NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Transmit, receive, and distribute defence communications to
international standards
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
25
This unit standard covers knowledge and skills required for
New Zealand Defence Force personnel to use transmission
and reception equipment in accordance with international
standards.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–
prepare and transmit messages using communication
channels; and
–
receive and distribute messages.
Classification
Telecommunications > Telecommunications - Service Delivery
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard has been designed for learning and assessment within the New
Zealand Defence Force training environment.
2
References
ACP 121(I) Communications Instructions – General.
ACP 124(D) Communication Instructions Radio Telegraph Procedure.
ACP 125(F); Communication Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures;
Allied Communications Publications available at http://jcs.dtic.mil/j6/cceb/acps/.
ACP 128 (A) Allied Telecommunications Record System (ALTERS) Operating
Procedures.
New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM), 2011, published by the
Government Communications Security Bureau, available at
http://www.gcsb.govt.nz/newsroom/nzism.html;
and all subsequent amendments and replacements.
3
Definitions
HF – High Frequency.
PC – Personal Computer.
4
Range
a
All tasks must be conducted in accordance with current New Zealand Defence
Force procedures, security requirements, and operator responsibilities, and
international standards.
b
Transmission and receiving of messages may take place via ship, aircraft, field
or vehicle utilising the networks.
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d
e
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All communications must be logged and actioned in accordance with current
New Zealand Defence Force procedures, security requirements, and operator
responsibilities.
All communications require state boards to be updated in accordance with
current New Zealand Defence Force procedures, security requirements, and
operator responsibilities.
Supervisor must be kept informed of status of communications channel.
Evidence for this unit standard may include but is not limited to – hand message
organisation, electronic media, on-line broadcast network, satellite, HF Link,
administrative voice net, PC to PC, group broadcast.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare and transmit messages using communication channels.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Prepare messages for transmission across appropriate communication
channels.
1.2
Transmit messages using appropriate communication channels.
Outcome 2
Receive, process, and distribute messages.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Receive messages using appropriate equipment and systems.
2.2
Process messages ready for recipient.
2.3
Distribute messages.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 July 2013
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0003
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
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of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact The Skills Organisation reviewcomments@skills.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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