Google Links

Follow the links below to find material targeted to the unit's elements, performance criteria, required skills and knowledge

Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare to select equipment
  2. Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and relevant industry standards for the wireless network area are identified, obtained and applied
  3. Arrange locations of equipment and cable routes
  4. Cable routes are planned to ensure maximum lengths in accordance with relevant industry standards and manufacturer specifications
  5. Cable routes are planned in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
  6. Earthing is arranged in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
  7. Select cables and equipment
  8. Cable sizes are selected in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
  9. Earthing components are selected in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
  10. Network equipment is selected and documentation obtained in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements
  11. Electronic equipment is selected for the environments in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
  12. Document communications network
  13. Wireless network equipment for arrangement and specifications for all selected items are documented in accordance with workplace procedures and forwarded to relevant person/s

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two separate occasions and include:

applying work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including:

using risk control measures

arranging and selecting earthing components

arranging earthing

arranging locations of equipment and cable routes

arranging network equipment

documenting installation arrangement, specification for items selected and reasons for the selections made

documenting justification for selection and calculations

planning and selecting types and sizes of cables

planning cable routes

selecting electronic equipment types for the environment

selecting network equipment and obtaining documentation of equipment.


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

operating systems and networks

relevant cable routes and earthing

relevant cables, components and equipment

relevant industry standards

relevant manufacturer specifications and installing instructions

relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes

relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements

relevant workplace documentation, including:

wireless network documentation

relevant workplace policies and procedures

wireless network components for local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs)

wireless network configurations

wireless network security.