Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to liaise with external and external personnel to discuss problems and requirements
literacy skills to:
produce and evaluate technical documents
produce user and peer documentation
problem-solving and contingency-management skills to:
debug syntax and semantic errors in the program during testing
develop algorithmic solutions to a given problem
technical skills to:
create scripts to automate operating system tasks
execute scripts
interact with user via script
manipulate and extract information contained in files
use inbuilt scripting options for a variety of scenarios.
Required knowledge
overview knowledge:
algorithm design
operating system components, such as command line interface, log files, program scheduling utilities, development methodologies, tools and utilities and testing methods
debugging for a variety of scripting scenarios
programming structured control constructs: sequence, selection, iteration
scripting techniques and language syntax.
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.
Client may include: | external organisations information and communications technology (ICT) company individuals internal departments internal employees service industry. |
Stakeholders may include: | development team information technology (IT) manager or representative network engineer project team systems administrator user. |
Algorithm may include: | flow chart pseudocode structured English. |
Scripting language may include: | C, C++ JavaScript Linux shell scripts Perl Python VBScript VB.Net Windows PowerShell. |
Organisational guidelines may include: | communication methods content of emails dispute resolution document procedures and templates downloading information and accessing particular websites financial control mechanisms opening mail with attachments personal use of emails and internet access virus risk. |
Coding standards may include: | GNU coding standard Java coding standard organisation standards. |
Operating system may include: | Linux Mac Novell Windows. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist