All Interii%tranet commercial and industrial iippliccm"ons need a stable and secure computer and nehvork in$wstructure. l%is infrastructure is typicaliJ a large, heterogeneouspopul~"on of networkedPCS that need to be managed by a specialist support group. Market analysis clearly indicates that these specialists n-eed a pori$olioof skills and knowledgenot supplied by tradition accreditedcomputerscience courses. Although Edith Cowan University (ECU) was recerdi'ygranted level 1 re-accreditati"on of its Computer Science Degree by the Australian Computer SocieQ it was clear that, on completionof their studies,their graduatescould not desig% install, maintain or manage a netwur?xdpoputi"on of P(Ys to a professional st&rd with due regard to safe~, both to themselves and the equipment. Further, it was noted that the current degree provides fm options to study Health & Safe~, Law and Technology, Finance or Human Resource Management -issues thut a graduate must address in prepar~-on for a professional career in computer and network management. hdic~"ons are that this is also the case within other universitiesin Australia and the UK l%is paper proposes a new competency based curricuhu%referenced10interndonal practices and am-cdated to non-university educ~"onal programs, to meet market need Thispaper also presezts resultsfiom the implement~-onof part of this curriculum Perrbion to make digital/had copy of aII or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided thst copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantsge, the copyright notice, the title of the pubficstion and its date appew, and notice is given that copying is by pe.rm-ksion of the ACM, Inc. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on serwrs or toredii"bute to fists, requires prior specific perm"wion andjor a fee. ACSE98, Brisbane QLD AUSTRALIA.