CONTENTS
Student assessment agreement 4
Assessment Task 1: Project Portfolio 6
Assessment Task 1: Checklist 13
Introduction
The assessment tasks for ICTNPL413 – Evaluate networking regulations and legislation for the telecommunications industry are outlined in the assessment plan below. These tasks have been designed to help you demonstrate the skills and knowledge that you have learnt during your course.
Please ensure that you read the instructions provided with these tasks carefully. You should also follow the advice provided in the IT Works Student User Guide. The Student User Guide provides important information for you relating to completing assessment successfully.
Assessment for this unit
ICTNPL413 – Evaluate networking regulations and legislation for the telecommunications industry describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate the impact of deregulation, competition, economic conditions, regulations and legislation on enterprise-specific policies and procedures and its subsequent incorporation into the planning process.
For you to be assessed as competent, you must successfully complete one assessment task:
- Assessment Task 1: Project – You must work through a range of activities and complete a project portfolio.
Student assessment agreement
Make sure you read through the assessments in this booklet before you fill out and sign the agreement below.
If there is anything that you are unsure of, consult your assessor prior to signing this agreement.
| Have you read the assessment requirements for this unit? | Yes | No |
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| Do you agree to the way in which you are being assessed | Yes | No |
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Do you understand your rights to reassessment? ¨ Yes ¨ No
Do you understand your right to appeal the decisions made in an assessment?
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Assessment Task Cover Sheet
Student declaration
To be filled out and submitted with assessment responses
- I declare that this task is all my own work and I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student(s).
- I understand that if I am found to have plagiarised, cheated or colluded, action will be taken against me according to the process explained to me.
- I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks.
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Assessor declaration
- I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been carried out according to the required assessment procedures.
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| Assessment outcome | S | NS | DNS | Resubmission | Y | N |
Feedback
Student result response
- My performance in this assessment task has been discussed and explained to me.
- I would like to appeal this assessment decision.
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A copy of this page must be supplied to the office and kept in the student’s file with the evidence.
Assessment Task 1: Project Portfolio
Information for students
In this task, you are required to demonstrate your skills and knowledge by working through a number of activities and completing and submitting a Project Portfolio.
You will need access to:
- a suitable place to complete activities that replicates a business environment including a meeting space and computer and internet access
- your learning resources and other information for reference
- Project Portfolio template. Ensure that you:
- review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the IT Works Student User Guide
- comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
- adhere with Peach Institute’s submission guidelines
- answer all questions completely and correctly
- submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced
- submit a completed cover sheet with your work
- avoid sharing your answers with other students.
| i | Assessment information |
| Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix A of the IT Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information on: where this task should be completedhow your assessment should be submitted. Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if Peach Institute has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that. |
Activities
Complete the following activities:
- Carefully read the following:
| This project requires you to produce: two comprehensive reports that evaluate the economic and political influences on the networking industry in Australia and describe the impact of regulations and legislation on the networking industry.two summary reports that evaluate the impact of legislation on planning processes and accessibility to networks. To do this, follow the process explained in the steps below. You will: Review, Share the Plan and do analyse and Develop reports with the research evaluate the reports stakeholders research |
| Assume that you are a consultant to large telecommunications businesses in Australia. The Board of Directors for two different carriers/service providers has asked you to advise them on the networking regulations and legislation for the telecommunications industry, including their impact and factors influencing them. You have been contracted by both businesses to develop: Carrier/Service provider 1: one comprehensive report that evaluates the economic and political influences on the networking industry in Australia and describes the impact of regulations and legislation on the networking industry.one summary report that evaluates the impact of legislation on planning processes and accessibility to networks. Carrier/Service Provider 2: one comprehensive report that evaluates the economic and political influences on the networking industry in Australia and describes the impact of regulations and legislation on the networking industry.one summary report that evaluates the impact of legislation on planning processes and accessibility to networks. |
| Choose any two carriers/service providers in Australia and complete page 4 of your Project Portfolio before starting the assessment. |
| Complete Section 1 of your Project Portfolio. Steps 2 to 5 form part of Section 1. This section outlines the requirements and process for research and planning the report content. |
- Keep your legislative and regulatory knowledge up to date.
