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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Clarify client brief or contract requirements
   • Establish, in consultation with the client, the required features and functions of the microcontroller application
   • Determine technical, commercial and environmental parameters to the brief or contract
   • Determine stakeholders to be consulted in design process
   • Provide initial advice to client on the feasibility of the project

Required Skills

Required skills

Required skills include determining the features and functions of the application including OHS regulatory and risk management requirements interpreting parameters to the brief or contract researching latest trends and techniques in application of microcontrollers researching latest trends and techniques in reverse engineering investigating measuring modelling and calculating for options investigating faults in existing designs and arriving at solutions prototyping and systematically programming and testing actuators and interfaces input sensortransducers communications and network connections human machine interfaces HMIs and graphical user interfaces GUIs generating and evaluating a range of solutions for feasibility against design criteria evaluating solutions for feasibility against design criteria including relevant engineering and financial calculations and analysis selecting actuators interfaces microcontroller sensortransducers signal conditioning HMIs communication and network software and connections if required communicating negotiating and reviewing with stakeholders and client throughout process to obtain agreement on proposal and signoff on design documenting design with drawings specifications and instructions

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes contemporary engineering microcontroller application design methods research and investigations methods techniques for continuous improvement problem solving and decision making root cause analysis RCA or failure mode and effects analysis FMEA or design review based on failure mode DRBFM and Pareto analysis engineering design software options software simulationvalidation processes documentation drawings specifications and instructions OHS and regulatory requirements codes of practice standards risk minimisation and registration requirements microcontroller software programming techniques control options device component options which may include microcontroller user interfaces HMIs and GUIs software data communications telemetry modems and networking topology as appropriate specifications for IO and IO channels

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
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently interpret features and functions of the application and parameters to the brief or contract determine sustainability automation safety OHS regulatory and risk management research and test system components investigate and measure model and calculate for options generate and evaluate a range of solutions design microcontrolled system solution consider continuous improvement constraint and contingency management requirements in design options where this is appropriate to the application select system components prototype and systematically program and test system component function ensure automation safety using appropriate licensed technical and professional assistance communicate negotiate and review with stakeholders and client throughout process to obtain agreement on proposal and signoff on design document design with drawings specifications and instructions
Context of and specific resources for assessment	This unit may be assessed on the job off the job or a combination of both on and off the job Where assessment occurs off the job that is the candidate is not in productive work then a simulated working environment must be used where the range of conditions reflects realistic workplace situations The competencies covered by this unit would be demonstrated by an individual working alone or as part of a team Where applicable reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity age gender demographics and disability Access must be provided to appropriate learning andor assessment support when required Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with disabilities
Method of assessment	Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the MEM Metal and Engineering Training Package Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package. Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts together with application of underpinning knowledge Assessment methods must be by direct observation of tasks and include questioning on underpinning knowledge to ensure its correct interpretation and application Assessment may be applied under projectrelated conditions real or simulated and require evidence of process Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance but is able to be transferred to other circumstances Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency where required
Guidance information for assessment	Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

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Range Statement

Required skills

Required skills include: determining the features and functions of the application, including OHS, regulatory and risk management requirements interpreting parameters to the brief or contract researching latest trends and techniques in application of microcontrollers researching latest trends and techniques in reverse engineering investigating, measuring, modelling and calculating for options investigating faults in existing designs and arriving at solutions prototyping and systematically programming and testing actuators and interfaces, input sensor/transducers, communications and network connections, human machine interfaces (HMIs) and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) generating and evaluating a range of solutions for feasibility against design criteria evaluating solutions for feasibility against design criteria, including relevant engineering and financial calculations and analysis selecting actuators, interfaces, microcontroller, sensor/transducers, signal conditioning, HMIs, communication and network software and connections, if required communicating, negotiating and reviewing with stakeholders and client throughout process to obtain agreement on proposal and sign-off on design documenting design with drawings, specifications and instructions

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes: contemporary engineering microcontroller application design methods research and investigations methods techniques for: continuous improvement problem solving and decision making root cause analysis (RCA) or failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) or design review based on failure mode (DRBFM), and Pareto analysis engineering design software options software simulation/validation processes documentation, drawings, specifications and instructions OHS and regulatory requirements, codes of practice, standards, risk minimisation and registration requirements microcontroller software programming techniques control options device component options which may include microcontroller, user interfaces, HMIs and GUIs, software, data communications, telemetry, modems and networking topology, as appropriate specifications for I/O and I/O channels

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