Qualification details

Employability Skills Qualification Summary 

Employability Skill 

Industry /enterprise requirements for this qualification include the following facets :

Communication 

• communicate data acquisition requirements to relevant personnel
• communicate and consult effectively with clients and colleagues
• impart knowledge and ideas through oral, written and visual means
• apply numeracy skills to:
• accurately record
• analyse errors
• conduct image analysis
• perform mental calculations
• interpret and analyse statistics
• undertake computation
• apply literacy skills to:
• assess and use workplace information
• locate and interpret legislation and other written documentation
• prepare and manage documentation
• read and write technical reports
• research and evaluate

Teamwork 

• relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities
• work effectively as a team
• apply team leadership skills
• guide staff assisting in the data-collection process
• allocate work to individuals matching known competency and capacity to work within organisational policy
• consult relevant personnel to identify requirements for spatial data and constraints
• refer exception reports to relevant personnel
• encourage clients to evaluate spatial product and service options to satisfy their needs according to company requirements
• work effectively with business contacts
• advise co-workers and supervisors promptly of work implications

Problem solving 

• evaluate spatial information to apply knowledge to plan future collection requirements
• scope spatial data acquisition requirements
• analyse client instructions to determine specific needs and spatial data requirements
• evaluate available collection options
• capture new data using a variety of methods
• apply spatial skills to:
• understand the holistic implications of height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position to actual operational activity and virtual representation
• exercise precision and accuracy in relation to terrain visualisations
• solve complex problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation

Initiative and enterprise 

• select preferred option on the basis of client needs and organisational capability and priorities
• develop spatial data collection and validation plan
• incorporate technical problems and management requirements and apply appropriate solutions to a range of data collection situations
• apply creative and conceptual skills
• create 2-D drawings
• create and modify a 3-D model or digital elevation model
• use a contour plan of an area for analytical purposes

Planning and organising 

• plan spatial data collection and validation
• plan and execute the data capture process in a supervisory capacity
• prepare for data collection
• schedule key activities and timelines with full consideration given to specification, available resources and organisational requirements
• prepare 2-D or 3-D digital elevation model

Self-management 

• delegate duties
• prioritise activities
• apply time management skills
• apply self-management skills

Learning 

• update skills and knowledge to accommodate changes in spatial data acquisition requirements
• update skills and knowledge to accommodate changes in operating environment and equipment
• perform spatial data archival and retrieval and train others in this task
• perform spatial data management and manipulation and train others in this task
• perform file management and train others in this task
• train others in spatial precision techniques

Technology 

• use a computer (high technical user level) to complete business documentation
• exercise precision and accuracy in relation to the use of electronic equipment
• assess spatial computing platforms and software systems for suitability against specification

Packaging rules 

To achieve this qualification, the candidate must demonstrate competency in:

• 16 units of competency:
• 7 core units
• 9 elective units.

The elective units are chosen as follows:

• 9 units from the elective units listed below
• 2 of the units may be chosen from Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma qualifications in CPP07 or another current Training Package or state accredited course, provided the integrity of the AQF alignment is ensured, and they contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.

Core units 

CPPSIS5001A

Plan spatial data collection and validation

CPPSIS5002A

Capture new spatial data

CPPSIS5003A

Implement a spatial information services project plan

CPPSIS5006A

Integrate spatial datasets

CPPSIS5009A

Produce spatial project deliverables

CPPSIS5029A

Determine suitable information sources to create new spatial datasets

CPPSIS6020A

Develop 2-D and 3-D terrain visualisations

Elective units 

BSBFIM501A

Manage budgets and financial plans

BSBITU402A

Develop and use complex spreadsheets

BSBOHS509A

Ensure a safe workplace

BSBWOR502A

Ensure team effectiveness

CPPCMN4002A

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

CPPSIS5004A

Determine spatial data requirements

CPPSIS5005A

Obtain and validate existing spatial data

CPPSIS5007A

Maintain complex spatial data systems

CPPSIS5008A

Develop a complex spatial and aspatial database

CPPSIS5010A

Collate and interpret spatial data

CPPSIS5011A

Monitor and control the spatial components of projects

CPPSIS5012A

Maintain effective internal and external spatial communication networks

CPPSIS5013A

Design a spatial data storage system

CPPSIS5015A

Undertake spatial process improvement to reduce costs and improve service

FDFOPTRWP3A

Report on workplace performance

ICAB3018B

Develop macros and templates for clients using standard products

ICAU3028B

Customise packaged software applications for clients

ICAU3126B

Use advanced features of computer applications

ICPKN315B

Apply knowledge and requirements of the multimedia sector

LGAPLEM508A

Manipulate and analyse data within geographic information systems

LGAPLEM512A

Provide geographic information systems data

MNQGEN500A

Implement and maintain management plans to control risk

PSPLAND302A

Investigate tenure and land use history

PSPLAND501A

Review planning documents and environmental assessments

RTD4507A

Produce maps for land management purposes