Release 

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Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Implement a framework for logging and error handling

1.1 Determine the logging framework for writing text messages at a certain level or priority to log files, or for sending data to monitoring applications

1.2 Create a custom event log for an application

1.3 Analyse the logs to check the state of the running application

2. Debug and trace an application

2.1 Apply basic debugging techniques such as breakpoints, stepping through and over code, and stack trace

2.2 Identify and use the tools to debug software applications

2.3 Write the code for debugging (print, assert and stop statements)

3. Monitor the application’s performance

3.1 Identify and use profiling tools to verify the parts of the system that consume the most resources, such as random access memory (RAM), central processing unit (CPU) and time

3.2 Analyse performance issues, and apply any changes to improve the performance of the application

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

• Interprets and critically analyses complex texts, and applies the appropriate strategies to construct meaning from complex texts

Writing

1.2

• Displays a knowledge of structure and layout, employing a broad vocabulary, grammatical structure, and the conventions appropriate to text when creating a custom event log

Numeracy

1.3, 3.2

• Selects from, and applies, an expanding range of mathematical and problem-solving strategies when analysing logs, and monitoring applications data

Get the work done

All

• Uses systematic, analytical processes in complex, non-routine situations, setting goals, gathering relevant information, and identifying, and evaluating options against the agreed criteria
• Uses analytical processes to decide on a course of action, establishing the criteria for deciding between options
• Uses a systematic process to identify possible solutions to a difficult problem
• Understands the key principles and concepts underpinning the design, and operation, of digital systems and tools

Code and title 

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

ICTPRG503 Debug and monitor applications

ICAPRG503A Debug and monitor applications

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Equivalent unit

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.