Course Title: Use electrical skills in telecommunications work

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2016

Course Code: EEET7322C

Course Title: Use electrical skills in telecommunications work

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4353 - Certificate IV in Telecommunications Networks Technology

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Eddie Vanda
Ph: +613 9925 4456
Email: eddie.vanda@rmit.edu.au

 

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

NIL

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required for an entry-level worker to use electrical skills working in telecommunications.

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.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	ICTTEN2008A Use electrical skills in telecommunications work
Element:	1. Connect up, test and verify DC and AC circuitry
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Identify any hazards and work health and safety (WHS) issues for a safe work site, and notify appropriate personnel 1.2 Connect a series and a parallel DC and AC circuit configuration following safe work practices 1.3 Choose the appropriate test equipment and measure the values of electrical quantities of the circuits 1.4 Use calculations to verify the measured values of the electrical quantities in a series and in a parallel circuit configuration 1.5 Compare the measured values to the calculated values, and determine the reasons for any variations 1.6 Measure LV, ELV and TNV voltages to determine that the value is within equipment or power supply specifications 1.7 Use appropriate test equipment to measure AC voltage (multimeter) or AC current (clamp meter) in a safe manner that does not require an LV circuit to be disconnected 1.8 Test residual current devices (RCD) or earth leakage devices to ensure they are working prior to working with AC mains powered equipment, power supplies and tools 1.9 Evaluate results and determine probable faults if relevant
Element:	2. Evaluate analog and digital signals
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Compare characteristics of an analog signal and a digital signal 2.2 Produce a layout using the building blocks to represent a typical analog and a digital circuit showing the different characteristics between that of an analog signal and a digital signal 2.3 Produce 4-bit binary codes with their decimal equivalent to represent output voltages of a digital to analog converter 2.4 Choose appropriate test equipment and measure the output voltage of a digital device for ‘high’ and ‘low’ logic states
Element:	3. Perform cable selection
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Compare basic transmission characteristics of different types of cables used in telecommunications and select the most appropriate cable type to suit application characteristics. 3.2 Connect two devices with a patch cable and test the connection.

Learning Outcomes

Refer to Elements

Details of Learning Activities

Cluster Information:

This course is delivered in a cluster (Electrical Fundamentals) in conjunction with ICTCBL4057B (EEET7323C). You must enrol in these two courses delivered in this cluster. All the learning and assessment activities will include the components of all competencies of ICTTEN2008A and ICTCBL4057B.
 

Students will participate in a variety of teaching methods including:

• lectures
• tutorials
• practicals
• class discussions, and work on assignment.

Teaching Schedule

Week 1. Introduction and Overview of Course
Week 2. Basic Electrical Concepts /  Ohm’s Law / cables introduction
Week 3. Series resistance circuits calculations / Cable types
Week 4. Parallel DC circuits and series circuit calculations / Cable PPE
Week 5. Parallel AC circuit calculations and Test equipment for Cable testing
Week 6. Series and parallel circuit calculations and Result evaluation and fault finding, also applied to cables
Week 7. Power in resistive circuits/ cable power losses
Week 8. Capacitors and their applications/ capacitance in cables
Week 9. Inductors and transformers and their applications / cable connections
Week 10. Simple practical circuits / cable equivalent circuits
Week 11. Cable basic transmission characteristics
Week 12. Binary numbers systems / cable numbering systems
Week 13. Analog and digital signal characteristics and conversions and cable propagations
Week 14.  Probable Faults in Circuits and cables
Week 15. Build and Test DC and AC Circuits / Observe cable AC properties
Week 16. Revision
Week 16. Practical Test
Week 17. Theory test
Week 18. Practical test and Theory test Resit

 Student Directed Hours

* In this course, minimum student directed hours are 8 in addition to 32 scheduled teaching hours.
* Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, assignments, individual student-teacher course-related consultation, and oral presentation preparation.
 

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

A soft copy of Use electrical skills in telecommunications work ,will be issued.

References

Other Resources

Students will be able to access information and learning materials through myRMIT and may be provided with additional materials in class. List of relevant reference books, resources in the library and accessible Internet sites will be provided where possible. During the course, you will be directed to websites to enhance your knowledge and understanding of difficult concepts.

Overview of Assessment

 

The assessment is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set in the National Training Package. Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course. All assessment tasks are competency based and you will need to obtain Satisfactory (S) in all assessments tasks. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment task detailed under Assessment Tasks:

Assessment 1: Practical Test

Assessment 2: Closed Book Test

these tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Assessment Mapping Matrix

 

Element/ Performance Criteria Covered	Practical Test	Closed Book Test
1.1	X	X
1.2	X	X
1.3	X	X
1.4	X	X
1.5	X	X
1.6	X	X
1.7	X	X
1.8	X	X
1.9	X	X
2.1	X	X
2.2	X	X
2.3	X	X
2.4	X	X
3.1	X	X
3.2	X	X

 

Assessment Tasks

You are required to complete the following three assessment tasks: 

Assessment 1:   Practical Test - Week 16
Assessment 2:   Theory Test - Week 17

All assessment tasks need to be successfully completed to demonstrate competence.

Your assessment for this course will be marked using the following table:

CA Competency Achieved
NYC Not yet Competent
DNS Did not Submit

Assessment Matrix

EEET7322C Performance Criteria	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	3.1	3.2
EEET7323C Performance Criteria	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.3		3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4
Practical Test	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Theory Test	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

 

 

Other Information

Credit Transfer and/or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
You may be eligible for credit towards courses in your program if you have already met the learning/competency outcomes through previous learning and/or industry experience. To be eligible for credit towards a course, you must demonstrate that you have already completed learning and/or gained industry experience that is:
• Relevant
• Current
• Satisfies the learning/competency outcomes of the course
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit  to find more information about credit transfer and RPL.
 

Study and Learning Support:

Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to you. Services offered by SLC to support your numeracy and literacy skills are:

- Assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
- Maths and science developmental support and advice
- English language development

Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre  to find more information about Study and learning Support

Disability Liaison Unit:

If you are suffering from long-term medical condition or disability, you should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete your studies.

Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability  to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit.

Late Submission:

If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete and lodge an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. You will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgement as to whether the extension has been granted.

If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days after the official due date.

Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.

Special Consideration:

Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration  to find more information about special consideration

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University.

Please Refer: http://www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity  to find more information about plagiarism.

Email Communication:

All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails.

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