TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE ACS DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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1 TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE ACS DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2 THE ACS DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THE IMPORTANT FIRST STEP OF YOUR CAREER. The ACS is the professional association for Australia s information and communications technology (ICT) sector. We are committed to creating the environment and providing the opportunities for our members and partners to be recognised and succeed. We are passionate about the ICT profession being recognised as a driver of innovation and business able to deliver real, tangible outcomes. ACS is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) in Australia delivering formal qualifications both in Australia and across the Asia Pacific. EXPECTED OUTCOMES This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for an individual to administer and manage information systems. BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM Developed by the Australian professional association for ICT professionals Nationally recognised qualification in Australia Pathway into Bachelor degree courses in Australia Taught by well-qualified and experienced teachers Students develop practical IT and business skills as well as gaining a qualification Complimentary twelve month access to ACS digital professional development library containing over 5,000 learning assets. WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM INVOLVE? There are five subjects, four of which are mandatory and one elective subject from a choice of three. FOUR (4) MANDATORY SUBJECTS CONCEPTS OF PROFESSIONALISM PROBLEM SOLVING BUSINESS SKILLS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ONE (1) ELECTIVE SUBJECT: SELECTED FROM PROGRAMMING & WEB DEVELOPMENT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & BUSINESS ANALYSIS COMPUTER NETWORKS

3 MANDATORYSUBJECTS SUBJECT 1. CONCEPTS OF PROFESSIONALISM MODULE 1.1. ENSURE A SAFE WORKPLACE (BSBWHS501A) Establish and maintain a WHS management system Establish and maintain effective and compliant participation arrangements for managing WHS Establish and maintain procedures for effectively identifying hazards, and assessing and controlling risks Evaluate and maintain a WHS management system MODULE 1.2. MANAGE COPYRIGHT, ETHICS AND PRIVACY IN AN IT ENVIRONMENT (ICAICT610A) Manage adherence to copyright regulations Manage ethical behaviour Manage privacy MODULE 1.3. DEVELOP WORKPLACE POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR SUSTAINABILITY (BSBSUS501A) Develop workplace sustainability policy Promote workplace sustainability policy, including its expected outcome to key stakeholders Implement workplace sustainability policy Review workplace sustainability policy implementation MODULE 1.4. ENSURE TEAM EFFECTIVENESS (BSBWOR502B) Establish team performance plan Develop and facilitate team cohesion Facilitate teamwork Liaise with stakeholders SUBJECT 2. PROBLEM SOLVING MODULE 2.1. ORIGINATE AND DEVELOP CONCEPTS (BSBCRT501A) Evaluate and explore needs and opportunities Use a range of creative thinking techniques to generate innovative and creative concepts to address identified needs Use a range of creative and practical criteria to determine the advantages and disadvantages of different concepts Develop concepts to an operational level MODULE 2.2. MODEL DATA OBJECTS (ICASAD501A) Identify entities and relationships Develop normalisation Validate model MODULE 2.3. MODEL DATA PROCESSES (ICASAD502A) Develop scope of model Gather process data Develop and validate data model MODULE 2.4 INTERACT WITH CLIENTS ON A BUSINESS LEVEL (ICAICT608A) Review client s business domain Develop new business with client Negotiate new business initiatives Monitor, adjust and implement procedures to maintain client focus 3

4 MANDATORYSUBJECTS SUBJECT 3. BUSINESS SKILLS MODULE 3.1. MANAGE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE (BSBINN601B) Identify change requirements and opportunities Develop change management strategy Implement change management strategy MODULE 3.2. MATCH IT NEEDS WITH THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE ENTERPRISE (ICAICT511A) Evaluate current business strategy Evaluate effect of changes Develop action plans MODULE 3.3. MANAGE IT PROJECTS (ICAPMG501A) Manage project definition activities Undertake project planning Establish the IT project team Manage project execution activities Coordinate project closure MODULE 3.4. ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CLIENT USER LIAISON (ICASAS502A) Determine support areas Develop support procedures Assign support personnel SUBJECT 4. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT MODULE 4.1. GATHER DATA TO IDENTIFY BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS (ICAICT509A) Identify key information sources Gather data Prepare data analysis for review MODULE 4.2. MODEL PREFERRED SYSTEM SOLUTIONS (ICANWK514A) Review and confirm information requirements and existing models Resolve conflicts and inconsistencies Build and test model Ensure that the model represents a workable solution MODULE 4.3. APPLY INTERMEDIATE OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGE SKILLS (ICAPRG527A) Build applications using provided language utilities Write programs that interact with a database Write graphical user interface (GUI) Debug application Test application Create and maintain documentation 4

