All applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Holmesglen also requires that all applicants possess the following abilities:<br>• turn on a computer<br>• connect to the internet<br>• use a mouse, keyboard, headset with microphone or speakers and webcam<br>• open and close a software application<br>• conduct a search in a web browser<br>• send and receive emails<br>• save a file, and locate a saved file<br>• download and install software application<br>• use webinar software to participate in remote learning.<p>Learners opting to BYOD or intending to learn remotely will require access to: <p>• A Mac with the following minimum specification: M1 Processor, Memory 8GB, Storage 512GB<br>OR<br>• A PC/laptop with the following minimum specification: Quad-Core CPU, 16GB of RAM, 256GB of Storage, 2 GHz or faster processor, Windows 10 OS, or higher<br>• Headset with microphone and webcam (if learning remotely)<br>• Internet access<p>Access to applications used in learning is available through Holmesglen MyHorizon or can be downloaded via the link provided:<br>• Brightspace (Learning Management System) - https://holmesglen.brightspace.com/<br>• 365 Microsoft office suite - https://portal.office.com<br>• WebEx - https://holmesglen.webex.com/<br>• Holmesglen OneDrive<br>• MyHorizon - https://myHorizon.holmesglen.edu.au<br>• Google Chrome – recommended web browser https://www.google.com/intl/en_au/chrome/<br>• 7-Zip - https://www.7-zip.org/download.html<br>• Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/<br>• GitHub Desktop- https://desktop.github.com<br>• PHP - https://www.php.net/<br>• MySQL - https://www.mysql.com/<br>• Thonny - https://thonny.org/<br>• Netbeans - https://netbeans.apache.org/<br>• SQL Server - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql-server/sql-server-downloads<br>• SQL Server Management Studio - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-ver16 <br>• MySQL workbench - https: //www.mysql.com/products/workbench/<br>• Git Bash - https://gitforwindows.org/<br>• Sourcetree - https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

Prior to enrollment or commencement of training, you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan and identify any learning support needs.