Formats and tools
- Unit Description
- Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
- Assessment Tool
- an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
- Assessment Template
- generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
- Assessment Matrix
- a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
- Wiki Markup
- mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
- Evidence Guide
- create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
- Competency Mapping Template
- Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
- Observation Checklist
- create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)
- Self Assessment Survey
- A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
- Moodle Outcomes
- Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
- Registered Training Organisations
- Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver ICTRFN406, 'Maintain hybrid fibre coaxial broadband cable network'.
- Google Links
- links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
- Books
- Reference books for 'Maintain hybrid fibre coaxial broadband cable network' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Prepare for routine maintenance of broadband cable network | 1.1 Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards for given work 1.2 Determine HFC network elements requiring maintenance and obtain maintenance details from various HFC manufacturer equipment manuals 1.3 Plan detailed routine maintenance schedule and discuss with all relevant personnel 1.4 Notify network operations centre (NOC) of proposed maintenance details and maintenance schedule 1.5 Assess potential impact of proposed maintenance on clients and network, and plan for minimal possible outage or deferral of maintenance 1.6 Obtain necessary tools and resources, and test equipment to undertake maintenance 1.7 Ascertain and record recent network stability and network performance |
2. Undertake routine HFC network maintenance tasks | 2.1 Conduct routine maintenance tasks according to documented enterprise instructions, following work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements, and record results 2.2 Protect network from excessive interference or degradation of service during maintenance routines 2.3 Monitor relevant alarms during running of maintenance tasks and report incidences to NOC 2.4 Escalate unresolved faults according to established enterprise procedure 2.5 Conduct performance measurements following routine maintenance schedule |
3. Analyse results and initiate corrective action | 3.1 Assess outcomes of performance measurements and maintenance routines to ensure they are according to specification 3.2 Analyse identified problems for likely impact and repair within capability, and initiate or escalate repair action where repair is beyond capability 3.3 Undertake outage if required in conjunction with NOC and according to prescribed enterprise outage plan 3.4 Record problems and incidences in maintenance log for future action as required by maintenance agreement 3.5 Verify alarms to ensure maintenance routines did not generate further problems |