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Evidence Guide: ICTSAS303 - Care for computer hardware

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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ICTSAS303 - Care for computer hardware

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Establish safe work practices

  1. Determine, record and apply relevant legal requirements and work health and safety (WHS) standards to the installation and maintenance of computer hardware
  2. Determine, record and apply requirements specified by hardware manufacturers
  3. Determine, record and apply safe work practices, taking into account legal and manufacturer requirements
Determine, record and apply relevant legal requirements and work health and safety (WHS) standards to the installation and maintenance of computer hardware

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Determine, record and apply requirements specified by hardware manufacturers

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Determine, record and apply safe work practices, taking into account legal and manufacturer requirements

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Establish location requirements for hardware and peripherals

  1. Determine and apply suitable environmental conditions for hardware and peripherals
  2. Determine and apply system protection devices where appropriate
  3. Determine and apply requirements when moving hardware
  4. Determine and apply suitable storage principles for hardware and associated peripherals and media
Determine and apply suitable environmental conditions for hardware and peripherals

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Determine and apply system protection devices where appropriate

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Determine and apply requirements when moving hardware

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Determine and apply suitable storage principles for hardware and associated peripherals and media

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Establish maintenance practices

  1. Determine maintenance requirements specified by the equipment manufacturer
  2. Produce maintenance schedules
  3. Perform diagnostic functions, including replacing suspect components with other serviceable components and reloading associated software
  4. Determine whether unserviceable components are replaceable through warranty, replacement or upgrade
  5. Perform diagnostic functions using the operating system and third party diagnostic tools
Determine maintenance requirements specified by the equipment manufacturer

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Produce maintenance schedules

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Perform diagnostic functions, including replacing suspect components with other serviceable components and reloading associated software

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Determine whether unserviceable components are replaceable through warranty, replacement or upgrade

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Perform diagnostic functions using the operating system and third party diagnostic tools

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Determine appropriate hardware quality standards

  1. Consider and apply business requirements in respect of hardware matters
  2. Determine and apply quality standards to the selection of appropriate hardware and associated peripherals
Consider and apply business requirements in respect of hardware matters

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Determine and apply quality standards to the selection of appropriate hardware and associated peripherals

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Establish safe work practices

1.1 Determine, record and apply relevant legal requirements and work health and safety (WHS) standards to the installation and maintenance of computer hardware

1.2 Determine, record and apply requirements specified by hardware manufacturers

1.3 Determine, record and apply safe work practices, taking into account legal and manufacturer requirements

2. Establish location requirements for hardware and peripherals

2.1 Determine and apply suitable environmental conditions for hardware and peripherals

2.2 Determine and apply system protection devices where appropriate

2.3 Determine and apply requirements when moving hardware

2.4 Determine and apply suitable storage principles for hardware and associated peripherals and media

3. Establish maintenance practices

3.1 Determine maintenance requirements specified by the equipment manufacturer

3.2 Produce maintenance schedules

3.3 Perform diagnostic functions, including replacing suspect components with other serviceable components and reloading associated software

3.4 Determine whether unserviceable components are replaceable through warranty, replacement or upgrade

3.5 Perform diagnostic functions using the operating system and third party diagnostic tools

4. Determine appropriate hardware quality standards

4.1 Consider and apply business requirements in respect of hardware matters

4.2 Determine and apply quality standards to the selection of appropriate hardware and associated peripherals

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Establish safe work practices

1.1 Determine, record and apply relevant legal requirements and work health and safety (WHS) standards to the installation and maintenance of computer hardware

1.2 Determine, record and apply requirements specified by hardware manufacturers

1.3 Determine, record and apply safe work practices, taking into account legal and manufacturer requirements

2. Establish location requirements for hardware and peripherals

2.1 Determine and apply suitable environmental conditions for hardware and peripherals

2.2 Determine and apply system protection devices where appropriate

2.3 Determine and apply requirements when moving hardware

2.4 Determine and apply suitable storage principles for hardware and associated peripherals and media

3. Establish maintenance practices

3.1 Determine maintenance requirements specified by the equipment manufacturer

3.2 Produce maintenance schedules

3.3 Perform diagnostic functions, including replacing suspect components with other serviceable components and reloading associated software

3.4 Determine whether unserviceable components are replaceable through warranty, replacement or upgrade

3.5 Perform diagnostic functions using the operating system and third party diagnostic tools

4. Determine appropriate hardware quality standards

4.1 Consider and apply business requirements in respect of hardware matters

4.2 Determine and apply quality standards to the selection of appropriate hardware and associated peripherals

Evidence of the ability to:

perform diagnostic functions by replacing components, reloading software and using operating system and other diagnostic tools

establish location requirements for system hardware and associated peripheral devices

follow safe work practices

determine maintenance requirements and establish maintenance schedule

apply appropriate quality standards to computer hardware and peripherals.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe the range of quality levels in current common hardware

describe the importance of maintenance

describe workplace health and safety principles specific to working with mains-powered equipment

identify and describe the potential environmental effects of common types of hardware

identify common security issues that impact on computer hardware

identify the software related to hardware operations

identify common system hardware and associated peripherals functions.