Elements and Performance Criteria

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

User groups may include:
auditory impairment
cognitive impairment
mobility impairment
visual impairment.
Requirements may refer to:
application
business
network
people in the organisation
system.
Standards may include:
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS)
organisational
project.
Web development standards may include:
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
best practice vendor-specific accessibility standards
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)
WAI
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Testing tools may include:
Bobby
General Magic's Web-On-Call
Lynx
Opera
PwWebSpeak.
Software may include:
commercial software applications
in-house or customised software
organisation-specific software
packaged software.
Non-text element may include:
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) art
animations, such as animated graphic interchange formats (GIFs)
applets and programmatic objects
audio tracks of video, and video
frames
graphical buttons
image map regions
images used as list bullets
images, graphical representations of text (including symbols)
scripts
sounds (played with or without user interaction)
spacers
stand-alone audio files.
Browser may include:
Galleon
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Konqueror
Lynx
Mozilla Firefox
Netscape Navigator
Opera
Phoenix.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the ability to:
test a website for accessibility
demonstrate theoretical knowledge of website content creation
communicate and negotiate with user groups, government and industry
undertake website design.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure access to:
live website
requirements documentation
customer-relationship model
automatic-accessibility measuring tools
organisational requirements and relevant standards
appropriate learning and assessment support when required.
Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct observation of candidate designing and testing accessibility tools
review of candidate’s accessibility checklist based on standards and requirements
review of candidate’s design of valid accessibility tests
verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of accessibility requirements and how to provide them.
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.
Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.
Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.
In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.