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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 relate to: | Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codesAS Communications Cabling Manual (CCM) Volume 1AS/NZS 3000:2007AS/NZS 3080:2003AS/NZS 3084:2003AS/NZS 3085.1:2004AS/NZS IEC 61935.1:2006AS/NZS IEC 61935.2:2006AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3:2007AS/NZS ISO/IEC 15018:2005AS/NZS ISO/IEC 24702:2007 Australian building codes and regulationscabling security codes and regulationscompliance with appropriate Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) technical standard requirements for underground, aerial, Category 5, 6, 6A, 7 or 7A, and unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) Environmental Protection Actsfire regulationsnoise abatement and heritage legislation OHSrelevant international standardstechnical standards AS/ACIF S008:2006 and AS/ACIF S009:2006Trade Practices Act. |
Work order may include: | authority to proceed with change to the networklist of activities to be undertakenschedule of activities. |
Relevant personnel may include: | carrier or service provider staffelectrical contractor equipment manufacturerequipment supplierexternal customer on site operation staff. |
Likely effects may include: | congestiondrop outexcessive latencylimited coverageloss of coverageloss of servicepoor grade of service (GoS)poor signal qualityrouting problems. |
Network may include: | cellular mobile networksdata and voice IP networknational wide area networks (WAN)optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networkspublic switched telephone network (PSTN). |
Impact may include: | disruption of service to residential customers intermittent performanceloss of service and revenue to an enterprise. |
Customers may include: | building ownercommunications consultant contractor to a major supplierend usersequipment ownerhouseholderoperations staff. |
Network engineering strategies may include: | provision of redundant pathrerouting of trafficsupply of temporary equipment to maintain minimal services. |
Outages may include: | loss of service to customers due to a network disruption planned outage in the case of network upgradeunplanned outage in relation to fault. |
Network Operations Centre may include: | engineering unit within a carrier responsible for:controlling the networkcoordinating repairs or changes to the networkmonitoring the networkperforming diagnostic tests. |
Enterprise practice may include: | procedures for implementing installationprocedures for implementing maintenancereporting tasks. |
OHS and environmental requirements may relate to: | decommissioning and isolating worksite and lines prior to commencementgas and other hazard detection equipmentidentifying other services, including power and gassafety equipment:flashing lightssafety barrierstrench guardswarning signs and tapeswitches hatssafe working practices, such as the safe use and handling of:asbestoschemicalsmaterialstools and equipmentwork platformsspecial access requirementssuitable light and ventilationenvironmental considerations:clean-up protectionnoise, dust and clean-up managementstormwater protectionwaste management. |
Customer traffic may include: | analog or digital forms of:dataimagevoice. |
Integration testing may include: | compatibility interface unitsinteroperability. |
Performance test may include: | bandwidthblockingcall rate congestiondistortiondrop out ratefunctionalityinterferencelatencynetwork testsoptical transmission testspacket loss ratequality of service (QoS)radio transmission testrecovery rateredundancysignal to noise ratioswitching teststransmission teststransmission teststransmitted power measurementsupload and download rate. |
Manufacturer's specifications may include: | electricalenvironmental parametersmechanicalregulatory. |
Acceptance testing may include: | testing equipment following major upgradetesting newly installed equipment. |
Escalate may include: | greater involvement from the NOC specialist personnelrequesting vendor specialist technical support. |
Quality assurance may include: | acting on logs, reports and other data to guide ongoing quality improvementsreporting on installation or maintenance activitiesupdating logs. |
Network stability may include: | alarm monitoringcongestion activity reportfault incidence reportnetwork management reporttraffic flow measurements. |