Bulilima-Mangwe Institute of Technology

About the course

This proposed outline develops skills for designing and administering virtual and cloud infrastructure. You will configure a training environment, manage access and resources, and evaluate reliability, recovery and operating cost.

What you'll learn

Translate service requirements into a documented cloud and virtual-network design.
Configure identities, compute, storage and network resources in a controlled laboratory.
Automate a routine administration task and verify its result.
Test monitoring and recovery procedures, then justify changes to the design.

Requirements

Prepare evidence of relevant certificate study or comparable prior learning for the provider's admission review. Refresh the subject knowledge, calculations and practical skills needed for diploma work. Plan access to the supervised workplace, laboratory or project resources required by the course.

Course content

Sections: 5

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Activities: 1

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Resources: 23

Subjects in this programme

The programme combines supporting studies, specialist subjects and practical integration. Each subject below includes its learning focus, outcomes, practice and assessment.

23 subjects are listed below, with a short description of each. The Subject descriptions tab contains the learning outcomes, topics, practical tasks and assessments.

Specialist subjects

Network Administration. Explore the transfer of information through connected communication systems. Practice centres on a network or link design and controlled test report, drawing on signals, information and transmission paths and network components and addressing. You will record findings, justify decisions and check connectivity, configuration consistency and the meaning of performance measures.
Hardware Administration. Explore the configuration and maintenance of dependable computing services. Practice centres on a system-configuration and fault-resolution portfolio, drawing on hardware, software and operating roles and installation and configuration records. You will record findings, justify decisions and check repeatability, access control and evidence of successful recovery.
Web Development. Explore the design and evaluation of a usable online presence and customer journey. Practice centres on a demonstration online presence with a testing and improvement record, drawing on audience, purpose and online journey and content structure and accessible presentation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check usability, accuracy, permission handling and evidence of customer completion.
Operating Systems Administration. Explore the configuration and maintenance of dependable computing services. Practice centres on a system-configuration and fault-resolution portfolio, drawing on hardware, software and operating roles and installation and configuration records. You will record findings, justify decisions and check repeatability, access control and evidence of successful recovery.
Database Administration. Explore the organisation and retrieval of structured information. Practice centres on a small database and validation test portfolio, drawing on information requirements and entities and relationships, keys and data integrity. You will record findings, justify decisions and check relationship consistency, query accuracy and protection of records.
Software Engineering. Explore the development of reliable programs from clear requirements. Practice centres on a documented program with test evidence, drawing on requirements, inputs and expected outputs and variables, data structures and control flow. You will record findings, justify decisions and check correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.
Object Oriented Programming. Explore the development of reliable programs from clear requirements. Practice centres on a documented program with test evidence, drawing on requirements, inputs and expected outputs and variables, data structures and control flow. You will record findings, justify decisions and check correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.
Information Security. Explore the protection and examination of digital systems through authorised, evidence-based work. Practice centres on an isolated defensive-security or digital-evidence case file, drawing on assets, threats and defensive objectives and permissions, scope and handling rules. You will record findings, justify decisions and check authorisation, evidence integrity and the distinction between observation and inference.
Design And Analysis Of Algorithms. Explore the development of reliable programs from clear requirements. Practice centres on a documented program with test evidence, drawing on requirements, inputs and expected outputs and variables, data structures and control flow. You will record findings, justify decisions and check correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.
Research And Project Management. Explore the design of a focused investigation using traceable evidence. Practice centres on a research proposal and small investigation, drawing on problem definition and research questions and finding and evaluating literature. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.

Foundations and shared practice

National Studies. Explore the relationship between citizenship, public institutions and working life. Practice centres on a local public-service case review, drawing on constitutional principles and public institutions and citizenship and civic responsibilities. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.
Entrepreneurial Skills Development. Explore the development of a viable small enterprise from a defined customer need. Practice centres on a small-enterprise plan and test record, drawing on customer problems and enterprise opportunities and products, services and value propositions. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.

