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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with stakeholders and clients

literacy skills to write technical documents

planning and organisational skills to ensure minimal disruption to client business requirements

problemsolving skills to develop strategic initiatives when performing data conversion

technical skills to

code data conversion modules

Required knowledge

current and emerging industry knowledge of

hardware and software products including their general features and capabilities

data conversion tools and data modelling methodologies

overview knowledge of

conversion from legacy systems

industryaccepted database management system DBMS modelling

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

define inherent data requirements of both old and upgraded or new systems

remodel data to achieve successful conversion

back up data prior to conversion

code conversion programs

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

analysis of the source data

business quality assurance rules associated with data

logic to convert the data

plan of the conversion routines

software development environment

technical requirements

data conversion plan

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

verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of data conversion tools and data modelling methodologies

evaluation of candidates data conversion modules

review of candidates documented conversion results

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.

System may include:	application service provider (ASP) applications databases gateways internet service provider (ISP) operating systems servers.
Requirements may relate to:	business database network people in the organisation platform system.
Stakeholders may include:	development team project team sponsor user.
Specifications may include:	current system functionality technical requirements user problem statement.
Client may include:	external organisations individuals internal departments internal employees.
Appropriate person may include:	authorised business representative client supervisor.