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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to analyse requirements document

communication skills to communicate with user and colleagues

initiative and enterprise skills to produce an appropriate application to fulfil requirements

literacy skills to

produce program documentation

read requirements documentation

planning and organisational skills to produce output in a timely fashion as required

problemsolving skills to debug program code

technical skills to

interpret program specifications

translate requirements from problem space to machine space

integrate development environment usage

use internal documentation techniques

test program to ensure it meets its requirements

Required knowledge

detailed knowledge of

data structures

smallsize and mediumsize application development

objectoriented programming concepts

objectoriented programming language

process and techniques related to the use of GUI to interact with operator

documentation techniques to document the application

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 and build application programs from a problem scenario and program specification

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

requirements document or objectoriented design structures

programming languages that support objectoriented development

database management system DBMS

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 completed application

review of documentation of this application

verbal or written questioning to ensure knowledge of

objectoriented programming

coding standards

methods used to access data in databases

documentation techniques

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.

Collections of data may include:	hash tables lists queues sets stacks trees.
Integrated development environment may include:	Code Warrior Eclipse J-Edit Visual C++ Visual Studio suite.
Coding standards may include:	GNU Java.
Language may include:	C#.net C++ Java Small Talk VB.NET.
Database may be:	object relational.
GUI components may include:	buttons check boxes drop-down lists option buttons text input fields.
Documentation may include:	architecture documentation code comments design documents in-code documentation internal module documentation release documents requirement documents test documents user manuals.