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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with internal and external personnel on technical operational and businessrelated matters

literacy skills to develop network documentation maintain records in required formats

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

apply network design methodologies

determine organisational requirements

identify the technical requirements constraints and manageability issues for a given organisational network

use appropriate software tools

Required knowledge

open systems interconnect OSI layered communication model

overview knowledge of network requirements related to

quality of service

network design concepts related to

financial constraints

network topologies

organisation requirements

physical constraints

security issues

Evidence Required

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 ability to

determine client requirements

design network documentation according to standards

produce network documentation according to design specifications

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

relevant network documentation

legislation and standards documentation

industry codes of practice

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs

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 observation of the candidate developing and producing network documentation

review of documents that detail design and development

verbal or written questioning to assess required knowledge

Guidance information for assessment

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

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge

Range Statement

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.

Appropriate personnel may include:	customer manager network manager supervisor.
Network configuration may include:	file systems hardware protocols servers users wired wireless workstations.
Naming standards may include:	abbreviations consistency generated geography host names legal and special characters location name length parse platform theme usage type.
Labelling schemes may include:	cabling hardware.
Network addressing scheme may include:	dynamic static subnet.
Calculations may include binary:	conversion division multiplication number system subtraction.
Software mapping tools may include:	commercial open source vendor.
Network diagrams may include:	logical network physical structure topology.
Plans and checklists may include:	installation network plans OSI reference patches pre-installation test plans updates.
Manuals may include:	forms hardware maintenance policy procedure security servicing technical user.
Media may include:	document online paper web page.