Required skills

communication skills to clarify requirements of documents

culturally appropriate communication skills to relate to people from diverse backgrounds and people with diverse abilities

editing and proofreading skills to check own work for accuracy against original

keyboarding skills to enter text and numerical data

literacy skills to read and understand the organisations procedures and to use models or exemplars to produce a range of documents

problemsolving skills to edit documents and to resolve issues of consistency of design

Required knowledge

energy and resource conservation techniques

organisational requirements for ergonomics work periods and breaks

organisational style guides

purposes uses and functions of desktop publishing software

styles and their effect on formatting readability and appearance of document

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 following is essential

knowledge of document design and layout principles

producing desktop published documents

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

access to office equipment and resources in a workplace or simulated environment

access to samples of relevantworkplace desktop published documents

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

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate

review of desktop published documents

demonstration of techniques

oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of desktop publishing software functions

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example

general administration units

other IT use units

Ergonomic requirements may include:

Work organisation strategies may include:

Energy and resource conservation techniques may include:

Documents may include:

Organisational and task requirements may include:

Design may include:

Structure and layout may include:

Consistency of design and layout may include:

Naming and storing documents may include:

Designated time lines may include: