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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify the criteria for risk management
  2. Manage risk

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.

Risk management plans include:

Potential risks and their probability of occurrence and degree of severity

Treatment options in each case

Responsibility for implementing treatment options and required response times

Resources required for risk management

Plan implementation timeframe

Periodic review timetable

Internal reporting system

Review methodology

Potential risks include:

Human factors, such as fatigue, illness and maintenance errors

Work health and safety (WHS) issues resulting in injury or death

Regulatory and procedural violations, such as inappropriate use of minimum equipment lists and failure to observe type certification standards

Providing maintenance guidance to remotely-located aircrew or maintenance personnel

Maintenance difficulties, such as spares shortages and unexpected failures of systems or components

Support equipment failure

Environmental problems

Contractual issues

Skill and experience shortfalls

Maintenance cost escalation

Natural events

Criteria for managing the identified risks include:

Level and degree of acceptability of each identified risk

Legal aspects, such as regulatory violations and contractual commitments

Cost of managing specific risks versus the cost to the organisation if the risk eventuated

Stakeholder perceptions and expectations

Standard risk management procedures are found in:

Organisational risk management policies

Websites dealing with risk management

Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4360 Risk management

Civil Aviation Safety Regulation (CASR) Part 145 Manual of Standards

Evaluation methodology includes:

Oversight of day-to-day operations

Interviews with personnel in the organisation

Physical inspections

Incident reports

Questionnaires

Periodic review of risk treatment procedures and outcomes


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:

application of standards and procedures for assessing and evaluating risks

development of risk treatment processes

assessment of legal impact of risk occurrence

evaluation of risk management plan operation

oral communication

written communication.


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:

organisational policies and procedures for risk management

CASR Part 145 Manual of Standards, in particular Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material

maintenance error management programs

Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 Risk management

regulatory impact of risks

contractual impact of risks

cost-benefit analysis

Commonwealth and state/territory WHS and environment protection legislation

evaluation techniques

equity, fraud and ethics.