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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine work requirements
   • Identify the task requirement
   • Select appropriate software and file formats to perform required work
   • Obtain organisational documentation, such as procedures, manuals and guides, and use when appropriate
2. Integrate data across different software application packages
   • Create a mailing list using a database, spreadsheet or address book, and merge mailing list with another document
   • Use software application package conversion tool to convert data from one format to another to enable additional work on the converted data
   • Save data to a new file format
   • Import objects from another software application package and modify as required to produce a required outcome
   • Export data to another software application package to produce a required outcome
   • Create a link between one software application package and another, and use this to update information to a document
3. Save and retrieve data with the aid of help functions
   • Save data to disk
   • Convert data to a new file format
   • Re-access data and check information
   • Access user help documentation or other resources for basic difficulties with software application package

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

select appropriate software and file formats

create mailing list and merge with another document

manipulate and integrate data between commercial application software following organisational procedures.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

outline current business practices related to preparing reports

identify features and functions of commercial computing packages

identify import and export software functions

outline processes for linking documents

outline workplace health and safety (WHS) principles and responsibilities for ergonomics

identify software packages used by the organisation

outline strategies for integrating commercial computing packages

outline the use of input and output devices.

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