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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Save digital files
  2. Transfer digital files
  3. Retrieve and manage digital files
  4. Archive digital files

Required Skills

Required skills

occupational health and safety OHS skills for operating machinery such as safely switching off machinery before cleaning is started

communication and literacy skills for expressing ideas and completing required enterprise documentation

planning analytical and organising skills for selecting files to be transferred choosing correct mode and file naming protocols for transferred files

teamwork skills for maintaining the production process in association with others

numeracy skill to calculate file size transfer rates archival and storage requirements and reviewing the settings

problemsolving skills for locating downloading renaming moving copying archiving and deleting files

technical skills for transferring digital files

Required knowledge

enterprise file format standards

storage media

optical

flash

magnetic

file transfer protocols

USB

Firewire

asymmetric digital subscriber line ADSL wireless

email attachment

ethernet

file compression methods and effect on file type required for enterprise processing

file formats and sizes and their effect on RAM requirements storage processing and transfer protocols

OHS standards that relate to working for periods of time on computers

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 following is essential

manipulating deleting and transferring digital files by using enterprise determined protocols

ability to locate and use information relevant to the task from a variety of information sources

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

that conditions are typical ambient conditions found in the workplace

access to relevant facilities equipment software and hardware required to transfer digital files

use of culturally appropriate processes and techniques appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of learners and the work being performed

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 questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate

practical demonstration by the candidate in manipulating deleting and transferring digital files

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended

For valid and reliable assessment of this unit evidence should be gathered over a period of time through a range of methods for assessment to indicate consistent performance


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.

Appropriate formats may include:

collect for output, package or similar functions in proprietary software

encapsulated postscript (EPS)

PDF

postscript or other file format standards as required by enterprise

XML.

Version control may include:

recording date

time and version numbers for each major amendment distribute

recording distribution destinations of versions

distribution methods recording amendments to each version proof using:

digital signatures

file permissions.

Required location may include:

email

networked storage

transfer via intranet

uploading to or downloading from:

a destination website

portable storage device - optical, magnetic or flash.

Archive system may include:

networked storage

uploading to, or downloading from:

a destination website

portable storage device - optical, magnetic or flash

other devices used in automated and/or scheduled archiving and backup.