Practical integration

Software Project. Bring together the programme's technical learning in a focused project. Choose a manageable problem involving network administration, hardware administration. Define the required output, gather evidence and develop a justified response. Present the completed work with its method, results and limitations, then explain the improvements made following feedback.
On The Job Education And Training. Apply your learning through agreed duties in a supervised workplace. You will connect network administration, hardware administration with routine service or production responsibilities. Keep evidence of preparation, work completed and feedback. Review your progress with the supervisor and explain how your decisions affect quality, safety and other people.
Skills Proficiency. Demonstrate the practical skills developed across the programme. Tasks integrate network administration, hardware administration within an agreed work brief. You will prepare resources, carry out the authorised task and check the result. Your evidence should show consistent performance, accurate records and an explanation of decisions within your learner role.
Cloud Architecture Project. Bring together the programme's technical learning in a focused project. Choose a manageable problem involving network administration, hardware administration. Define the required output, gather evidence and develop a justified response. Present the completed work with its method, results and limitations, then explain the improvements made following feedback.

Specialist applications

Virtual Machines and Infrastructure. Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
Cloud Identity and Access Management. Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.
Cloud Storage and Data Protection. Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.
Cloud Compute and Container Deployment. Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.
Cloud Networking and Hybrid Connectivity. Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.
Infrastructure Automation. Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.
Cloud Monitoring, Recovery and Cost Control. Explore the use of cost information to plan work and assess operating performance. Practice centres on a costing workbook and budget-variance report, drawing on cost classification and cost behaviour and materials, labour and overhead allocation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check cost allocation, assumptions and the implications of the proposed decision.

Assessment and practical learning

Suggested learning checks: analyse applied problems and justify your decisions using relevant evidence.
Suggested practical assessment: complete a supervised project or portfolio with a clear method, results and evaluation.
Present and defend your recommendations, then revise the work in response to assessor feedback.

Practical application

Design and deploy a small training service using a sandbox or local virtualisation platform. Submit an architecture diagram, configuration record, automation example and recovery test, with a cost estimate based on stated assumptions.

Subject descriptions

Each subject below includes its purpose, learning outcomes, main topics, practical task and assessment approach.

Network Administration

Specialist subjects

Explore the transfer of information through connected communication systems. Practice centres on a network or link design and controlled test report, drawing on signals, information and transmission paths and network components and addressing. You will record findings, justify decisions and check connectivity, configuration consistency and the meaning of performance measures.

Learning outcomes

Explain the information path through a defined network or link.
Interpret configuration and performance measurements.
Recommend a supported service or reliability improvement.

Main topics

Signals, information and transmission paths
Network components and addressing
Wired, radio and optical media
Capacity, delay and service quality
Installation records and controlled testing
Fault reasoning, reliability and reporting

Practical task

For Network Administration, prepare a network or link design and controlled test report in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of connectivity, configuration consistency and the meaning of performance measures.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Hardware Administration

Specialist subjects

Explore the configuration and maintenance of dependable computing services. Practice centres on a system-configuration and fault-resolution portfolio, drawing on hardware, software and operating roles and installation and configuration records. You will record findings, justify decisions and check repeatability, access control and evidence of successful recovery.

Learning outcomes

Describe the resources needed for a specified computing service.
Configure or diagnose a training system using a recorded procedure.
Verify function and prepare recovery or support documentation.

Main topics

Hardware, software and operating roles
Installation and configuration records
Users, permissions and resource control
Storage, backup and recovery
Monitoring, faults and troubleshooting
Updates, security and service documentation

Practical task

For Hardware Administration, prepare a system-configuration and fault-resolution portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of repeatability, access control and evidence of successful recovery.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Web Development

Specialist subjects

Explore the design and evaluation of a usable online presence and customer journey. Practice centres on a demonstration online presence with a testing and improvement record, drawing on audience, purpose and online journey and content structure and accessible presentation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check usability, accuracy, permission handling and evidence of customer completion.

