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 internal and/or external personnel on technical, operational and business-related matters
literacy skills to:
interpret technical documentation
write reports as required
numeracy skills to:
take test measurements and interpret results
evaluate performance and interoperability of network
planning and organisational skills to:
coordinate the process in liaison with others
plan, prioritise and monitor own work
problem-solving and contingency-management skills to:
adapt configuration procedures to requirements of network
reconfigure depending on differing operational contingencies, risk situations and environments
troubleshoot and debug WLAN issues
research skills to investigate appropriate hardware to meet requirements
technical skills to:
select and configure networking devices and assess and implement security requirements
use networking and network testing and management tools.
Required knowledge
advanced network solutions
configuration, verification and troubleshoot procedures to undertake:
router operation and routing
VLANs switching and inter-switching communications
deployment schemes
IOS and IP networking models
IOS services
IP network topologies, architectures and elements
networking standards and protocols
threat mitigation strategies
VLAN technologies.
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.
IP network may include: | integrated network internet intranet local area network (LAN) router-based network switch-based network VPN WAN WLAN. |
Network testing and monitoring tools may include: | applications, services or systems monitor bandwidth tester connection speed fingerprinting monitor flow monitor latency calculator mapping tools network: connectivity monitor security monitor simulator packet capture and analyser packet tracer path characterisation protocol analyser sniffer or analyser simple network management protocol (SNMP) tools voice over internet protocol (VoIP) monitors. |
Strategies may include: | use of internetwork operating system (IOS) tools use of vendor-recommended software and hardware: Apple Billion Cisco Juniper Networks. |
Routing protocols may include: | external border gateway protocol (EBGP) enhanced interior gateway routing protocol (EIGRP) open shortest path first (OSPF) routing information protocol (RIP). |
Router configurations may include: | dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) link control settings network address translation (NAT) usernames and passwords. |
IOS services may include: | auto-upgrade manager (AUM) embedded event management (EEM) flexible netflow file transfer protocol (FTP) hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) identity-based network services (IBNS) IOS firewall IP service level agreement (IPSLA) network-based application recognition 2 (NBAR2) network time protocol (NTP) performance routing (PfR) remote copy or rate control protocol (RCP) service advertisement framework (SAF) web services management agent (WSMA). |
Advanced services may include: | internet protocol TV (IPTV) video voice over internet protocol (VoIP) wireless. |
Switch configuration may include: | spanning tree switch virtual interface (SVI) virtual LAN (VLAN). |
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