Course Title: Undertake routine maintenance of the telecommunications network
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: EEET6557C
Course Title: Undertake routine maintenance of the telecommunications network
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6080 - Advanced Diploma of Telecommunications Engineering
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Kenneth Falzon
kenneth.falzon@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 60
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
None
Course Description
This course addresses the underpinning knowledge of Principles of Telephony (Part 2 of 2) and undertakes learning activities to meet the assessment requirements specified in the unit of competency.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICTTC086C Undertake routine maintenance of the telecommunications network |
Element: |
Generate Report |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Routine logs are completed and stored for future reference |
Element: |
Identify level of maintenance to be undertaken |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Reason for maintenance is established |
Element: |
Initiate corrective action as required |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Outcomes/outputs of routines are checked to ensure they are in accordance with specification |
Element: |
Plan/prepare routine maintenance |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Network stability and general condition is assessed prior to routines and details of network health recorded |
Element: |
Undertake maintenance |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Contacts are made and maintained with network management centre during the running of the routines |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Face to face teaching
Practical work
Teaching Schedule
In this cluster, minimum student directed hours are 6 in addition to 54 scheduled teaching hours.
Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, assignments, project work, individual student-teacher course-related consultation, lab reports.
Weeky Teaching Schedule
1 Reason for maintenance is established
1 Equipment to be maintained is identified
1 Documentation relating to the equipment is obtained
1 Routines required are identified
ICTTC086C 1.1,1.2,
2 Element: Plan/prepare routine maintenance
2 Network stability and general condition is assessed prior to routines and details of network health recorded
2 Impact of the routine is assessed and analysed and depending on outcome, decision is made on whether to activate the routine
ICTTC086C 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4
3 Required resources are identified, obtained and allocated
3 Timing of the routines is established
3 Tools and test equipment are obtained and checked for appropriateness and accuracy
ICTTC086C 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4
4 Documentation relating to the equipment is obtained
4 Detailed plans for routines are established and discussed with all relevant areas
ICTTC086C 2.1,2.2,2.3
5 Practace test
ICTTC086C 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,2.3
6 test
ICTTC086C 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,2.3
7 Appointments are made with customers where equipment to be maintained is located on customer premises
7 Undertake maintenance
ICTTC086C 2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,
8 Contacts are made and maintained with network management centre during the running of the routines
8 Routines are undertaken in accordance with documented instructions
ICTTC086C 2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,
9 All precautions are taken to protect the network during the routines
9 Data gathered is recorded on the relevant forms
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3
10 All problems are identified for further action
10 Work is completed in a manner which is safe to self, fellow workers and the public at large
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,
11 Practace test
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,
12 test
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,
13 Initiate corrective action as required
13 Outcomes/outputs of routines are checked to ensure they are in accordance with specification
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6
14 Checks are made to ensure that pre-programmed software routines did in fact run
14 Problems identified are analysed for immediate or likely impact
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6
15 Problems/faults are diagnosed and repaired within capability
15 Any necessary outages are approved by the appropriate enterprise authority and are undertaken in accordance with prescribed enterprise procedures
ICTTC086C 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,
15 Repair action is initiated or escalated where problem is causing or likely to cause problems in the immediate future and repair is beyond capability
ICTTC086C 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8
16 Other problems are identified and logged for future action
ICTTC086C 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8
16 Alarms are checked to ensure routines did not generate further problems
16 Generate Report
ICTTC086C 4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8
16 Routine logs are completed and stored for future reference
16 Records are completed correctly and signed in accordance with enterprise policy
16Trending data both in relation to performance and faults is updated
ICTTC086C 5.1,5.2,5.3
17 Practace test
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8,5.1,5.2,5.3
18 test
ICTTC086C 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.8,5.1,5.2,5.3
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
The assessment is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the criteria set in the National Training Package. The students are required to undertake summative assessments that bring together skills and knowledge as follows:
Theoretical Written assessment.
Work Simulation Projects
A Pass in schedule practical exercises
Assessment Tasks
Theoretical Written assessment.
Work Simulation Projects
A Pass in schedule practical exercises
Assessment Matrix
theoretical written assessment. 40%
work simulation projects 30%
practical exercises 30%
Other Information
This course is graded using the following course grades-
CHD- Competent with High Distinction
CDI- Competent with Distinction
CC- Competent with Credit
CAG- Competency Achieved - Graded
NYC- Not Yet Competent
DNS- Did Not Submit for Assessment.
Make sure you understand the special consideration policy available at -
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y
In this ICTTC086C, minimum student directed hours are 6 in addition to 54 scheduled teaching hours.
Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, assignments, project work, individual student-teacher course-related consultation, organized industrial visits, writing reflective journals, lab reports.
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