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Elements and Performance Criteria

Analyse specifications and requirements
Research requirements
- Research appropriate solutions, based on the website requirements, including programming language, content management system, licensing structure and hosting structure
- Research techniques, plug-ins and additions to the existing content management system to allow solution to fulfil the needs determined while analysing website requirements
Create content-management system powered website
Validate and evaluate final website
- Validate final website markup against current website standards
- Validate content management system performance in different browsers, checking compatibility and core content management system functionality

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to determine uses audience and document structure and requirements

communication skills to liaise with end users

initiative and enterprise skills to recommend design features

literacy skills to

follow documented instruction from a supplied guide and online documentation

interpret workplace instructions and other technical documents

keep uptodate with latest industry guidelines

problemsolving skills to use serverside and markup languages to troubleshoot problems and client requirements

technical skills to

configure or manipulate a website hosting environment

use a markup language to create the required web page

use a serverside programming language

Required knowledge

markup language and associated standards

serverside language and security techniques

web accessibility

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

create a content management system powered website using an opensource solution that allows an end user without training in a markup language to make modifications to the websites content

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

client requirements and content

range of browsers

internet for research and code validation

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

evaluation of content management system front and backend in commonly used browsers to perform basic content manipulation tasks

evaluation of candidates ability to fulfil client requirements using techniques plugins and additional resources

validation of frontend code markup correctness against standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium WC

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.

Server-side language may include:	ASP.NET Java Perl hypertext preprocessor (PHP) Ruby on Rails.
Content management system may include:	Drupal Expression Engine Joomla Mambo Open CMS PHP Nuke Radiant CMS Silverstripe Typo Wordpress.
Licensing structure may include:	commercial open source.
Hosting structure may include:	downloads or self-installed hosted solution.
Browsers may include:	Firefox Google chrome Internet Explorer Konqueror Lynx Mozilla Opera Safari.