5 ACS DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY YOUR FIRST STEP TO INVENT THE FUTURE

6 ELECTIVESUBJECTS The digital economy has well and truly arrived. It is hard to imagine any new business, product or service that won t be delivered either through technology, or achieve scalability and cost efficiency through the use of technology. The ACS Diploma of Information Technology is your first step to becoming a leader and influencer in the digital future. ELECTIVE STREAM A PROGRAMMING & WEB DEVELOPMENT MODULE A.1 APPLY ADVANCED OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGE SKILLS (ICAPRG501A). Develop client-server application Develop graphical user interface (GUI) Build applications Debug code Test application Document system MODULE A.2 DEVELOP HIGH-LEVEL OBJECT- ORIENTED CLASS SPECIFICATIONS (ICAPRG524A). Analyse behaviour of objects Prepare state model Describe roles and responsibilities of classes Iterate and review the object model MODULE A.3 BUILD A DYNAMIC WEBSITE (ICAWEB501A). Define and analyse technical requirements Produce software design specifications Develop website to the specified design Test web application MODULE A.4 CREATE DYNAMIC WEB PAGES (ICAWEB502A). Identify client and server-side dynamic content Create dynamic content Test dynamic pages MODULE A.5 CREATE WEB-BASED PROGRAMS (ICAWEB503A). Explain the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and its implications when developing web applications Implement session management Develop applications in a stateless environment 6

7 ELECTIVESUBJECTS ELECTIVE STREAM B EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & BUSINESS ANALYSIS MODULE B.1 RESEARCH AND REVIEW HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR ORGANISATIONS (ICAICT501A). Determine organisational needs Research vendors, suppliers and IT industry specialists Evaluate and report on hardware technology options MODULE B.2 IMPLEMENT AND USE WEB SERVICES (ICAWEB515A). Use extensible markup language (XML) to provide information Use the web service description language (WSDL) to promote a web service Use universal description, discovery, and integration (UDDI) to locate and retrieve information about a public web service Access web services using the simple object access protocol (SOAP) Implement a web service MODULE B.3 VERIFY CLIENT BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS (ICAICT515A). Establish business relationship Determine context of business need or problem Analyse new information Confirm system specifications MODULE B.4 DETERMINE APPROPRIATE IT STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS (ICAICT510A). Evaluate IT needs of the organisation Contribute to the development of the project goals and objectives Determine best IT systems solution MODULE B.5 PRODUCE A FEASIBILITY REPORT (ICASAD506A). Confirm client requirements Examine and review alternatives Prepare and publish feasibility report ELECTIVE STREAM C COMPUTER NETWORKS MODULE C.1 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED SERVER SOLUTION (ICANWK504A). Prepare for the design and installation of an integrated server solution Plan and design integrated server solution Install and configure the integrated server solution Test and reconfigure network servers Complete and document network design and installation MODULE C.2 DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST A NETWORK SERVER (ICANWK505A). Plan and design network servers to meet business requirements Prepare for network server installation Build and configure the servers according to design Test and reconfigure network servers Complete and document network design and installation MODULE C.3 RESEARCH AND REVIEW HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR ORGANISATIONS (ICAICT501A). Determine organisational needs Research vendors, suppliers and IT industry specialists Evaluate and report on hardware technology options MODULE C.4 DETERMINE BEST-FIT TOPOLOGY FOR A LOCAL NETWORK (ICANWK516A). Determine user needs Develop local area network specification MODULE C.5 IDENTIFY BEST-FIT TOPOLOGY FOR A WIDE AREA NETWORK (ICANWK517A). Identify WAN needs Create WAN specification 7

8 PROVIDERS&PATHWAYS APPROVED PROVIDERS Education Centre Australia (ECA) Level 3, 55 Regent St Chippendale NSW 2008 T: The William Light Institute Level 1, 211 Pulteney Street Adelaide SA 5000 T: ARTICULATION PATHWAYS Articulation arrangements exist with a number of universities in Australia. Successful completion of the Diploma of Information Technology affords advanced standing towards a Bachelor degree with these Institutions. Australian Catholic University The Mary Glowrey Building 115 Victoria Parade Fitzroy Victoria Central Queensland University 108 Lonsdale Street Melbourne VIC cquni-melbourne University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury Campus College Dr Richmond NSW La Trobe University Cnr Plenty Road and Kingsbury Drive Melbourne VIC