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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Develop a maintenance program
  2. Implement a maintenance program
  3. Evaluate and report maintenance outcomes

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Maintenance requirements for aircraft include:

Maintenance of the airframe and aircraft systems, power plant, avionic systems and fitted role equipment

Relevant documentation includes:

Computer data systems

Log books

Authorised maintenance manuals

Management directives

Feedback from maintenance and operating personnel

Aircraft flight and technical records

Aircraft maintenance program

Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs) and Advisory Circulars (ACs)

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs), Manuals of Standards and associated Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material

Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

Maintenance organisation expositions

Continuing airworthiness management organisation expositions

Aircraft type certificate design certificate

Relevant Defence regulations and instructions

Maintenance tasks include:

Scheduled

Unscheduled

Preventative

Corrective

Resource requirements include:

Personnel

Spare parts and consumables

Special equipment

Ground support equipment, such as power carts and hydraulic rigs

PPE

Tools

Considerations regarding resource requirements include:

Personnel numbers

Personnel availability

Personnel qualifications

Personnel authorisations and experience

Quantities and availability of parts, consumables special equipment, ground support equipment, PPE and tools

Authorised instructions, policies and procedures include:

Manufacturers’ operating manuals

Management directives

Maintenance manuals

Defence Regulations and instructions

Standing instructions

Maintenance management plans

Maintenance organisation expositions

Continuing airworthiness management organisation expositions

Procedures manuals

Work instructions

CARs or CASRs, Manuals of Standards and associated Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material

Quality assurance instructions

Work health and safety (WHS) policies and instructions

MSDS

Advice and assistance with maintenance activities include:

Work practices

Fault diagnosis procedures

Damage assessment

Defect investigation

Assessment of repair cost-effectiveness

Assessment of repair versus replacement options

Monitoring of telemetry maintenance data from aircraft during flight operations

Maintenance problems include:

Lack of resources or data

Unanticipated breakdowns or faults

Changes in priorities

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria under the specified conditions of assessment on at least one occasion, and must include:

using documentation and relevant regulations to determine maintenance and reporting requirements

using MSDS to determine handling precautions and PPE requirements

applying WHS requirements

planning

communicating

questioning

fault diagnosis techniques.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

sources of information relating to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities and configuration change requirements

basic project planning techniques, including timing, prioritising, resourcing, monitoring and evaluation of maintenance tasks

techniques for mapping maintenance activities and recording progress

the aircraft and systems being maintained

fault diagnosis and troubleshooting procedures, damage assessment philosophies and procedures, cost-effectiveness considerations for different repair types, philosophies and considerations in repair versus replacement options

applicable regulations, organisational policy and procedures manuals, maintenance manuals and instructions

MSDS

WHS, equity, fraud and ethics.