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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: | Australian Communication Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codesAS 3901:AS 3902: AS 4346: AS 2809.1: AS 2772.1: International Standards ISO 9000, ISO 9001OHSEnvironmental Protection ActTrade Practices legislationsafety regulations for specialised vehicles, such as petrol tankers, public service vehicles, fire engines and gas driven vehicles. |
OHS and environmental requirements may include: | personal protective clothing:earmuffsgloves safety glassessafe working, practices such as the safe use and handling of:materialstools and equipmentenvironmental considerations:clean-up protectionnoise, dust and clean-up management. |
Mobile telecommunications equipment may include: | digital radio communications Association Public Safety Communications Officials standard (APCO-25)GPSmobile data terminal powered cellular mobile equipment cradle incorporating:Bluetooth devicechargerpower and external antenna connectionsspeaker, microphone and external antenna terrestrial trunked radio two-way transceiver:high frequency (HF)ultra-high frequency (UHF) very high frequency (VHF). |
Critical automotive electrical systems may include: | air bagsantilock braking system circuitryengine management modulesmobile data systems for taxispatient monitoring equipmentpolice communications computer networkvehicle alarm systemsvehicle computers. |
Installation requirements may include: | position of external speaker, microphone and external antennareplacement or repositioning of existing equipmenttype of equipment. |
Issues affecting performance may include: | excessive length of coaxial cableexternal antenna mounted too close to metal surfacesexternal antenna mounted too close to other antennasexternal antenna mounted too low on vehicleinappropriate or low efficiency antenna. |
Tools may include: | cable identification kit hand tools:crimping toolshole punchnibbling toolpliersreamerscrewdriversterminating toolspower tools:drillhole sawsoldering iron. |
Test equipment may include: | cellular phone testerdirectional power metermultimetersite master cable and antenna analyser standing wave ratio indicatortest lamp. |
Primary mobile telecommunications equipment may include: | powered equipment cradle for cellular handsettwo-way radio transceiver. |
Fixing and fastening hardware may include: | adhesives:double sided tapeinjected polystyrene foamcable tiesequipment bracketsexpanding anchors suitable for sheet metalheat shrinkplastic sheathingscrews and nutsspiral wrap. |
Industry wiring practices may include: | avoiding running power leads and antenna cable in parallel with vehicle wiring over long distancesmaintaining as great a distance as possible between radio power leads and vehicle's electronic modules and wiringpowering mobile unit directly from the battery using waterproof fuse holderrouting and securing under hood wiring from mechanical hazards, such as exhaust and moving partsusing caution when routing cables to avoid chafing and pinching of wires. |
Peripheral mobile telecommunications components may include: | external antennaexternal speakermicrophone. |
Test may include: | functionality:intended operation of all functions of the mobile equipment operation of entertainment units. |
Administrative tasks may include: | completing job orders and submitting to appropriate enterprise organisational unitcompleting test sheets as per specification and logging test instrument usage completing warranty formsfollowing quality control procedures handing over installation briefs, documents and equipment manuals to operational staff recording test results. |
Enterprise requirements may relate to: | commercial vehicle domestic vehicle police and emergency vehicle reporting work procedures for implementing maintenance and installation work. |