Modification History
Not Applicable
Unit Descriptor
Unit descriptor |
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. |
Application of the Unit
Application of the unit |
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. |
Licensing/Regulatory Information
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Pre-Requisites
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Employability Skills Information
Employability skills |
This unit contains employability skills. |
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT |
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Scope the project |
1.1. Prepare for given work according to relevant legislation , codes , regulations and standards including occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and procedures 1.2. Obtain building plans and specifications from planning section 1.3. Determine the type of facility and building services required to house telecommunications network equipment and plant to efficiently support the network 1.4. 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 1.5. Verify who is responsible for the planning, provisioning, maintaining and operation of a facility |
2. Evaluate the power requirements |
2.1. 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 2.2. Produce a schematic diagram of the relationship of electrical components in an end-to-end power and building services system 2.3. Assess the different types of power sources likely to supply network equipment and determine the benefits or deficiencies 2.4. Determine how resiliency is built into the provisioning of a reliable power supply and how different levels of reliability can be achieved 2.5. Evaluate the impact of energy use and energy loads in the facility and determine how energy use can be minimised |
3. Evaluate the requirements of air conditioning services |
3.1. 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 3.2. Determine how different equipment rack heat dissipation and size of a load can affect the cooling needs 3.3. Evaluate how the deployment of network equipment and other supporting infrastructure can affect the performance and loading of the installed air conditioner |
4. Evaluate the requirements of fire safety services |
4.1. 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 4.2. Use the building plan to locate fire systems to be deployed to comply with fire regulations 4.3. Evaluate the effect equipment deployments may have on fire services and its ability to protect the site and maintain regulatory obligations |
5. Evaluate requirements of alarm systems |
5.1. Determine the level of alarming requirements from the building plan and specifications 5.2. Assess if basic monitoring is to be used with system or plant interrogation capabilities to produce an integrated alarm system for the facility 5.3. Determine where alarm systems are monitored and actioned and the personnel responsible 5.4. Evaluate what systems are used to connect power and building services output alarms and the software requirements needed to allow interrogation |
6. Produce evaluation document |
6.1. 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 6.2. Produce an evaluation document on the planning requirements for the proposed provisioning including identified services to support the building facility |
Required Skills and Knowledge
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE |
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit. |
Required skills |
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Required knowledge |
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Evidence Guide
EVIDENCE GUIDE |
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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. |
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Overview of assessment |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
Evidence of the ability to:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
Assessment must ensure:
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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:
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Guidance information for assessment |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:
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. |
Range Statement
RANGE STATEMENT |
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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. |
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Relevant legislation , codes , regulations and standards may include: |
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Facility may relate to: |
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Building services may relate to: |
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Electrical components may include: |
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Types of power sources may relate to: |
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Energy loads may relate to: |
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Types of air conditioning may include: |
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Fire service protection systems may refer to: |
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Alarm systems may refer to: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Unit sector |
Telecommunications |
Co-requisite units
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Competency field
Competency field |
Network planning |