Integrating commercial computing packages

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From the official document:

"This unit defines the competency required to manipulate, convert and integrate data between different two or more commercial software applications"

Basically, that means ... (translate above into plain english)

You can read more about this unit on the National Training Information Systems Official document for ICAU2013A.

This unit is a pre-requisite for the following qualifications:


How this unit will help you

After learning and applying the skills required by this unit you'll be able to demonstrate your skills in:

ELEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
1. Determine work requirements
  1. Identify the requirement of the task
  2. Select appropriate software and file formats
2. Produce required data/documents to new format
  1. Create a mailing list using a database, spreadsheet or address book, and merge mailing list with another document
  2. Use a conversion tool of a software application package to convert data from one format to another to enable additional work on the converted data
  3. Save data to a new file format
  4. Import objects from another software application package and modify as required to produce a required outcome
  5. Export data to another software application package to produce a required outcome
  6. Create a link between one software application package and another, and use this to update information to a document
3. Save and retrieve data with the aid of help functions
  1. Save data to disk
  2. Convert data to a new file format
  3. Re-access data and check information
  4. Obtain organisational documentation, such as procedures, manuals and guides and use when appropriate
  5. Save data to disk
  6. Access user help documentation or other resources for basic difficulties with software application package

Ideas for learning the required skills

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Ideas for demonstrating this unit

The best way to demonstrate these skills is ...

Grading

If you are demonstrating this unit as part of a formal course, you might find that the unit is graded (meaning you can not only demonstrate your competence, but can also gain a credit or distinction). Your facilitator may already have set criteria that your college uses. If not, here are some ideas for possible credit/distinction activities that you can discuss with your facilitator:

Notes and discrepancies

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