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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare test
  2. Test individual pages
  3. Test page relationships against business requirements
  4. Apply and document further tests
  5. Evaluate test results

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with users and website developers

literacy skills to

document test results

document solutions according to organisational guidelines

interpret organisational requirements

numeracy skills to deal with test results

technical skills to

analyse a website

design and implement technical tests

evaluate tests and give feedback on the evaluation

analyse the evaluation

Required knowledge

client business domain

structure function and business organisation of client including businessprocess design

organisational policies and procedures that cover routine work processes and the use of

web optimising tools

web monitoring tools

web testing procedures

technical performance measurement

website accessibility and equity principles

website design methods and standard website structures

website security

workload metrics

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

prepare an operational acceptance test that measures the independent and integrated structural content and technical components of the site

apply automatic testing software and collect collate and document results or tests

evaluate and provide feedback on test results

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

web servers

ebusiness website

site server

site server software

analysis software

requirements documentation

organisational requirements

customer relationship model

website manuals and instructions

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 candidate preparing an operational acceptance test

review of candidates documented test results particularly the quantitative results and their evaluation against predetermined benchmarks

verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of requirements for highlevel assurance of provisioning and deploying of websites

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.

Test methodology may include:

background testing

distributed performance testing

error recovery methodologies

exhaustive testing

functional testing

random testing

unattended testing

user acceptance testing.

User may include:

department within the organisation

person within a department

third party

people who may have special needs.

Automatic testing software may include:

cascading style sheet (CSS) check, link testers

hypertext markup language (HTML) validator

links

spell check.

Browsers may include:

Galleon

Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

Konqueror

Lynx

Mozilla Firefox

Netscape Navigator

Opera

Phoenix.

Software may include:

commercial software applications

in-house or customised

organisation-specific

packaged.

Appropriate person may include:

authorised business representative

client

user

supervisor.