Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish safe work practices
- Determine, record and apply relevant legal requirements and OHS standards to the installation and maintenance of computer hardware
- Determine, record and apply requirements specified by hardware manufacturers
- Determine, record and apply safe work practices, taking into account legal and manufacturer requirements
- Establish location requirements for hardware and peripherals
- Establish maintenance practices
- Determine maintenance requirements specified by the equipment manufacturer
- Produce maintenance schedules
- Perform diagnostic functions, including replacing suspect components with other serviceable components and reloading associated software
- Determine whether unserviceable components are replaceable through warranty, replacement or upgrade
- Perform diagnostic functions using the operating system (OS) and third-party diagnostic tools
- Determine appropriate hardware quality standards