Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
MEA145 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Conversion from allied trades for employment in aviation maintenance workshops
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
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Unit of Competency | MEA145 - Conversion from allied trades for employment in aviation maintenance workshops |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency requires application of common core skills and knowledge that are aviation maintenance specific and meet the requirements of the two Regulators, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The skills and knowledge will be applied during the maintenance of items of aeronautical product in aviation maintenance workshops.The unit is applicable to individuals with Certificate III or Certificate IV qualifications in allied trades (primarily automotive, electrotechnology or metals and engineering) who are to be employed in aviation maintenance workshops. It covers aviation maintenance-specific parts of common core competencies that must be applied by all individuals employed on the maintenance of items of aeronautical product and which would not have been covered in allied trade units that relate to similar areas of expertise. The unit is used in workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the ADF and CASA.This unit applies to MEA Skill Sets and must not be included in any AQF qualification. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Competency should be assessed in the work environment, or by use of simulated activities, covering the use of publications/maintenance regulations/orders and standards and practices, the application of aviation maintenance specific standard trade practices, and of task planning and quality system application in the aeronautical product maintenance environment. This unit must be linked in its assessment and application to those that apply to the actual maintenance of items of aeronautical product. It is essential that all WHS requirements are met and understood. The transferability of general manual interpretation and use in accordance with relevant aircraft component publications/maintenance regulations/orders and standards and practices must be clearly established. This includes evidence of underlying knowledge and skills associated with the interpretation and use of manuals to supplement understanding of the structure and regulatory requirements associated with the aircraft maintenance environment for aeronautical product maintenance. Evidence of knowledge about how aircraft materials, standard items of hardware and fittings are used in component maintenance and the application of quality systems and work planning must be demonstrated. The ability to apply the skills and knowledge across a variety of applications must also be demonstrated. The following conditions of assessment represent the requirements of the Regulators (ADF and CASA) and maintenance stakeholders and must be rigorously observed. A person cannot be assessed as competent until it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the workplace assessor that the relevant elements and performance of the unit of competency are being achieved under routine supervision on at least one manual from each of: aircraft publications, maintenance instruction manuals, process specifications, servicing or service bulletins or structural repair manuals tooling or equipment manuals, manufacturer's manuals, standard practices, enterprise aviation regulations and publications illustrated parts catalogues, aircraft wiring manuals or drawings and on representative tasks from: laying out and fabricating simple items from common aircraft materials assembling items using a representative range of common types of aircraft attachment hardware for which relevant fits and clearances, appropriate safety locking devices and fasteners, including lockwire, are correctly selected and applied assembling/connecting a range of common aircraft connectors and plumbing, applying safety locking devices, where applicable assembling/connecting aircraft control cables and applying safety locking devices, where applicable. This shall be established via the records in the Log of Industrial Experience and Achievement or, where appropriate, an equivalent Industry Evidence Guide (for details refer to the Companion Volume Assessment Guidelines). |
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Competency Field | Aviation maintenance |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Identify and access aviation industry manuals, specifications and drawings |
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Element: Amend manuals, specifications or drawings |
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Element: Store manuals, specifications or drawings |
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Element: Apply standard trade practices |
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Element: Interpret and apply quality standards in the aviation maintenance environment |
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Element: Plan steps and organise work to complete task |
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