Use the internet to search for an appropriate Training and Development Policy and Procedure that may apply to your consulting business. Based on the Policy and Procedure you sourced, outline the different ways available to keep your legislative and regulatory knowledge up to date. Choose the option that matches your personal learning style and preferences best.
- Identify and summarise legislation relevant to the networking industry.
Identify the telecommunications carriers and service providers in Australia and summarise all legislation relevant to the networking industry. In your summary, include:
- the purpose of each legislative requirement
- how the legislation is implemented for large telecommunications businesses
- the rights of carriers and service providers in installing facilities in Australia
- impact of legislation on planning processes and accessibility to networks
- how the legislation addresses data security and safety.
Legislation includes:
| Legislation | Link |
| Telecommunications Act 1997 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00104 |
| Competition and Consumer Act 2010 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00010 |
| Broadcasting Services Act 1992 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00389 |
| Radiocommunications Act 1992 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00277 |
| Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00180 |
| Privacy Act 1988 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00452 |
| Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00440 |
| National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00171 |
- Identify and summarise regulatory requirements.
| | Identify the regulators of the networking industry and summarise their requirements. Include: at least two regulatorsimplications of government regulation and deregulation on the network planning industry (your chosen carriers/service providers)licensing requirementsmethod used by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to enforce competitive provisions between service providerspolicy and procedures of the ACCCthe planning obligations of Universal Service Obligation (USO)policies and procedures of the Universal Services Obligation (USO). |
| i | You may find the following compliance enforcement policy of ACCC helpful as you answer this step: https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/australian-competition-consumer- commission/compliance-enforcement-policy-priorities Information about USO policies and procedures are summarised at: https://accan.org.au/files/Tip%20Sheets/USO%20Tip%20sheet.pdf Licensing requirements may include: https://www.acma.gov.au/radiocommunications-licences https://www.acma.gov.au/work-registered-cabler https://www.acma.gov.au/register-carrier-licences-and-nominated-carrier- declarations |
- Plan and do further research.
| | Plan any additional research (using both written and visual texts) required to produce your reports and then do the research. Your research must include: a summary of the Australian economic conditions (at the time you are doing the assessment)economic factors that can affect growthpolitical influences on public and commercial enterprises that provide services in networking marketsthe accessibility of networking services to individuals and organisations across Australia (focused on your chosen carriers/service providers)issues associated with in particular your chosen carriers/service providers that contravenes relevant policies, procedures and legal requirements. |
| i | You may use the template in the Project Portfolio to plan and summarise your research. The Australian Bureau of Standards (ABS) database provides information about the Australian economy. You may use the following link to access the database to help you answer this section: https://www.abs.gov.au |
| Complete Section 2 of your Project Portfolio. Step 6 forms part of Section 2. In this section, you will review, analyse, and evaluate the work you’ve done in Section 1 and provide recommendations to address issues. |
Assess the influence of economic conditions and political influences.
| First, use an appropriate digital tool (such as Microsoft Excel) to record data from your research. Also use appropriate functions (such as SUM or CHART) to code and present the information. |
| Then: explain how the economic conditions of Australia (researched in step 5) will affect the growth and planning of your chosen carriers/service providersevaluate the political influences (researched in step 5) impacting your chosen carriers/service providersevaluate the accessibility of networking services of your chosen carriers/service providers to individuals and organisations across Australiaprovide recommendations on how to address any issues (from your research in step 5 and your assessment in this step). |
| Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 1 and 2. Submit Section 1 and 2 to your assessor for approval. You must have your assessor’s approval before you proceed to the next step. |
| Complete Section 3 of your Project Portfolio. Step 9 forms part of Section 3. |
- Determine functions and features of evaluation reports.
Outline the functions and features of producing comprehensive and summary evaluation reports. Include details about the form and conventions appropriate for such reports.