Learning outcomes

Plan an online experience around a defined customer need.
Produce and test a working content or service example.
Interpret performance evidence and recommend a practical revision.

Main topics

Audience, purpose and online journey
Content structure and accessible presentation
Digital channels and campaign planning
Forms, enquiries and service handover
Measures, testing and interpretation
Privacy, permissions and content maintenance
Linked theory, planning and practical evidence for the subject

Practical task

For Web Development, prepare a demonstration online presence with a testing and improvement record in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of usability, accuracy, permission handling and evidence of customer completion.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence. The linked theory and practical components are assessed through written reasoning and observed or recorded application.

Operating Systems Administration

Specialist subjects

Explore the configuration and maintenance of dependable computing services. Practice centres on a system-configuration and fault-resolution portfolio, drawing on hardware, software and operating roles and installation and configuration records. You will record findings, justify decisions and check repeatability, access control and evidence of successful recovery.

Learning outcomes

Describe the resources needed for a specified computing service.
Configure or diagnose a training system using a recorded procedure.
Verify function and prepare recovery or support documentation.

Main topics

Hardware, software and operating roles
Installation and configuration records
Users, permissions and resource control
Storage, backup and recovery
Monitoring, faults and troubleshooting
Updates, security and service documentation
Linked theory, planning and practical evidence for the subject

Practical task

For Operating Systems Administration, prepare a system-configuration and fault-resolution portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of repeatability, access control and evidence of successful recovery.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence. The linked theory and practical components are assessed through written reasoning and observed or recorded application.

Database Administration

Specialist subjects

Explore the organisation and retrieval of structured information. Practice centres on a small database and validation test portfolio, drawing on information requirements and entities and relationships, keys and data integrity. You will record findings, justify decisions and check relationship consistency, query accuracy and protection of records.

Learning outcomes

Model information using appropriate entities and relationships.
Create queries or controlled updates for a defined task.
Verify integrity and document protection and recovery arrangements.

Main topics

Information requirements and entities
Relationships, keys and data integrity
Tables, queries and controlled updates
Forms, reports and validation
Access, backup and recovery
Testing and documentation of the data model
Linked theory, planning and practical evidence for the subject

Practical task

For Database Administration, prepare a small database and validation test portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of relationship consistency, query accuracy and protection of records.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence. The linked theory and practical components are assessed through written reasoning and observed or recorded application.

Software Engineering

Specialist subjects

Explore the development of reliable programs from clear requirements. Practice centres on a documented program with test evidence, drawing on requirements, inputs and expected outputs and variables, data structures and control flow. You will record findings, justify decisions and check correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.

Learning outcomes

Translate a requirement into a clear program structure.
Implement and test a small solution using suitable data.
Explain errors, revisions and remaining limitations.

Main topics

Requirements, inputs and expected outputs
Variables, data structures and control flow
Functions, modules and readable code
Input validation and error handling
Testing, debugging and version records
Documentation and evaluation against the brief

Practical task

For Software Engineering, prepare a documented program with test evidence in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Object Oriented Programming

Specialist subjects

Explore the development of reliable programs from clear requirements. Practice centres on a documented program with test evidence, drawing on requirements, inputs and expected outputs and variables, data structures and control flow. You will record findings, justify decisions and check correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.

Learning outcomes

Translate a requirement into a clear program structure.
Implement and test a small solution using suitable data.
Explain errors, revisions and remaining limitations.

Main topics

Requirements, inputs and expected outputs
Variables, data structures and control flow
Functions, modules and readable code
Input validation and error handling
Testing, debugging and version records
Documentation and evaluation against the brief
Linked theory, planning and practical evidence for the subject

Practical task

For Object Oriented Programming, prepare a documented program with test evidence in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence. The linked theory and practical components are assessed through written reasoning and observed or recorded application.

