This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to develop basic programming skills in the most commonly used programming languages.
A person with this qualification could work as an assistant programmer in a team of software developers or as a support programmer to more senior programmers or systems analysts.
Job roles
Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include:
assistant applications programmer
assistant programmer
assistant software developer
assistant web application programmer
assistant web developer.
Subjects
Total number of units = 18
10 core units plus
8 elective units
The elective units consist of:
up to 8 from the elective units listed below
up to 3 from elsewhere in ICA11 or any other Training Package or accredited course at Certificate IV or Diploma level.
The elective units chosen must be relevant to the work outcome and meet local industry needs.
Core units
ICAICT418A Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment
Preferred pathways for candidates considering this qualification include:
after achieving ICA30111 Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology, or other relevant qualifications or units equivalent to the core of ICA30111
OR
with demonstrated vocational experience in a range of programming-related work environments in software programming, application programming, web development or similar.
Pathways from the qualification
ICA50711 Diploma of Software Development, or a range of other Diploma qualifications.
Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Licensing Information
There is no link between this qualification and licensing, legislative or regulatory requirements. However users should confirm requirements with the relevant federal, state or territory authority. There may be some alignment with industry standard certification competencies.
Employability Skills
The following table contains a summary of the employability skills required by industry for this qualification. The employability skills facets described here are broad industry requirements that may vary depending on qualification packaging options.
Employability skill
Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification
Communication
documenting technical work in plain English
writing and presenting reports
Teamwork
working collaboratively with project team members
Problem-solving
using an integrated development environment, in particular language debugging facilities, to debug code
analysing software requirements
Initiative and enterprise
responding to clients in a timely manner
identifying, analysing and evaluating information from a variety of sources
Planning and organising
preparing feasibility reports that take into account project scope, time, cost, quality, communications and risk management
Self-management
taking responsibility for own outputs in relation to specified quality standards
working according to the Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics regarding security, legal, moral and ethical issues
Learning
maintaining knowledge of tools and software applications and the goods and services provided
obtaining client evaluation and feedback
providing one-to-one instruction for clients and users
Technology
selecting and using compilers, interpreters and other programming tools to produce program code that meets user requirements
