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Evidence Guide: ICANWK412A - Create network documentation

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ICANWK412A - Create network documentation

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Determine network documentation requirements

  1. Consult with appropriate personnel
  2. Identify network documentation standards
  3. Define network configuration
  4. Develop naming standards and labelling schemes
  5. Develop network addressing scheme and verify, using calculations
Consult with appropriate personnel

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Identify network documentation standards

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Define network configuration

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Develop naming standards and labelling schemes

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Develop network addressing scheme and verify, using calculations

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Design network diagrams and checklists

  1. Identify network software mapping tools
  2. Use network software mapping tools to design network diagrams
  3. Develop plans and checklists
  4. Develop manuals
Identify network software mapping tools

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Use network software mapping tools to design network diagrams

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Develop plans and checklists

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Develop manuals

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Produce network documentation

  1. Validate documentation structure with appropriate personnel
  2. Produce network diagrams
  3. Produce network plans and checklists
  4. Produce procedure and policy manuals
  5. Prepare documentation for publication
Validate documentation structure with appropriate personnel

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Produce network diagrams

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Produce network plans and checklists

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Produce procedure and policy manuals

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Prepare documentation for publication

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Complete network documentation

  1. Check network documentation with appropriate personnel
  2. Select appropriate media
  3. Publish network documentation
  4. Record and store essential network documentation
  5. Notify appropriate personnel of the completed network documentation
Check network documentation with appropriate personnel

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Select appropriate media

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Publish network documentation

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Record and store essential network documentation

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Notify appropriate personnel of the completed network documentation

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

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:

determine client requirements

design network documentation according to standards

produce network documentation according to design specifications.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

relevant network documentation

legislation and standards documentation

industry codes of practice

appropriate learning and assessment support when required.

Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

direct observation of the candidate developing and producing network documentation

review of documents that detail design and development

verbal or written questioning to assess required knowledge.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with internal and external personnel on technical, operational and business-related matters

literacy skills to develop network documentation maintain records in required formats

numeracy skills to interpret technical data

planning and organisational skills to plan, prioritise and monitor own work

research skills to gain and maintain current industry technical knowledge

technical skills to:

apply network design methodologies

determine organisational requirements

identify the technical requirements, constraints and manageability issues for a given organisational network

use appropriate software tools.

Required knowledge

open systems interconnect (OSI) layered communication model

overview knowledge of network requirements related to:

applications

life cycles

manageability

quality of service

network design concepts related to:

financial constraints

network topologies

organisation requirements

physical constraints

security issues.

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.

Appropriate personnel may include:

customer

manager

network manager

supervisor.

Network configuration may include:

file systems

hardware

protocols

servers

users

wired

wireless

workstations.

Naming standards may include:

abbreviations

consistency

generated

geography

host names

legal and special characters

location

name length

parse

platform

theme

usage type.

Labelling schemes may include:

cabling

hardware.

Network addressing scheme may include:

dynamic

static

subnet.

Calculations may include binary:

conversion

division

multiplication

number system

subtraction.

Software mapping tools may include:

commercial

open source

vendor.

Network diagrams may include:

logical

network

physical

structure

topology.

Plans and checklists may include:

installation

network plans

OSI reference

patches

pre-installation

test plans

updates.

Manuals may include:

forms

hardware

maintenance

policy

procedure

security

servicing

technical

user.

Media may include:

document

online

paper

web page.