Information Security

Specialist subjects

Explore the protection and examination of digital systems through authorised, evidence-based work. Practice centres on an isolated defensive-security or digital-evidence case file, drawing on assets, threats and defensive objectives and permissions, scope and handling rules. You will record findings, justify decisions and check authorisation, evidence integrity and the distinction between observation and inference.

Learning outcomes

Identify a security concern and define an authorised investigation scope.
Analyse synthetic logs or training evidence with a documented method.
Report findings and defensive recommendations without overstating the evidence.

Main topics

Assets, threats and defensive objectives
Permissions, scope and handling rules
Security controls and monitoring evidence
Incident triage and response records
Digital evidence integrity and analysis
Recovery, findings and improvement reporting

Practical task

For Information Security, prepare an isolated defensive-security or digital-evidence case file in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of authorisation, evidence integrity and the distinction between observation and inference.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

National Studies

Foundations and shared practice

Explore the relationship between citizenship, public institutions and working life. Practice centres on a local public-service case review, drawing on constitutional principles and public institutions and citizenship and civic responsibilities. You will record findings, justify decisions and check the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.

Learning outcomes

Explain the role of public institutions in a community issue.
Compare perspectives using identifiable evidence.
Prepare a reasoned civic or workplace contribution.

Main topics

Constitutional principles and public institutions
Citizenship and civic responsibilities
Zimbabwean history and national development
Cultural diversity and community participation
Work, enterprise and public services
Evidence, public debate and responsible participation

Practical task

For National Studies, prepare a local public-service case review in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of the distinction between fact, opinion and unsupported claims.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Design And Analysis Of Algorithms

Specialist subjects

Explore the development of reliable programs from clear requirements. Practice centres on a documented program with test evidence, drawing on requirements, inputs and expected outputs and variables, data structures and control flow. You will record findings, justify decisions and check correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.

Learning outcomes

Translate a requirement into a clear program structure.
Implement and test a small solution using suitable data.
Explain errors, revisions and remaining limitations.

Main topics

Requirements, inputs and expected outputs
Variables, data structures and control flow
Functions, modules and readable code
Input validation and error handling
Testing, debugging and version records
Documentation and evaluation against the brief

Practical task

For Design And Analysis Of Algorithms, prepare a documented program with test evidence in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of correctness, readable structure and handling of invalid or unexpected input.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Research And Project Management

Specialist subjects

Explore the design of a focused investigation using traceable evidence. Practice centres on a research proposal and small investigation, drawing on problem definition and research questions and finding and evaluating literature. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.

Learning outcomes

Formulate a question suited to the available evidence and resources.
Collect and analyse information using a documented method.
Present conclusions supported by findings and stated limitations.

Main topics

Problem definition and research questions
Finding and evaluating literature
Sampling and data-collection choices
Consent, confidentiality and research integrity
Organising and analysing evidence
Interpreting results and reporting limitations

Practical task

For Research And Project Management, prepare a research proposal and small investigation in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of whether the conclusions follow from the evidence.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Entrepreneurial Skills Development

Foundations and shared practice

Explore the development of a viable small enterprise from a defined customer need. Practice centres on a small-enterprise plan and test record, drawing on customer problems and enterprise opportunities and products, services and value propositions. You will record findings, justify decisions and check whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.

Learning outcomes

Define a customer need and a practical enterprise response.
Estimate resources, costs and cash requirements.
Revise a business proposal using evidence from a small market test.

Main topics

Customer problems and enterprise opportunities
Products, services and value propositions
Startup resources and operating costs
Pricing, cash flow and basic records
Market testing and customer feedback
Business risks, responsibilities and growth choices

Practical task

For Entrepreneurial Skills Development, prepare a small-enterprise plan and test record in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of whether the financial assumptions and customer evidence support the proposal.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Software Project

Practical integration

Bring together the programme's technical learning in a focused project. Choose a manageable problem involving network administration, hardware administration. Define the required output, gather evidence and develop a justified response. Present the completed work with its method, results and limitations, then explain the improvements made following feedback.

