Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AVIH0019 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage aircraft performance and load
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | AVIH0019 - Manage aircraft performance and load |
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Learning Outcomes and Application | |||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
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 |