Certificate IV in Fitness

Student Guide - technical requirements

To use the toolbox the learner will require the following hardware and software:

Hardware requirements

• IBM compatible computer with a 600 MHz processor, 128 Mb of SDRAM running Windows ME, 2000 or XP or an Apple Macintosh capable of running OS 9 or OSX
• 800 x 600 pixel display
• 4 GB hard disk
• 1.44 Mb floppy disk
• CD-ROM drive
• sound card
• 28.8 Kbps or higher modem
• A printer to print record and assessment files from within the toolbox.

To use the communications facilities you will need to be connected to the internet via a modem or local area network.

To listen to the audio you will need to have a sound card installed in your computer and either speakers or a headset connected.

Browser and other software

• Either Netscape® (6.2 or higher) or Microsoft® Internet Explorer (6.0 or higher)
• Microsoft® Word® version 97 or later
• Macromedia® Flash 7 Player
  The latest free version can be downloaded and installed from Macromedia®.
• Adobe® Reader version 5 or later.
  The latest free version can be downloaded and installed from Adobe® Acrobat®.

Where reports and other evidence of work completed are to be submitted electronically, the learner will need to have access to an e-mail account.