- For each of your chosen carriers/service providers, develop a comprehensive report.
| | Use the template in the Project Portfolio to develop a comprehensive report that evaluates the economic and political influences on the networking industry in Australia and describes the impact of regulations and legislation on the networking industry. |
| i | Keep your audience (the Board of Directors) in mind as you write the report. Use clear and detailed formal business language and vocabulary specific to the networking industry. |
- For each of your chosen carriers/service providers, produce a summary report.
| | Use the template in the Project Portfolio to produce a summary report outlining the impact of Australian federal legislation on network service planning processes and accessibility. |
| i | Keep your audience (the Board of Directors) in mind as you write the report. Adapt the report to suit each individual carrier/service provider. Use clear and detailed formal business language and vocabulary specific to the networking industry. |
- Share the reports.
Draft an email to each carrier/service provider to share your reports with them and highlight any issues that need to be addressed.
| i | In your email, select and follow appropriate business communication protocols. Appropriate business email etiquette includes: a clear, simple subject lineuse of a standard fontaddressing the recipient formallyproviding a call to action at the end of the emailincluding a professional closing. The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style. You may assume that your reports attached to each email. |
- Submit your completed Project Portfolio.
Make sure you have completed all sections of your Project Portfolio, answered all questions, provided enough detail as indicated and proofread for spelling and grammar as necessary. Remember to submit all necessary attachments as indicated.
Assessment Task 1 : Checklist
| Student’s name: | ||
| Did the student: | Completed successfully? | Comments |
| Yes | No | |
| Use the internet to search for an appropriate Training and Development Policy and Procedure that may apply to their consulting business, outline the different ways available to keep their legislative and regulatory knowledge up to date and choose the option that matches their personal learning style and preferences best? | ||
| Identify the telecommunications carriers and service providers in Australia and summarise all legislation relevant to the networking industry, including: the purpose of each legislative requirementhow the legislation is implemented for large telecommunications businessesthe rights of carriers and service providers in installing facilities in Australiaimpact of legislation on planning processes and accessibility to networkshow the legislation addresses data security and safety? | ||
| Identify the regulators of the networking industry and summarise their requirements, including: at least two regulatorsimplications of government regulation and deregulation on the network planning industry licensing requirementsmethod used by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to enforce |
| competitive provisions between service providers policy and procedures of the ACCCthe planning obligations of Universal Service Obligation (USO)policies and procedures of the Universal Services Obligation (USO)? |
| Plan and do additional research (using both written and visual texts) required to produce the reports, including: a summary of the Australian economic conditions (at the time you are doing the assessment)economic factors that can affect growthpolitical influences on public and commercial enterprises that provide services in networking marketsthe accessibility of networking services to individuals and organisations across Australiaissues associated with the chosen carriers/service providers that contravenes relevant policies, procedures and legal requirements? |
| Use an appropriate digital tool to record data from their research and use appropriate functions to code and present the information? |
| Assess the influence of economic conditions and political influences including: explaining how the economic conditions of Australia will affect the growth and planning of their chosen carriers/service providersevaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the political influences impacting their chosen carriers/service providersevaluate the accessibility of networking services of their chosen carriers/service providers to |
| individuals and organisations across Australia providing recommendations on how to address any issues? | ||
| Outline the functions and features of producing comprehensive and summary evaluation reports, including details about the form and conventions appropriate for such reports? | ||
| Develop two comprehensive reports that evaluate the economic and political influences on the networking industry in Australia and describe the impact of regulations and legislation on the networking industry? | ||
| Produce two summary reports outlining the impact of Australian federal legislation on network service planning processes and accessibility? | ||
| Draft an email to each carrier/service provider to share their reports with them and highlight any issues that need to be addressed? | ||
| Task outcome: | Satisfactory | Not satisfactory |
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Final Results Record
| Student name: | |
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Final assessment results
| Task | Type | Result | ||
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Did not submit | ||
| Assessment Task 1 | Project Portfolio | S | U | DNS |
| Overall unit results | C | NYC |
Feedback
- My performance in this unit has been discussed and explained to me.
- I would like to appeal this assessment decision.
Student signature: Date:
- I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been carried out according to the required assessment procedures.
Assessor signature: Date:
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