AVIM0008 — Operate a simulator
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What an assessment for AVIM0008 must cover
55 assessable components: 4 elements (23 performance criteria), 20 performance evidence and 12 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Apply simulation operations safety
- 1.1Access and egress to simulator is conducted in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.2Safety and emergency procedures are communicated and actioned as required
- 1.3Simulator serviceability is monitored in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.4Effects of simulation sickness are communicated to participants and treated as required in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.5Workplace safety communications are followed in accordance with workplace procedures
2 Conduct pre-operation planning
- 2.1Appropriate simulation equipment is selected
- 2.2Simulation activity plan is developed in accordance with activity requirements
- 2.3Operating manuals are used to support work practices
- 2.4Simulation data is accessed to suit work practices in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.5Simulation data is manipulated to suit work requirements in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.6Simulation data is saved in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.7Simulation data is stored to suit work requirements in accordance with workplace procedures
3 Control a simulation activity
- 3.1Liaison with relevant personnel is conducted to determine simulation activity requirements
- 3.2Simulation activity is commenced
- 3.3Simulation equipment is employed
- 3.4Communication with simulation activity participants is maintained
- 3.5Abnormal/unusual conditions are monitored and addressed
- 3.6Variations to activity conditions are made as requested/required
- 3.7Activity is ceased in accordance with simulation activity plan
4 Perform post-operation activities
- 4.1Simulation results are saved in accordance with workplace procedures
- 4.2Activity participants are debriefed as required
- 4.3Simulator faults are recorded in accordance with workplace procedures
- 4.4Simulation equipment is refurbished/maintained in accordance with workplace procedures
Performance evidence
- accessing simulation data, including: downloading from database, inserting a digital storage device, opening applications, directories and files
- applying fine physical motor skills
- communicating safety and emergency procedures
- communicating simulation sickness effects
- completing administrative tasks and functions related to simulator operations, including: simulation activity planning, participant performance records and reports, simulation safety briefs, participant briefings/debriefings
- coordinating activities that involve a range of simple and/or complex tasks
- conducting access and egress, including: appropriate and safe entry to simulator in accordance with organisational work health and safety (WHS) and security policies, appropriate and safe exit methodologies from simulators, interpretation of signage, safety warnings and simulator status, monitoring access of visitors to simulator and providing safety/security briefs as required
- coordinating information communication technology related activities
- creating and storing documents using information communication technology
- identifying and rectifying abnormal/unusual simulator conditions, including: participant simulation sickness, equipment malfunction/failure, smoke or overheat warnings, emergency communication, loading stops, motion stops, hardware malfunction/failure, software malfunction/failure, poor/unusual participant performance, personnel equipment malfunction/failure
- implementing WHS procedures and relevant regulations
- implementing simulation activity variations, including: adapting scenarios/activities based on participant feedback and/or performance, modifying hardware configurations, modifying software settings
- manipulating, saving and storing simulation data in accordance with workplace procedures
- monitoring and addressing abnormal/unusual conditions
- monitoring simulator serviceability, including: ensuring simulator is maintained to a level satisfactory to comply with organisational requirements, recording hardware/software issues that may arise during the course of routine equipment operation, submission of routine maintenance documentation
- reading, comprehending and interpreting written technical English
- reading, interpreting and following relevant regulations, instructions, procedures, information and signs
- recording simulator faults
- refurbishing/maintaining simulator equipment and operating systems in accordance with workplace procedures
- selecting and employing simulation equipment
Knowledge evidence
- abnormal conditions, including hardware, software and equipment malfunction/failure and poor/unusual participant performance
- application of simulation and synthetic activities including live, virtual and constructive (LVC) simulations
- basic database management
- basic briefing and debriefing techniques, including: simulator safety, simulation event review, documentation production and safe storage
- effects of simulation sickness, including: nausea subscale: increased salivation, sweating, nausea, stomach awareness, burping; oculomotor subscale: fatigue, headache, eyestrain, difficulty focusing; disorientation subscale: vertigo, dizzy (eyes open), dizzy (eyes closed), blurred vision
- established procedures applicable to simulation operations
- functions of single-user, multi-user and distributed user operating systems
- identification of signs/symptoms and methods of rectifying abnormal/unusual simulator conditions, including: participant simulation sickness, equipment malfunction/failure, smoke or overheat warnings, emergency communication, loading stops, motion stops, hardware malfunction/failure, software malfunction/failure, poor/unusual participant performance, personnel equipment malfunction/failure
- relevant WHS and environmental procedures and regulations applicable to simulation operations and personnel safety/individual safety considerations
- safety briefings: access and egress procedures, reporting and recording simulation WHS issues
- information communications technology in the simulation and synthetic learning environment
- simulation activity variations, including: adapting scenarios/activities based on participant feedback and/or performance, modifying hardware configurations, modifying software settings
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Questions about assessing AVIM0008
What does an assessment tool for AVIM0008 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AVIM0008 needs to address all 55 unit components: 4 elements with 23 performance criteria, 20 performance evidence requirements, 12 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for AVIM0008?
Auditori pulls the current release of AVIM0008 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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