Qualification details

Employability Skill 

Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: 

Communication

• Understanding work and organisational instructions
• Understanding input from specialist personnel and technical representatives
• Negotiating with other team members or supervisors regarding timing and progress of work activities and access to sections of the aircraft, or to equipment
• Understanding and interpreting regulations, procedures, instructions and maintenance publications
• Completing maintenance documentation
• Reading drawings relating to surface finishing schemes and maintenance activities
• Using computers to obtain maintenance data and complete documentation
• Networking with other team members regarding work planning and execution

Teamwork

• Performing tasks as an individual while being responsive to supervisors and allowing for relevant human factors
• Working effectively with others who may be of different ages, gender, race, religion and political persuasion
• Assisting other team members with tasks and providing advice on work processes

Problem solving

• Identifying problems in a timely manner and developing practical solutions to problems not fully covered by maintenance data
• Proposing solutions to problems as modifications or a amendments to specified maintenance processes
• Constantly reviewing problem solving skills and ability to effectively apply competencies to solve problems within the limits permitted by regulatory and organisational guidelines
• Responding to emergencies or accidents in accordance with regulatory and organisational requirements
• Using mathematical techniques to apply finishing schemes and to convert values between systems of measurement

Initiative and enterprise

• Adapting to new situations that arise as a consequence of regulatory changes, revised maintenance data, practices and procedures
• Varying work practices and behaviour as a result of performance feedback from peers and supervisors
• Evaluating ideas to ensure that technical and regulatory aspects have been fully covered before proposing action that may result in modifications or changes to work processes
• Applying human factors to avoid maintenance errors and maintain quality standards
• Adapting competencies to the performance of a wide range of maintenance tasks
• Contributing to a process of continuous improvement and a willingness to support and participate in the effective introduction of new work practices

Planning and organising

• Clarifying task objectives and required outcomes through discussion with supervisors and other team members
• Monitoring the time taken to complete tasks against team requirements or targets provided by supervisors
• Collecting, analysing and organising information relating to assigned tasks and confirming the purpose and required work outcomes
• Identifying the extent of impact on assigned work of changes in procedures, work instructions or regulatory requirements

Self-management

• Accepting responsibility for managing individual workload to meet target completion times or fit in with team milestones
• Assessing personal knowledge and skills with the aid of the self-assessment work sheets in the Log of Industrial Experience and Achievement and preparing for competency assessments
• Actively seeking opportunities to develop competencies and to apply them across a range of tasks and monitoring performance using indicators such as the extent of oversight exercised by supervisors
• Identifying career paths and training opportunities that will assist in attaining career goals

Learning

• Taking advantage of learning opportunities that arise through training courses provided by the organisation or external providers and through mentoring and on-job training
• Adapting competencies to accommodate new ideas and techniques
• Using feedback from supervisors and peers to identify ways in which competence can be improved
• Mentoring new or more junior personnel
• Interpreting units of competency and applying them to attainment of identified career goals

Technology

• Operating PPE and surface finishing equipment and ground support equipment and troubleshooting equipment faults
• Testing the performance and calibration of surface finishing equipment
• Storing and caring for surface finishing equipment, PPE and support equipment
• Amending various forms of maintenance data
• Using computers and microfiche to obtain maintenance data and using computers to complete documentation

Unit code 

Unit title 

Prerequisites 

MEA101B

Interpret occupational health and safety practices in aviation maintenance

Nil

MEA103B

Plan and organise aviation maintenance work activities

MEA101B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B

MEA105C

Apply quality standards applicable to aviation maintenance processes

MEA101B, MEA107B

MEA107B

Interpret and use aviation maintenance industry manuals and specifications

Nil

MEA108B

Complete aviation maintenance industry documentation

MEA105C

MEA109B

Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance

MEA105C, MEA108B

MEA118A

Conduct self in the aviation maintenance environment

Nil

MSAENV272B

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Nil

Unit Code 

Unit Title 

Prerequisites 

MEA411A

Remove surface coatings from aircraft or aircraft components

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA412A

Pre-treat aluminium alloy surfaces

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA413A

Seal aircraft and aircraft component structural seams

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA414A

Remove light corrosion from aircraft

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA415A

Paint aircraft surfaces

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA416A

Apply aircraft identification markings, graphics and decals

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA417A

Apply specialty coatings to aircraft

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

AURVTP2003

Prepare spray painting materials and equipment

Nil

AURVTP3012

Apply air dry and polyurethane enamel refinishing materials

Nil