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ICTNPL4110A
Evaluate the planning requirements for provisioning a telecommunications building facility

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Issue Date: May 2024


Technical officers or engineers from private and public organisations apply the skills and knowledge in this unit. They combine technical design skills with organisational skills to assess the planning requirements of the various building projects and technologies within a telecommunications network to meet future customer demands.

Technical officers or engineers may be responsible for small projects or parts of larger projects, and for the operation and engineering of the telecommunications network.

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to evaluate building service capability to meet present and future demands for a building facility housing telecommunications equipment.

It involves gathering information and evaluating allowable types of building services, power systems, air conditioning, fire safety services, energy use and alarm systems within each technology.

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.

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Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.



Evidence Required

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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:

evaluate facilities used for housing network equipment and how they may be used for provisioning

provide documentation that correctly associates responsibilities to planning, provisioning, maintenance and operation of a building facility

evaluate planning requirements for telecommunications building facilities including:

correct provisioning of equipment for air conditioning systems and power supplies into building facilities

energy use, alarm and fire safety services.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure:

building facilities where planning requirements for provisioning may be conducted

relevant regulatory, organisational procedures and documentation, and equipment documentation that impact on work.

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 undertaking an evaluation of a telecommunications building facility

review of evaluation report prepared by the candidate outlining the planning requirements for the proposed provisioning of identified services

oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of key building facilities, such as power supplies, fire safety, alarm and air conditioning systems.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:

ICTNPL4111A Develop provisioning of telecommunications building works 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.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

communication skills to liaise with internal and external personnel on technical and operational matters

literacy skills to interpret technical documentation and write reports in required formats

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

problem solving and contingency management skills to adapt requirements to particular building facilities

research skills to interrogate databases and investigate different building services

technical skills to evaluate:

air conditioning systems

alarm systems

fire safety services

general energy use

impact of energy use in a facility

power supplies

Required knowledge

detailed knowledge of:

alarm monitoring and hierarchy of responsibility

capacity of air conditioning system on a given load

different building services that are supported at a network site

basic monitoring and plant interrogation capabilities

complexities of various levels of alarming as applied to building facilities

general types of facilities within building housing network equipment

overview knowledge of:

different types of air conditioning components

different types of fire safety services

different types of power sources

equipment deployments on fire safety services

main energy loads associated in a facility

regulatory obligations in relation to fire safety services

software systems needed to allow alarm interrogation (outputs)

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:

Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codes

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) technical standards

acts on noise and dust pollution

ARPANSA electromagnetic radiation (EMR) standard

Australian building codes and regulations

Australian standards

electricity supply codes

enterprise standards

environmental protection

equipment standards, intrinsically safe lightning protection, site engineering standard

fire regulations

hazardous situation

heritage legislation

international standards

local government building codes

OHS

Radcoms Act

Telecoms Act

traffic authorities.

Facility may relate to:

buildings or shelters used to house:

people:

administration

billing centres

call centres

engineering offices

human resources

network facility for equipment or plant:

air conditioning plant

cabling room and main frame

computer facility

exchange equipment (switching and transmission)

power, no-break power plant and battery room

(Note: does not include towers, pipes and conduits).

Building services may relate to:

air conditioning

alarm systems

fire safety

power sources.

Electrical components may include:

battery load monitoring panel

busbars

diesel generator

exchange battery

exchange earth

fuses

mains converter

no-break power plant

power distribution cables

power monitoring panel

rectifier unit

solar panels

wind generators.

Types of power sources may relate to:

electrical energy sources:

diesel generator

exchange battery

mains converter

mains power

no-break power plant

solar panels

wind generators

(Note: does not include a power utility company's external generation supply).

Energy loads may relate to:

air conditioning

battery charger

cooling fans

lift motors

lighting

power outlets

pump motors

rectifier unit.

Types of air conditioning may include:

air cooled

ducted

electric

freestanding

gas

water cooled.

Fire service protection systems may refer to:

components:

automatic notification system to fire authorities

control panel

fire alarm

infra-red detectors

smoke sensors

sprinkler system

warning activation system

functions:

control

detect

manage

suppress fire and smoke

system type:

active

passive.

Alarm systems may refer to:

air conditioning alarm

components:

air conditioning alarm panel

biometric system

digital code

fire alarm panel

personal badge

radio frequency identification (RFID)

security alarm panel

fire exit alarms

intruder alarms

lift failure

power loading.

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Prepare for given work according to relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards including occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and procedures 
Obtain building plans and specifications from planning section 
Determine the type of facility and building services required to house telecommunications network equipment and plant to efficiently support the network 
Determine the purpose of the main areas or rooms in the network building and note special requirements to support the safe operation of the facility 
Verify who is responsible for the planning, provisioning, maintaining and operation of a facility 
Assess how the functions of the main power and building services support network equipment and the impact if building services are not provided correctly or fail 
Produce a schematic diagram of the relationship of electrical components in an end-to-end power and building services system 
Assess the different types of power sources likely to supply network equipment and determine the benefits or deficiencies 
Determine how resiliency is built into the provisioning of a reliable power supply and how different levels of reliability can be achieved 
Evaluate the impact of energy use and energy loads in the facility and determine how energy use can be minimised 
Assess the main types of air conditioning components or plant available and their suitability to the building requirements and draw a schematic diagram of the proposed layout 
Determine how different equipment rack heat dissipation and size of a load can affect the cooling needs 
Evaluate how the deployment of network equipment and other supporting infrastructure can affect the performance and loading of the installed air conditioner 
Assess the type, functions and components of fire service protection systems for fire and smoke required in a network facility for the safety and protection of people and assets 
Use the building plan to locate fire systems to be deployed to comply with fire regulations 
Evaluate the effect equipment deployments may have on fire services and its ability to protect the site and maintain regulatory obligations 
Determine the level of alarming requirements from the building plan and specifications 
Assess if basic monitoring is to be used with system or plant interrogation capabilities to produce an integrated alarm system for the facility 
Determine where alarm systems are monitored and actioned and the personnel responsible 
Evaluate what systems are used to connect power and building services output alarms and the software requirements needed to allow interrogation 
Assess the requirements for each of the building services needed to support the facility allowing for projection of future growth of the network and building expansion 
Produce an evaluation document on the planning requirements for the proposed provisioning including identified services to support the building facility 

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