Course Title: Collect and manage data

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5367 Diploma of Conservation and Land Management

Course Title: Collect and manage data

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 120

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

MATH7077C

City Campus

TAFE

174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2017,
Term2 2018,
Term2 2019,
Term2 2020,
Term2 2021

Course Contact: Thierry Demathieu, Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8359

Course Contact Email: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to collect, analyse and manage data.

This unit applies to individuals who take personal responsibility and exercise autonomy in undertaking complex work. They demonstrate deep knowledge in a specific technical area and analyse, design and communicate solutions to sometimes complex problems.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

AHCWRK502 Collect and manage data

Elements:

1. Determine the type and extent of data to be collected

2. Access and collate data

3. Evaluate data

4. Manage and retrieve data

5. Analyse and interpret data


Learning Outcomes

Refer to elements


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this competency may include collection, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of data following field trips, written reports and group work

Assessment Task 1: Analysis of tree data report

Assessment Task 2: Vegetation data collection techniques

Assessment Task 3: Waterwatch: collecting macroinvertebrate data