Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AVIH0011 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage aircraft performance and load
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | AVIH0011 - Manage aircraft performance and load |
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Description | |||
Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to manage aircraft performance and load in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and national operating standards.It includes applying weight and balance control to flight planning, identifying constraints affecting load planning and planning an aircraft load. It also includes applying principles of aircraft balance and longitudinal stability to load planning, identifying aircraft structural limitations, and identifying aircraft weight and performance planning safety factors. It also includes determining aircraft weight and speed limitations, calculating take-off runway requirements, calculating climb performance, calculating landing runway requirements, and determining aircraft buffet boundaries and speeds.This unit addresses aviation technical skill requirements (physical, mental and task-management abilities) related to route planning and navigation duties of flight dispatch personnel and contributes to safe and effective performance in complex aviation operational environments.Operations are conducted as part of commercial or military aircraft activities across a variety of operational contexts within the Australian aviation industry.Work is performed independently or under limited supervision as a single operator or within a team environment.Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Competency Field | H – Route Planning and Navigation |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Plan an aircraft load |
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Element: Apply weight and balance control to flight planning |
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Element: Weight and control limitations are included in flight planning calculations | ||||||||
Element: Required fuel and payload quantities, including minimum fuel reserves, maximum allowable payloads and fuel quantity limitations, are considered when calculating weight and balance | ||||||||
Element: Calculated aircraft weight centre of gravity (CG) is within aircraft limits and is established for take-off, cruise and fuel economy calculation purposes | ||||||||
Element: Ground handling of baggage and cargo is minimised through load distribution and loading sequence planning | ||||||||
Element: Weight and CG are derived and calculated using basic data methods and applied to flight planning calculations | ||||||||
Element: Comprehensive loadsheet is compiled that includes all required flight performance and load planning data | ||||||||
Element: Identify constraints affecting load planning |
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Element: Aircraft, route, fuel required and performance limitation planning factors are assessed for potential constraints to load planning activities | ||||||||
Element: Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and hazard management implemented | ||||||||
Element: Operator advance index tables and potential impact of weight and fuel minima during seasonal change are identified and considered | ||||||||
Element: Unusual conditions when advanced allotment tables may be exceeded, the operational impacts and associated contingency planning factors are considered | ||||||||
Element: Load planning constraints and limitations are prioritised based on operational and regulatory requirements |
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Element: Operational load planning factors affecting a restriction on weight, operational (phase of flight), environmental, equipment, airspace and airport/aerodrome are considered and applied as required to aircraft load planning | ||||||||
Element: Aircraft operating weight and passenger weight limits are summarised within load planning documentation | ||||||||
Element: Weight of minimum fuel based on ZFW, quantity, fuel type and specific gravity (including fuel quantity conversions) are reviewed and applied to load planning calculations | ||||||||
Element: Available payload based on specific conditions affecting a flight, including maximum take-off weight (MTOW), regulated take-off weight (RTOW), minimum fuel and taxi fuel requirements, are determined | ||||||||
Element: Manual loadsheet, including payload location and last-minute changes, is prepared | ||||||||
Element: Loadsheet, including payload location and last-minute changes, is interpreted and automated | ||||||||
Element: Apply principles of aircraft balance and longitudinal stability to load planning |
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Element: Aircraft point of balance is calculated using aircraft data and aircraft balance principles, and is applied to load planning calculations | ||||||||
Element: Identify aircraft structural limitations |
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Element: Fuselage structural limits over, forward and aft of the wing, and weight limitations for associated loading zones are considered and applied to load planning activities | ||||||||
Element: Maximum allowable package sizes are determined using aircraft tables | ||||||||
Element: Methods of restraint and the effect on passengers and crew, damage and CG, including principles of inertia and forces applied to load, are considered and applied to load planning activities | ||||||||
Element: Advantages and limitations of certified and non-certified cargo pallets and containers, and methods of load security are considered when calculating aircraft load limitations | ||||||||
Element: Identify aircraft weight and performance planning safety factors |
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Element: Aircraft certification standards, including categories, state-based variations, operating weight or CG never exceeding limits, and aircraft flight manual restrictions are considered and applied to aircraft weight and performance calculations | ||||||||
Element: Environmental considerations, including certified aircraft operating envelope, pressurisation capabilities, system limitations and aircraft flight manual envelope charts, are considered and applied to aircraft performance calculations | ||||||||
Element: Determine aircraft weight and speed limitations |
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Element: Boundaries of aircraft operating envelope for a specific weight are determined using flight strength diagrams, illustrating effect of wind gusts, margins of speed limits and turbulence penetration considerations | ||||||||
Element: Calculate take-off runway requirements |
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Element: Critical engine failure speeds, flap positions and reduced thrust take-off stopping distance at critical engine failure speeds are calculated | ||||||||
Element: Calculate climb performance |
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Element: En route considerations affecting climb performance, such as take-off weight, en route alternate selection and terrain, are considered and applied to aircraft performance calculations | ||||||||
Element: Approach and landing requirement planning factors, including terrain and obstacle avoidance, and effects of weight, altitude and temperature, are considered and applied to aircraft performance calculations | ||||||||
Element: Calculate landing runway requirements |
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Element: Landing distance based on varying environmental conditions, effect of obstacles and braking systems is calculated | ||||||||
Element: Determine aircraft buffet boundary and speeds |
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Element: Permissible buffet for a range of aircraft speeds for combinations of weight and altitude, including safe operating margins, is calculated |