Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 2.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Obtain access to worksite safely and with authority from site owner

1.1 Obtain and review DWDM installation brief

1.2 Determine site access requirements

1.3 Notify parties if necessary to arrange site access and discuss DWDM installation requirements

1.4 Assess site-specific safety requirements and enterprise work health and safety (WHS) processes and procedures

2. Prepare to install design DWDM units

2.1 Survey location for DWDM installation and scope installation parameters

2.2 Identify suitable location for DWDM equipment racks

2.3 Determine number and location of shelves and cards in racks

2.4 Determine capacity of optical distribution frames (ODFs), patching and network management system (NMS) connections for the installation

2.5 Determine power feed options

3. Design DWDM units and associated cabling

3.1 Design DWDM racks, including locations and layout

3.2 Examine standards, practices and requirements for designing DWDM systems

3.3 Design DWDM shelf and card positions from customer and manufacturer documents

3.4 Design supporting patch panel and jumpering schemes

3.5 Include appropriate ancillary equipment and connections in design specifications

3.6 Prepare detailed design drawings for racks, shelves and cards from manufacturer and carrier documents

3.7 Prepare detailed design drawings for patching, jumpering and power feeds from manufacturer and carrier documents

4. Review design for compliance with standards and legislation

4.1 Confirm DWDM installation design meets the brief

4.2 Review installation design to ensure compliance with requirements of federal, state and local regulations, relevant legislation, codes and standards

Skill 

Performance 

Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.1, 1.4, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2

• Critically analyses complex documentation from a variety of sources and consolidates information relating to specific criteria to determine design requirements

Writing

1.3, 3.1, 3.3-3.7

• Prepares and produces dynamic material for a specific audience using clear and detailed language to convey explicit information, requirements and recommendations
• Produces plans using industry-relevant terminology and recognised industry symbols

Oral Communication

1.3

• Uses collaborative and inclusive techniques, including active listening and questioning and reading of verbal and non-verbal signals, to convey and clarify information and confirm understanding

Numeracy

2.3-2.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4

• Uses highly-developed numeracy skills to interpret complex information, perform calculations and record outcomes for designs

Navigate the world of work

1.4, 3.2, 4.2

• Works independently or with others to make decisions to achieve organisation outcomes
• Takes full responsibility for following policies, procedures and legislative requirements, and identifies organisational implications of new legislation or regulation

Interact with others

1.3, 4.1

• Implements strategies for a diverse range of colleagues and clients to build rapport and foster strong relationships

Get the work done

1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1-2.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1

• Accepts responsibility for planning and sequencing complex tasks and workload, negotiating key aspects with others taking into account capabilities, efficiencies and effectiveness
• Makes critical decisions quickly and intuitively in complex situations, taking into consideration a range of variables
• Applies systematic and analytical decision-making processes for complex and non-routine situations
• Responds intuitively to problems requiring immediate resolution, drawing on past experiences to focus on the cause of a problem
• Uses and investigates new digital technologies and applications to manage and manipulate data and communicate effectively with others, in a secure and stable digital environment

Code and title  

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

ICTTEN431 Design a dense wavelength division multiplexing system

ICTTEN4246A Design a dense wavelength division multiplexing installations

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 2.0.