Unit No.

Unit Name

ICAA4041C

Determine and confirm client business expectations and needs

In this competency the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to determine client business requirements and verify the accuracy of the information gathered.

ICAA4233B

Determine and apply appropriate development methodologies

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and ability required to apply traditional and non-traditional systems development methodologies.

ICAW4027B

Relate to clients on a business level

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to formulate and implement service-level agreements.

ICAD4217B

Create technical documentation

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills required to create technical documentation that is clear to the target audience and easy to navigate.

ICAD4043B

Develop and present a feasibility report

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge required to research and present a range of feasible scenarios to the client.

ICAS4023B

Provide One to One Instruction

In this section the learner will develop the skills and ability to convey comprehensive technical information to clients in a clear, concise and coherent manner. The learner will be able to access technical manuals and help documentation and be able to relate information to clients in a clear, jargon-free way. As part of this process the learner will further develop skills in questioning and in interacting with clients to determine needs and client problems. The learner will be required to record and access data in logs according to enterprise standards

ICAB4064B

Prepare software development review

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge required to establish the standards associated with the IT technical requirements in the context of quality assurance processes applicable to software development. This includes the reviewing of software and implementation standards and software metrics as used in an organisation in general and a project in particular.

PSPPMG402B

Manage simple projects

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge required to manage general low risk projects that may be small scale and managed by one person or a person with a small team. It includes implementing project start-up activities, coordinating project implementation, monitoring the project and arranging follow-up activities.

ICAB4225B

Automate processes

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to automate solutions by using basic scripting processes and application-specific scripting options.

ICAA4058B

Apply skills in object-oriented design

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge required to apply the cyclic process of iteration from identification of class, instance, role and type to the final comlete object-oriented model of the application.

ICAB4219B

Apply introductory object-oriented language skills

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to undertake introductory programming tasks using an object-oriented programming language. Competency includes tool usage, documentation, debugging and testing techniques in support of the programming activities.

ICAB4222B

Apply introductory programming skills in another language

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to untertake introductory programming tasks using a procedural approach to programming. An object-oriented language may be used for doing the programming.

ICAB4229B

Apply intermediate programming skills in another language

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to undertake intermediate programming tasks using another programming language. The languag emay be an object-oriented language.

ICAB4178B

Build a graphical user interface

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to design, build and test a graphical user interface (GUI) to specification.

ICAB4075B

Use a library or pre-existing components

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to identify, evaluate and incorporate resuse components from a library or other source as part of a software project.

ICAB4232B

Maintain open source code programs

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to contribute as a member of an open source software project community and to mainain open source code. The open source development model differs considerably from the traditional commercial model.

BSBCMN304A

Contribute to personal skill development and learning

In this section the learner will develop the skills and knowledge require to support own learning and skill development needs in the context of an organisation's goals and objectives.

ICAW4214B

Maintain ethical conduct

In this learning component the learner will develop the ability required to maintain professional and ethical conduct when dealing with colleagues, clients and employers.

ICAT4221B

Locate equipment, system and sofware faults

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge required to apply systematic principles to fault finding in any field of IT.

ICAT4242B

Perform unit test for a class

In this learning component the learner will develop skills required to ensure that the system is proved adequate, before hand-over to the client/user, by unit testing functionality and reliability of individual components.

ICAS5118C

Manage system security

In this learning component the learner will develop the skills and knowledge required to implement and manage security on an operational system.