Learning outcomes

Define a feasible project with clear success criteria.
Develop and evaluate a response using technical evidence.
Present the completed project and defend its conclusions.

Main topics

Project problem, purpose and scope
Review of relevant technical evidence
Plan, resources and milestones
Implementation or structured investigation
Testing, interpretation and limitations
Final report, demonstration and reflection

Practical task

Design and deploy a small training service using a sandbox or local virtualisation platform. Submit an architecture diagram, configuration record, automation example and recovery test, with a cost estimate based on stated assumptions.

Assessment

An approved brief, progress evidence, the final output and an individual presentation are assessed against the stated project criteria.

On The Job Education And Training

Practical integration

Apply your learning through agreed duties in a supervised workplace. You will connect network administration, hardware administration with routine service or production responsibilities. Keep evidence of preparation, work completed and feedback. Review your progress with the supervisor and explain how your decisions affect quality, safety and other people.

Learning outcomes

Complete agreed duties within the supervised role.
Maintain a traceable record of work and feedback.
Evaluate progress and identify specific development needs.

Main topics

Workplace induction and agreed duties
Applying technical knowledge to real work
Work records and evidence of contribution
Team communication and professional conduct
Supervisor feedback and skills development
Reflective review and future learning priorities

Practical task

Complete supervised duties linked to National Diploma in Cloud Computing and Virtualization Architecture. Keep a logbook, samples of permitted work and supervisor feedback.

Assessment

Assessment uses the agreed work plan, supervisor observation, work evidence and an individual reflective discussion.

Skills Proficiency

Practical integration

Demonstrate the practical skills developed across the programme. Tasks integrate network administration, hardware administration within an agreed work brief. You will prepare resources, carry out the authorised task and check the result. Your evidence should show consistent performance, accurate records and an explanation of decisions within your learner role.

Learning outcomes

Plan and complete an integrated task to agreed criteria.
Demonstrate safe and consistent practical performance.
Explain the result and correct identified weaknesses.

Main topics

Interpreting an integrated work brief
Preparing tools, information and resources
Demonstrating the required technical skills
Checking output against agreed criteria
Responding to faults and assessor feedback
Presenting evidence and explaining decisions

Practical task

Design and deploy a small training service using a sandbox or local virtualisation platform. Submit an architecture diagram, configuration record, automation example and recovery test, with a cost estimate based on stated assumptions.

Assessment

Direct observation, the completed output, a quality-check record and oral questions provide the evidence for this subject.

Virtual Machines and Infrastructure

Specialist applications

Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.

Learning outcomes

Represent a defined load case with a clear structural model.
Calculate a relevant force, stress or deformation.
Evaluate the result against the stated assumptions and constraints.

Main topics

Loads, supports and equilibrium
Stress, strain and material response
Axial force, shear and bending
Deflection and serviceability concepts
Member behaviour and connection principles
Calculation checks and technical presentation

Practical task

For Virtual Machines and Infrastructure, prepare a structural calculation and diagram portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Cloud Identity and Access Management

Specialist applications

Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Learning outcomes

Translate service needs into a documented virtual-resource design.
Deploy or configure a controlled training environment.
Evaluate cost, performance and recovery using test evidence.

Main topics

Service requirements and shared responsibilities
Virtual machines, networks and storage
Identity, access and configuration
Deployment records and automation
Monitoring, cost and capacity
Backup, recovery and availability testing

Practical task

For Cloud Identity and Access Management, prepare a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Cloud Storage and Data Protection

Specialist applications

Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Learning outcomes

Translate service needs into a documented virtual-resource design.
Deploy or configure a controlled training environment.
Evaluate cost, performance and recovery using test evidence.

Main topics

Service requirements and shared responsibilities
Virtual machines, networks and storage
Identity, access and configuration
Deployment records and automation
Monitoring, cost and capacity
Backup, recovery and availability testing

Practical task

For Cloud Storage and Data Protection, prepare a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Cloud Compute and Container Deployment

Specialist applications

Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Learning outcomes

Translate service needs into a documented virtual-resource design.
Deploy or configure a controlled training environment.
Evaluate cost, performance and recovery using test evidence.

