation activity plan may include:

Abnormal/unusual conditions may include:

Variations to activity conditions may include:

Debrief may include: