Assignment 1 -

Assessment Task 1 - Staff posters

Assessment description

You are required to design and develop an ergonomics and work organisation poster as well as an energy and resource conservation poster using the provided style guide (or a suitable style guide from your workplace), cover sheet template and information.

Covers Books

Covers Books is a small bookstore located in a local shopping precinct owned by DJ Mathis. Operating for just over three years, Covers specialise in fiction books and have built up a steady business with many repeat customers from the local area. DJ has two new staff members starting over the next two weeks and decided that now would be a good time to display safe work practices and energy conservation information.

Procedure/Instructions

1. DJ Mathis (the owner) of Covers Books has decided to display the safe work and energy conservation practices information for the store and has decided that the best approach would be to design two posters, one addressing ergonomics and work organisation, the other addressing energy and resource conservation. DJ has asked you to design and create these posters and then present them for approval.

a. Ensure that the company logo and page layout and font selection comply with the style guide, however DJ has given approval to be creative in terms of the overall document layout.

b. Design colour posters so that DJ Mathis has the option to print the posters in colour or greyscale as he wishes.

c. Use the style guide (appendix 1) to design two A4 size posters as detailed in the following procedures.

2. Design and develop posters.

a. Use software functions available to you (such as alignment, text and image importing, WordArt, SmartArt) to ensure that the design of the document is appropriate.

b. Use the software functions to ensure that each poster will print on a single A4 sheet, without compromising the design or layout.

c. Use manuals, user documentation and online help to overcome problems with document design and production.

d. Proofread the document.

e. Save the poster using the following format: [Your initials] Ergonomics Poster ddmmyy, for example, 'DP Ergonomics Poster 010610'.

f. Complete a cover sheet (appendix 2) for your poster.

g. Print a copy of your poster (colour or black and white) and the cover sheet.

h. Submit the printed documents and a copy of your file to your assessor.

3. Include on the ergonomics and work organisation poster:

a. information on rest periods, exercise breaks and mixing repetitive and other activities.

b. details of at least three simple exercises that can be done to minimise the risk of injury. The explanations should be supplemented with at least two drawings, photos or diagrams to explain the exercises.

c. information on keyboard and mouse positions, optimal lighting, noise minimisation, and posture.

4. Include on the energy and resource conservation poster:

a. An explanation of what the conservation requirements are (available in Appendix 3) and where to find information about energy conservation settings for computers.

5. Meet with your assessor to discuss task and answer the following questions in relation to at least one document.

a. What is the document purpose, audience and presentation requirement/s?

b. What are the organisational requirements for the task documents?

c. How did you ensure consistency of style and image?

d. Which complex technical functions (such as alignment, text and image importing, WordArt, SmartArt, use of templates) of Word did you consider for their usefulness in fulfilling the requirements of the task?

e. How did you match document requirements with software functions to provide efficient production of documents?

f. How does your document structure and layout suit purpose, audience and information requirements of the task?

g. How does your design enhance readability and appearance?

h. What manuals, user documentation and online help did you use to overcome problems with document design and production?

i. What software functions did you use to assist in producing the document?

6. Make any changes to the document/s that are relevant to the discussion you have had with your assessor in relation to the design of your poster/s.

Trainer will also provide further explanations on the above instructions in the class which will clearly outline all requirements in more detail and simplistic way according to your understanding level.  You may also request your trainer for additional information and may seek help with summarising of all instructions if required.

Assessment 2 - Report with Presentation

Assessment Task 2 - Sales report

Assessment description

You are required to design and develop a sales report suitable for a business environment using the provided style guide, template and information.

Covers Books

Covers Books is a small bookstore located in a local shopping precinct owned by DJ Mathis. Operating for just over three years, Covers specialise in fiction books and have built up a steady business with many repeat customers from the local area. The owner is looking at taking on business partner and needs a sales report as part of the information package.

Required Software: Microsoft Office

Procedure /Instructions

1. DJ Mathis of Covers Books is looking at taking on a business partner to enable the expansion of the store. DJ has asked you to prepare a sales report to include in the information pack for the prospective partner.

a. Use the style guide (appendix 1) to design the required document.

b. The document will be double-sided and in colour.

2. Follow the given Instruction to complete your sales report.

a. Format and edit the text as required.

b. Your report will need to include headings and subheadings, plus suitable headers and footers, including the document name, page numbers and dates.

c. Your report should include the company logo.

d. Your report will need to include a title page, with no page number.

e. Your report will need to include a table of contents and table of charts, these are to be numbered (i) and (ii).

f. Your report should be designed to make it easy to read and interpret the information and as such you will need to include tables and charts to present the data. Make sure that tables and charts are correctly labelled and include captions.

g. You may also wish to include any other diagrams or graphics that you feel would be appropriate.

h. Use the software functions to ensure that the design of the document is appropriate.

i. Use the software functions to ensure that the document will print on A4 paper, without compromising the design or layout.

j. Use manuals, user documentation and online help to overcome problems with document design and production.

k. Proofread the document.

l. Save the report using the following format: [Your initials] Sales Report ddmmyy. For example, 'DP Sales Report 010610'.

m. Complete a cover sheet (appendix 2) for your report.

n. Print a copy of your report (double-sided) and the cover sheet.

o. Submit the printed documents and a copy of your file to your assessor.

p. Prepare and Present sales report to your assessor and fellow classmates.You need to use power point slides (minimum of 8 slides). The duration of the presentation will be approximately 20 Min.

Trainer will also provide further explanations on the above instructions in the class which will clearly outline all requirements in more detail and simplistic way according to your understanding level.  You may also request your trainer for additional information and may seek help with summarising of all instructions if required.

Attachment:- Assignments.rar