Main topics

Service requirements and shared responsibilities
Virtual machines, networks and storage
Identity, access and configuration
Deployment records and automation
Monitoring, cost and capacity
Backup, recovery and availability testing

Practical task

For Cloud Compute and Container Deployment, prepare a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Cloud Networking and Hybrid Connectivity

Specialist applications

Explore the provision and administration of virtual computing resources. Practice centres on a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio, drawing on service requirements and shared responsibilities and virtual machines, networks and storage. You will record findings, justify decisions and check configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Learning outcomes

Translate service needs into a documented virtual-resource design.
Deploy or configure a controlled training environment.
Evaluate cost, performance and recovery using test evidence.

Main topics

Service requirements and shared responsibilities
Virtual machines, networks and storage
Identity, access and configuration
Deployment records and automation
Monitoring, cost and capacity
Backup, recovery and availability testing

Practical task

For Cloud Networking and Hybrid Connectivity, prepare a sandbox deployment and recovery-test portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of configuration consistency, permissions, recovery evidence and stated cost assumptions.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Infrastructure Automation

Specialist applications

Explore the response of materials and structural elements to loads. Practice centres on a structural calculation and diagram portfolio, drawing on loads, supports and equilibrium and stress, strain and material response. You will record findings, justify decisions and check load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.

Learning outcomes

Represent a defined load case with a clear structural model.
Calculate a relevant force, stress or deformation.
Evaluate the result against the stated assumptions and constraints.

Main topics

Loads, supports and equilibrium
Stress, strain and material response
Axial force, shear and bending
Deflection and serviceability concepts
Member behaviour and connection principles
Calculation checks and technical presentation

Practical task

For Infrastructure Automation, prepare a structural calculation and diagram portfolio in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of load paths, units, model assumptions and independent calculation checks.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Cloud Monitoring, Recovery and Cost Control

Specialist applications

Explore the use of cost information to plan work and assess operating performance. Practice centres on a costing workbook and budget-variance report, drawing on cost classification and cost behaviour and materials, labour and overhead allocation. You will record findings, justify decisions and check cost allocation, assumptions and the implications of the proposed decision.

Learning outcomes

Calculate a product or service cost using stated assumptions.
Prepare a budget linked to planned activity.
Explain a variance and recommend a supported response.

Main topics

Cost classification and cost behaviour
Materials, labour and overhead allocation
Job, service and process costing
Budget preparation and cash implications
Variance analysis and corrective decisions
Pricing, contribution and relevant-cost choices

Practical task

For Cloud Monitoring, Recovery and Cost Control, prepare a costing workbook and budget-variance report in a cloud computing and virtualization architecture setting. Use supplied records, a realistic simulation or authorised supervised practice. Include your working and checks of cost allocation, assumptions and the implications of the proposed decision.

Assessment

Applied questions, a worked case and an individual explanation supported by calculations, diagrams or records. Compare alternatives and justify the selected response using evidence.

Cloud Architecture Project

Practical integration

Bring together the programme's technical learning in a focused project. Choose a manageable problem involving network administration, hardware administration. Define the required output, gather evidence and develop a justified response. Present the completed work with its method, results and limitations, then explain the improvements made following feedback.

Learning outcomes

Define a feasible project with clear success criteria.
Develop and evaluate a response using technical evidence.
Present the completed project and defend its conclusions.

Main topics

Project problem, purpose and scope
Review of relevant technical evidence
Plan, resources and milestones
Implementation or structured investigation
Testing, interpretation and limitations
Final report, demonstration and reflection

Practical task

Design and deploy a small training service using a sandbox or local virtualisation platform. Submit an architecture diagram, configuration record, automation example and recovery test, with a cost estimate based on stated assumptions.

Assessment

An approved brief, progress evidence, the final output and an individual presentation are assessed against the stated project criteria.