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Elements and Performance Criteria

Plan installation project
Provision resources for installation project
Monitor and adjust resource allocations
- Adjust labour resources as necessary, to meet budget and completion timeframe
- Monitor work progress against project schedules and budgets

Required Skills

Required skills

communications skills to efficiently deal with employees labour hire companies customers consultants contractors and suppliers

learning skills to proactively keep up to date with changes in the CPE area

literacy skills to read and interpret basic technical data

numeracy skills to estimate or calculate cost of labour and materials

planning and organisational skills to

improve systems and procedures

prioritise and organise own work

efficiently plan work schedules

research skills to source alternative parts supplies

technology skills to use software and hardware when

planning work schedules

ordering supplies

Required knowledge

Australian Communications and Media Authority ACMA licensing requirements cabling provider rules

operation of computers and application of software programs as used in the Telecommunications Industry

industry cabling practices

overview of project management including

phases of project management

roles and responsibilities within project management

project reporting

telecommunications components and assemblies

telecommunications CPE

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

plan an installation project

plan work schedules of installation team

organise supply of materials

arrange for connection of network services

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

work site where scheduling may be conducted

use of computer hardware and software currently used in industry

Methods of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

review of scheduling different CPE types in different locations

review of an oral and written report with completed documentation

direct observation of the candidate scheduling a CPE installation

Guidance information for assessment

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

ICTCBLB Schedule and supply cabling installation

ICTCBL4004B Schedule and supply cabling installation

ICTCBLB Supervise cabling project

ICTCBL4023B Supervise cabling project.

Aboriginal people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may have second language issues

Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support when required

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oral communication skill level and language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge Questioning techniques should not require language literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency

Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs

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.

Relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards may include:	Communications Alliance: Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codes AS/ACIF S008:2006 and AS/ACIF S009:2006 AS Communications Cabling Manual (CCM) Volume 1 AS/NZS 3000:2007 AS/NZS 3080:2003 AS/NZS 3084:2003 AS/NZS 3085.1:2004 AS/NZS IEC 61935.1:2006 AS/NZS IEC 61935.2:2006 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3:2007 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 15018:2005 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 24702:2007 Australian building codes and regulations cabling security codes and regulations compliance with appropriate ACMA technical standard requirements for underground, aerial, Category 5 or Category 6, 6A, 7 or 7A and unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) Environmental Protection Acts fire regulations noise abatement and heritage legislation OHS relevant international standards Trade Practices Act.
OHS and environmental requirements may relate to:	environmental considerations: clean-up protection noise, dust and clean-up management stormwater protection waste management decommissioning and isolating worksite and lines prior to commencement identifying other services, including power and gas safe working practices, such as the safe use and handling of: asbestos chemicals materials tools and equipment work platforms safety equipment: flashing lights gas and other hazard detection equipment safety barriers trench guards warning signs and tapes witches hats special access requirements suitable light and ventilation.
Work schedules may include:	building works connection to network boundary council approvals cutover of customer equipment delivery of network services from carrier installation of customer equipment jumpering of building distributor loading of database information logistics.
Relevant parties may include:	carrier clients CPE installation contractors earthmoving or building work contractors equipment vendors inspectors local council regulatory bodies.
Customer equipment may include:	answering machine cable modem cable TV set-top boxes digital subscriber line routers fax machine Internet protocol (IP) PBX IP PBX server key telephone system PBX Session initiation protocol (SIP)-enabled UC system telephone handsets video conferencing equipment voice over internet protocol (VoIP) gateway worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) CPE.
Essential criteria may include:	experience licences physical abilities project management skills qualification vendor certifications.
Network services may include:	the provision of: bandwidth digital or analogue circuits exchange circuits radio spectrum virtual PBX wireless access.