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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to setup and adjust commercialRF transmission and reception systems
   • Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and workplace procedures for relevant work area are identified, obtained and applied
2. Risk control measures are applied in accordance with workplace procedures prior to commencing work
3. Risks/hazards are identified, assessed and reported to relevant person/s, and control measures implemented
4. Relevant person/s is consulted to ensure the work is coordinated effectively with others
5. Measurement parameters are identified by reviewing transmission/reception requirements and manufacturer instructions
6. Tools, equipment and testing devices required for work are obtained in accordance with workplace procedures and checked for correct operation and safety
7. Preparatory work is checked to ensure no damage has occurred in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant industry standards
8. Need to test and measure live work is determined in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures
9. Circuits are checked and isolated, as required, in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and workplace procedures
10. Setup and adjust commercial RF transmission and reception systems
    • Workplace risk control measures and procedures are applied
11. Testing/measuring devices are connected and set up in accordance with requirements for relevant control system
12. Measuring instruments are set up and adjusted in accordance with transmission/reception requirements and manufacturer instructions
13. Measurement results are analysed to determine the type and nature of adjustments required in accordance with relevant industry standards and job specifications
14. Adjustments are made to provide optimum transmission/reception performance in accordance with relevant industry standards
15. Decisions for dealing with unexpected situations are made from discussions with relevant person/s in accordance with relevant industry standards and job specifications
16. Methods for dealing with unexpected situations are selected on the basis of safety, specified outcomes and workplace procedures
17. Setting-up is conducted efficiently without waste of materials, damage to apparatus, the surrounding environment or services applying sustainable energy principles
18. Complete and report set-up and adjustment activities
    • WHS/OHS risk control work completion measures and workplace procedures are followed
19. Worksite is cleaned and made safe in accordance with workplace procedures
20. Adjustment settings are recorded and relevant person/s notified in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
Setting-up and adjusting commercial radio frequency (RF) transmission and reception systems must include at least the following	two different types of commercial radio RF transmission and reception systems

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Performance Evidence

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

applying relevant risk identification, assessment, reporting and control requirements applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including the use of risk control measures applying sustainable energy principles and practices coordinating work with relevant person/s dealing effectively with unplanned events demonstrating signal testing and signal analysis demonstratingthe making of relevant adjustments determining live testing/measurement requirements identifying and accessing materials, tools, apparatus and testing devices identifying measurement parameters isolating circuits/machines/systems recording adjustment settings in accordance with workplace procedures selecting and terminating correct connectors to coaxial cable selecting and using appropriate test equipment to make measurements setting up and adjusting in accordance with transmission/reception requirements and manufacturer instructions using measurement results to inform system adjustments.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

advanced electronic radio frequency (RF) testing and measuring devices and techniques antenna fundamentals, including selection and location of receiving and transmitting antennas, and test techniques antenna system measurements, including standing wave ratio (SWR), return loss and reflection coefficient antenna types, features and characteristics, including reciprocity, impedance matching, polarisation, gain, directivity and bandwidth calculation of path loss and received power electronic communications fundamentals fundamentals of cavity filters, ferrite isolators and their application to multiple-transmitter or multiple-receiver systems fundamentals of half-wave dipole and quarter-wave ground plane antennas impedance calculations, including the use of Smith charts impedance matching techniques, including the use of resonant lines, including ¼ wave stubs notion of decibel ratio (dB), including relative measurements (dBr), dB referenced to power (dBm) and voltage (dBuV) measurements radio wave propagation characteristics and modes of propagation in free space, including multiple-path effects relevant industry standards, codes and regulations relevant manufacturer specifications relevant safe work method statements (SWMS)/job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation relevant workplace policies and procedures RF connector fundamentals and common types RF measurement techniques, including time and frequency domain measurements transmission line fundamentals, including characteristic impedance (Zo) line velocity, impedance matching, loss characteristics, line and waveguide types and line test/measurement techniques.

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