ICTSAS205 - Maintain ICT system integrity

Unit code: ICTSAS205 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Industry

St Albans

Werribee

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to protect and secure stand-alone or networked client server environments. It applies to technical support individuals who are required to maintain workflow and quality processes in a small or large office environment.

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:

protect and secure stand-alone or networked client server environments and operating systems according to system maintenance procedures;
complete file backup according to organisational standards;
recover, delete and archive according to backup and recovery procedure, and;
check computers and networks for compliance with licensing requirements.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

identify organisational standards regarding:
backup and recovery procedures and operations;
labelling and storage of backups;
describe current industry accepted hardware and software products;
describe current viruses and protection methods;
identify common diagnostic tools;
identify inventory procedures;
identify maintenance procedures;
describe storage and retrieval guidelines;
explain system performance, and;
identify software copyright and General Public Licence (GPL) or copyright responsibilities.

Required reading

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