I am a careers advice for IT personnel and I have been asked to write out information about personal attributes valued by employers in work document. I will also explain why a technician will need to have these attributes and the qualifications they needs. The qualifications that a technician should have are: ICT Systems Support – PC Maintenance Level 1, Certificate or Diploma in ICT Systems Support Level 2, Certificate in ICT Systems and Principles Level 2, Diploma in ICT Professional Competence Level 2. In a working job you will be picked up on three working attributes that will be valued by the employers. These attributes are: specific, general and attitude. There are a lot of skills for each one …show more content…
Health and safety checks minimize the risk of a hazard to be caused in the work place. IT involves a lot of health and safety checks because IT is based on computers and electricity and errors of safety may increase the risk of a fire or an electrical hazard.
Wiring
It has got to be checked that the wiring and cables isn’t in knots/all together because it will increase the risk of a fire to be caused with all of the wires. The wire is also best to be checked that the wire is straight to decrease a hazard risk. To prevent this, the wires must be untangled and kept separate. Also the wires can have a chance to have a malfunction and refuse to connect the electricity which could corrupt computerised devices.
Positioning
Positioning is important to check because physical accidents can happen even when you don’t touch anything. If you sit too loose to the computer screen then you will increase the risk of damaging your eyes and possibly go blind. Also if you sit in the wrong position whilst watching the screen, then you could increase the chance of damaging a bone or a muscle. To prevent this you must sit in a chair normal, keep a good distance away from the computer and also sit up straight whilst being on the