The 2022 WorldSkills Australia Regional Competition for 3D DIGITAL GAME ART aligns to the National Training Package ICT40120 (Certificate IV in Information Technology) and the following Units of Competency contained in the ICT40120 Qualification.

• ICTGAM418 Use simple modelling for animation
• ICTGAM431 Design and create 3D digital models
• ICTGAM427 Use 3D software interface and toolsets

This competition is @6hrs and involves a number of tasks leading to the creation of two 3D assets. Competitors will work individually to create:

• An organic (sculpted) 3D Asset with PBR textures
• A hard surface (modelled) 3D Asset with PBR textures
• Minor animation of the organic asset

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Time management and organisational skills
• Design skills
• 3D Asset creation, including:
  • Modelling
  • Sculpting
  • UV export, Map generation and PBR texturing
• Basic animation skills

The competition information and brief will be issued on the day of virtual competition

Key Contact Details:

Contact Name: David Bartolo

Contact Email: david.bartolo@tafensw.edu.au

The 2022 WorldSkills Australia Regional Competition for GRAPHIC DESIGN TECHNOLOGY aligns to the National Training Package CUA Creative Arts and Culture and the ICP Printing and Graphic Arts and the following Units of Competency contained in the Qualifications CUA40720 Certificate IV in Design and ICP31420 Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production Qualifications.

• CUADES412 Interpret and respond to a design brief
• CUAACD411 Integrate colour theory and design processes
• CUADES411 Generate design solutions
• CUADIG304 Create Visual Design Components
• CUADIG415 Produce innovative digital images
• CUAGRD312 Use typography techniques
• CUAPPR411 Realise a creative project
• ICPPRP2110 Develop basic design concepts
• ICPPRP3110 Develop detailed design concepts
• ICPPRP224 Produce pages using a page layout application
• ICPPRP2210 Select and apply type
• ICPPRP3210 Produce a typographic images
• ICPPRP3340 Prepare an imposition format for printing processes
• ICPPRP2250 Produce graphics using a graphics application
• ICPPRP3240 Create pages using a page layout application
• ICPPRP2520 Output images
• ICPPRP3960 Generate high-end PDF files
• ICPPRP4230 Apply colour to design brief
• ICPSUP2600 Maintain a safe work environment
• ICPSUP2810 Use computer systems in the printing and graphic arts sectors

The 2022 Regional will require competitors to complete and test several key competencies in line with the nationally accredited Graphic Arts and Graphic Design Competency Standards. The regional competition will be completed in one day over a six-hour period. The competition comprises one print job from initial concept to the final production of a suitable file to supply to a General Commercial Printer using computer-to-plate technology. Competitors should possess a good understanding of Adobe Creative Suite 6 or CC.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Organisation of work in an efficient and logical manner
• Interpretation of client brief and printing requirements
• Layout and typographic skills (e.g. font choice, font size, kerning, readability)
• Use of appropriate techniques to achieve the ultimate result

e.g. retouching, correct bleeding, colour correcting, resolution of images

• Scans, spot versus process colour, masking, deep etching and contouring
• The job is completed by the deadline and a suitable file is supplied to an independent printer

Key Contact Details:

Contact Name: Brendan Hibbert

Contact Email: brendan.hibbert@nmtafe.wa.edu.au

**Please note: This competition has been postponed until Friday 14 October 2022. (9am WA time and 11am AEST) 

Please note that AWS will be running a 30 -45 min session on Cloud Quest for competitors and mentors (mentors – 1 representative per State)  on the Friday 2 September in the lead up to the competition (9am WA time/11am AEST)  

Cloud Computing

This competition environment is a series of capture the flag challenges. Each challenge is worth a number of points that are awarded when the challenge is solved. Each challenge also includes hints, but using these hints reduces the number of points you may receive for that challenge.

The competition is 4hrs – with 30 mins additional for Brief and Debrief of the event

The event is completely virtual, so you will need

• A computer running Windows, MacOSX or Linux
• A modern browser, preferably Chrome or Firefox
• A microphone or headset
• An internet connection

Students attending the cloud skill event will be asked to register on the AWS Jam platform and an initial welcome and demonstration of the platform will be streamed on Twitch.

The AWS JAM is an event where students experience a wide range of AWS services in a series of prepared scenarios that represent common use-cases and operational tasks, such as remediation at scale, automation, forensics, incident response, AI/ ML, DevOps, compliance and many others. The event is gamified, with students competing to score points by completing a series of challenges over the course of the event. AWS provides access to pre-created infrastructure that is based on common use cases that students use to determine what happened, how to best respond, and deploy appropriate solutions. The challenges have varying degrees of difficulty and points associated with them. A live leader-board provides updates on stats and progress. Clues and guidance help your students move through the challenges.

The challenges that have been selected use or more of these services: EC2, Lambda, S3, SSM,  IAM, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, RDS, SQS, SNS, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, API Gateway, KMS and others. AWS Jam is designed as a learning platform, so students will encounter services and problems they have never seen before. They are permitted to access public documentation during the event and encouraged to use the hints if they are stuck.

Students need a computer with a current version of Chrome or Firefox and internet access with unrestricted access on ports 80 and 443. We have avoided challenges that require SSH access.

The event is supported AWS staff, and educators at participating institutions will also be given a tour of the AWS Jam platform during the event.

Questions?

Please contact: Jay Polandaya  jay.polandaya@rmit.edu.au

**Please note: This competition has been postponed until late October 2022. We will advise of new dates ASAP.

Cyber Security

This competition is a team event –  with a red and a blue member. This unique competition environment gives the participants the chance to understand, learn and analyse the different kind of Attack and Defence techniques by active playing the role of RED (Attacker) and BLUE (Defender) and in doing so find different kinds of flags based on different difficulty and earn points. [Switching roles between red/blue team member in the same team is allowed].

Knowing both the Attack/Defence methods and getting in that mindset ultimately prepares the participants for the real world where, there are lot of variables and unknown and they need to protect their network and assets against any network and cyber security threats possible.

Every team will be given jump machine and the details on how to access the Jump machine will be communicated once registered.

Tools for the Red and Blue Members would include:

1. Kali Linux
2. Target machines
3. Next Generation Firewall
4. SIEM – Monitoring Tool
5. Realtime Scoring System

Questions?

Please contact: Sawan Singh sawan.singh@keysight.com

The WorldSkills Australia IT Network Systems Administration competitions are aligned to the ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package.

The competition requires the competitors to create a network representing a small-to-medium enterprise using a virtual environment, each competitor will be tested in a variety of different areas including:

• Configuration of a hypervisor
• Installation and configuration of Windows hosts
• Installation and configuration of Linux hosts
• IP addressing and associated services
• Configuration of network services and resources
• Security policies
• User accounts and access control
• Documentation

Questions?

Please contact: Troy Pretty itnsa@outlook.com.au