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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to

liaise with developers on programming matters

seek requirements and information from business and technical experts

literacy skills to

read and interpret program specifications developed by business and technical experts

read and interpret technical documentation

write a basic documentation

problemsolving skills to apply basic debugging techniques in the context of software and application development

research skills to

locate and interrogate complex and varied sources of information

source information

technical skills to

develop a small scale application

perform basic operations of a computer system

Required knowledge

overview knowledge of

computing platforms

copyright and intellectual property

software development life cycle

processes and techniques related to smallsize application development

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

design write and integrate scripts into software solutions to accommodate specified requirements such as data manipulation and data automation

use a framework and IDE in developing scripts

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

requirements of the brief including those relating to client and functionality

runtime environment such as a scripting engine to execute and test script

development environment to create and debug script

scripting language such as application programming interface API

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment 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

evaluation of ability to create

dynamic web application with automatic elements generation interactive user input and persistent information storage

macros to automate routine manual tasks such as report generation

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.

Scripting languages may include:	application scripting language: visual basic for applications (VBA) web scripting languages: client-side scripting languages: ActionScript JavaScript Jscript VBScript server-side scripting languages: ASP.NET ColdFusion JSP Perl PHP Python.
Framework may include:	catalyst django flex jQuery mach-II .NET framework spring struts yii.
Integrated development environment may include:	FlashBuilder Microsoft Office NetBeans Visual Studio .NET.
Protocols may include:	file transfer protocol (FTP) file transfer protocol secure (FTPS) hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) secure sockets layer (SSL).
Object model may include:	component object model (COM) data-access object (DAO) model document object model (DOM) VBA object model.
Basic language elements must include:	data flow statements such as conditional statements and iteration statements data types expressions functions operators variables.
Item may include:	browser cookie database device text file spreadsheet eXtensible markup language (XML) documents.