Application
Lead foremen or estimators with appropriate authority to direct the activities of customer premises installation staff, building workers, contractors, manufacturers and vendors apply the skills and knowledge in this unit.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Plan installation project | 1.1 Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards and follow occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental requirements for the given work 1.2 Plan work schedules for relevant parties to provision services and deliverables in correct sequence for satisfactory project completion within the specified timeframe 1.3 Order materials in advance of needs to avoid work delays 1.4 Negotiate the provision and connection of required network capacity and facilities with network provider 1.5 Determine customer equipment types and quantities and organise timing of delivery according to work schedule timeframe 1.6 Determine essential criteria for selecting labour resources in order to satisfy regulatory, enterprise and client requirements 1.7 Calculate installation workloads to complete task within specified timeframe |
2. Provision resources for installation project | 2.1 Arrange for connection of network services to customer equipment 2.2 Coordinate logistics associated with the delivery of material to site according to the installation timeframe 2.3 Allocate labour to the installation as determined in the planning stage 2.4 Ensure that all installation personnel are advised of installation and customer requirements |
3. Monitor and adjust resource allocations | 3.1 Adjust labour resources as necessary, to meet budget and completion timeframe 3.2 Monitor work progress against project schedules and budgets |
Required Skills
Required skills
communications skills to efficiently deal with employees, labour hire companies, customers, consultants, contractors and suppliers
learning skills to proactively keep up to date with changes in the CPE area
literacy skills to read and interpret basic technical data
numeracy skills to estimate or calculate cost of labour and materials
planning and organisational skills to:
improve systems and procedures
prioritise and organise own work
efficiently plan work schedules
research skills to source alternative parts supplies
technology skills to use software and hardware when:
planning work schedules
ordering supplies.
Required knowledge
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) licensing requirements (cabling provider rules)
operation of computers and application of software programs as used in the Telecommunications Industry
industry cabling practices
OHS procedures
overview of project management including:
phases of project management
roles and responsibilities within project management
project reporting
telecommunications components and assemblies
telecommunications CPE.
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.
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the ability to: plan an installation project plan work schedules of installation team organise supply of materials arrange for connection of network services. |
Context of, and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure: work site where scheduling may be conducted use of computer hardware and software currently used in industry. |
Methods of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: review of scheduling different CPE types in different locations review of an oral and written report with completed documentation direct observation of the candidate scheduling a CPE installation. |
Guidance information for assessment | Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: ICTCBL4004B Schedule and supply cabling installation ICTCBL4023B Supervise cabling project. Aboriginal people and other people from a non-English speaking background may have second language issues. Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support when required. Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and appropriate to the oral communication skill level, and language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed. In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge. Questioning techniques should not require language, literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency. Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs. |
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards may include: | Communications Alliance: Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codes AS/ACIF S008:2006 and AS/ACIF S009:2006 AS Communications Cabling Manual (CCM) Volume 1 AS/NZS 3000:2007 AS/NZS 3080:2003 AS/NZS 3084:2003 AS/NZS 3085.1:2004 AS/NZS IEC 61935.1:2006 AS/NZS IEC 61935.2:2006 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3:2007 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 15018:2005 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 24702:2007 Australian building codes and regulations cabling security codes and regulations compliance with appropriate ACMA technical standard requirements for underground, aerial, Category 5 or Category 6, 6A, 7 or 7A and unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) Environmental Protection Acts fire regulations noise abatement and heritage legislation OHS relevant international standards Trade Practices Act. |
OHS and environmental requirements may relate to: | environmental considerations: clean-up protection noise, dust and clean-up management stormwater protection waste management decommissioning and isolating worksite and lines prior to commencement identifying other services, including power and gas safe working practices, such as the safe use and handling of: asbestos chemicals materials tools and equipment work platforms safety equipment: flashing lights gas and other hazard detection equipment safety barriers trench guards warning signs and tapes witches hats special access requirements suitable light and ventilation. |
Work schedules may include: | building works connection to network boundary council approvals cutover of customer equipment delivery of network services from carrier installation of customer equipment jumpering of building distributor loading of database information logistics. |
Relevant parties may include: | carrier clients CPE installation contractors earthmoving or building work contractors equipment vendors inspectors local council regulatory bodies. |
Customer equipment may include: | answering machine cable modem cable TV set-top boxes digital subscriber line routers fax machine Internet protocol (IP) PBX IP PBX server key telephone system PBX Session initiation protocol (SIP)-enabled UC system telephone handsets video conferencing equipment voice over internet protocol (VoIP) gateway worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) CPE. |
Essential criteria may include: | experience licences physical abilities project management skills qualification vendor certifications. |
Network services may include: | the provision of: bandwidth digital or analogue circuits exchange circuits radio spectrum virtual PBX wireless access. |
Sectors
Telecommunications - Project management
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Licensing Information
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement but users should confirm requirements with the relevant federal, state or territory authority.