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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to select equipment
   • Scope of work communications network is determined from documentation and/or discussions with relevant person/s
2. Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and workplace procedures for the communications network area are identified, obtained and applied
3. Arrange locations of equipment and cable routes
   • Location of equipment is arranged in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
4. Cable routes are planned to ensure maximum lengths in accordance with relevant industry standards and manufacturer specifications
5. Cable routes are planned in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
6. Earthing is arranged in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
7. Select cables and equipment
   • Cable types are selected for the environment/s and performance requirements in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
8. Cable sizes are selected for capacity and performance requirements in accordance with job specifications
9. Earthing components are selected for earthing requirements in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
10. Network equipment is selected in accordance with WHS/OHS requirements and relevant industry standards
11. Electronic equipment types are selected for the environment/s and performance requirements in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards
12. Document communications network
    • Justifications for selections of cable and electronic equipment and relevant calculations are documented in accordance with workplace procedures
13. Communications network arrangement and specifications for all selected items are documented in accordance with workplace procedures and forwarded to relevant person/s

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
Selecting and arranging equipment for LANs, comprising a distribution frame, must include at least the following:	two fibre outlets 20 sets of two data outlets one private automatic branch exchange customer access equipment (CAE) or Virtual PBX one server

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions on at least two separate occasions and include:

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (WHS/OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures arranging earthing in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards arranging locations of equipment and cable routes arranging network equipment documenting communications network documenting installation arrangements and specifications for items selected and reasons for the selections made documenting justifications for selections of cable and electronic equipment planning cable routes in accordance with job specifications and relevant industry standards preparing to select equipment selecting appropriate earthing components selecting cables and equipment selecting electronic equipment types selecting types and sizes of cables.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions and include knowledge of:

local area network (LAN) fundamentals performance of copper or fibre installation and termination customer switching system (CSS) customer access equipment (CAE) relevant manufacturer specifications relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation relevant workplace policies and procedures switches, hubs and routers.

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