VET The Skills Centre
Thebarton Senior College (RTO 40117)
ICT30120
Duration: One year
This course provides skills and knowledge for students to become competent in a flexible range of information and communications technologies (ICT) and technical functions. The experience gained enables students to achieve a degree of self-sufficiency as an advanced ICT user.
Students choose from any two of four possible streams and pair these with the compulsory core units to create a tailored program that caters to their strengths and specific interests in ICT.
Students complete the following units of competency:
| Core Units | |
|---|---|
| BSBCRT301 | Develop and extend critical and creative thinking skills |
| BSBXCS303 | Securely manage personally identifiable information and workplace information |
| BSBXTW301 | Work in a team |
| ICTSAS305 | Provide ICT advice to clients |
| ICTPRG302 | Apply introductory programming techniques |
| ICTICT313 | Identify IP, ethics and privacy policies in ICT environments |
Students also select from any two of the streams below:
Cloud
Students gain skills and knowledge to review and analyse cloud computing delivery and deployment of cloud computing solutions for a business or enterprise. They also learn to troubleshoot problems and identify and implement preventative maintenance techniques.
| Elective Units | |
|---|---|
| ICTCLD301 | Evaluate characteristics of cloud computing solutions and services |
| ICTSAS308 | Run standard diagnostic tests |
| BSBXCS302 | Identify and report online security threats |
Cyber Security
Students gain valuable skills and knowledge in the application of critical thinking skills that will help them to generate solutions to protect their own personal online profile from cyber security threats and to limit the potential impact of online security breaches. They also explore how to protect others from cyber security threats by establishing an awareness of current threats, how to mitigate these and how to train others in best practice.
| Elective Units | |
|---|---|
| ICTSAS214 | Protect devices from spam and destructive software |
| BSBXCS301 | Protect own personal online profile from cyber security threats |
| BSBXCS402 | Promote workplace cyber security awareness and best practices |
Networking
Students gain the knowledge and skills required to manage the technical elements of a network. They learn how to create a network operating system and set up and use administrative tools required to manage a network. They will discover how to implement system backups and restore both stand-alone and client server environments while contributing to disaster recovery planning in the event of system failure.
| Elective Units | |
|---|---|
| ICTSAS304 | Provide basic system administration |
| ICTNWK307 | Provide network system administration |
| ICTNWK309 | Configure and administer network operating systems |
Web Development
Students explore the development of simple web pages and sites through an Integrated Development Environment. Students practice building web sites using front end development techniques via HTML and CSS. They manipulate and optimise images for use in the sites they create and develop experience in comparing, configuring and using different types of social networking tools and applications to increase web presence.
| Elective Units | |
|---|---|
| ICTWEB304 | Build simple web pages |
| ICTWEB305 | Produce digital images for the web |
| ICTWEB306 | Develop web presence using social media |
Students completing this course may seek employment in a range of information technology support roles focused around the two streams they have selected. This could include information technology technicians, client support, web development, networking and cyber security. Students may also seek to undertake further studies in the information and communications technology industry.
While enrolled in a school, students may have access to a maximum of one Certificate II course and one Certificate III course.
