Course Title: Manage data within council's geographic information system
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2010
Course Code: COSC5982C
Course Title: Manage data within council's geographic information system
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6098 - Advanced Diploma of Spatial Information Services
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
Trent Rhodes
trent.rhodes@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 35
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 covers the capture, update, storage, validation and upgrade of both data and systems and ensuring their integrity
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LGAPLEM610A Manage data within council's geographic information system |
Element: |
1. Determine data requirements |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1. Business needs are identified in consultation with all functional areas of council. |
Element: |
2. Implement data standards |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Appropriate data standards are implemented consistent with industry standards. |
Element: |
3. Coordinate data capture and conversion |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Data acquisition strategies are developed to meet defined requirements. |
Element: |
4. Implement data maintenance and validation procedures |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Routines for data validation and maintenance are developed and implemented. |
Element: |
5. Develop and implement data quality and security assurance procedures |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1. Quality procedures for data acquisition, storage and supply are developed and implemented. |
Element: |
6. Provide input into Council systems’ development |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1. Timely advice and forecasting of data storage capacity, processing capability and other requirements are provided to management to ensure council's geographic information systems (GIS) requirements are recognised and considered in the budget. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Teacher led :
Classroom &/or tutorial instruction in the outcomes required to manage data within council’s geographic information system and tasks associated with the elements above including the use of computers and relevant software/s, capabilities of survey methodologies and technologies in a simulated workplace environment.
Student managed:
Develop data management strategies to manage data within council’s geographic information system to industry standards.
Participation in group activities based on simulated workplace exercises.
Individual exercises carrying out research, computations, data compilation and appraisal.
Teaching Schedule
The teaching schedule is available in the Distributed Learning System (Blackboard). Refer to it for any changes or announcements.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Refer to: http://rmit.libguides.com/spatial
Overview of Assessment
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.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment of this unit will involve completion of the simulated workplace project and the Evaluation of portfolio, using a checklist, of the performance of elements of competence as designated for this unit to the required standard including collection methods and techniques related to the project objectives.
Observation, using a skills checklist, of performance of elements of competence as designated for this unit to the required standard during practical fieldwork exercises within a simulated workplace project.
Assessment will require demonstration of:
• Consistence performance of each element of the unit across a representative range of applications, autonomously and to requirements
• Performance criteria for each element of competence
• Underpinning knowledge and skills specified.
Assessment Matrix
The Assessment and Assessment Matrix are available in the Distributed Learning System (Blackboard). Refer to it for any changes or announcements.
Other Information
This is a new course in 2010.
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