ICTICT214 - Operate application software packages

Unit code:ICTICT214Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Footscray Nicholson
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify, select and operate commercial software packages, including a word-processing and a spreadsheet application package.

It applies to individuals who utilise different software applications within a small to large office environment to produce diverse documents.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
*produce three workplace documents using three different software packages including word processing, spreadsheets and one additional software application package on at least one occasion.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:
*apply workplace health and safety (WHS) principles and responsibilities
*follow organisational requirements.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*organisational application software packages
*technical terminology applicable to reading help files and responding to system help prompts
*industry standard business practices applicable to preparing reports
*features and functions of commercial computing packages and of the industry standard software
*functions and features of Portable Document Formats (PDFs)
*import and export software functions
*document linking functions
*WHS principles and responsibilities
*purpose of input and output devices.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.