Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to design Internetworking systems.
- OHS processes and procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and understood.
- Established OHS risk control measures and procedures are followed in preparation for the work.
- Design brief for the advance multi-layer switching technologies is developed and documented in consultation with person(s) of higher authority.
- Work team/group is arranged of appropriately competent persons in accordance with skills required to meet work outcomes and organisation’s established procedures.
- Activities are planned to meet scheduled timelines in consultation with others involved in the work.
- Strategies are implemented to ensure network development is carried out efficiently.
- Design Internetworking systems.
- Internetworking system is designed to comply with design brief and consideration of economical and appropriately effective design solutions.
- Advance multi-layer switching technologies are included in the Internetworking system design. (See Note)
- Internetworking system design includes specification of required media that is compliant with industry standards.
- Internetworking system design is documented in accordance with organisation policies and procedures.
- Internetworking system design is presented and discussed with person(s) of higher authority.
- Alterations to the Internetworking system design resulting from the presentation/discussion are negotiated with person(s) of higher authority within the constraints of organisation’s policy.
- Final Internetworking system design is documented and approval obtained from person(s) of higher authority.
- Implement Internetworking systems.
- Activities are planned to meet scheduled timelines in consultation with others involved in the work.
- Appropriate development tools and software are selected based on specified requirements and performance standard.
- Knowledge of Internetworking arrangements and protocols is applied to installing, configuring and testing advance routing technologies.
- System malfunctions are identified during testing and rectified using logical techniques drawing knowledge of Internetworking arrangements and protocol.
- Approaches to issues/problems are analysed to provide most effective solutions.
- Quality of work is monitored against personal performance agreement and/or established organisational or professional standards.
- Final Internetworking system design and implementation are documented in accordance organisation’s established procedures.
- Note.
- Examples of multi-layer switching technologies are, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, VLAN basics, types, identification, and trunking protocol, Spanning Tree Protocol, MLS processes, and configuration and multicasting protocols and routing.