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 team members with task definition and providing advice on work processes and troubleshooting
• Providing leadership and development of team commitment and dynamics
• Monitoring and assessing team performance and providing mentoring and performance feedback
• Gaining the trust and confidence of team members and resolving conflict within the team
• Providing team members with the opportunity for ongoing competency development

Problem solving

• Identifying problems in a timely manner and applying a range of strategies to develop 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 individual and team-related 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
• Identifying and analysing alternative approaches to managing workplace issues and problems
• 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
• Allocating personnel and resources to tasks

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

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

AURV229749A

AURV329603DA

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

MSAENV472B

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Nil

Unit code 

Unit title 

Prerequisites 

Unit selection guidelines 

MEA113C

Supervise civil aircraft maintenance activities and manage human resources in the workplace

Completion of applicable Certificate IV units

MEA116B

Apply occupational health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenance

Must be taken if MEA113C or MEA140A selected

MEA140A

Supervise maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections (this unit applicable to the ADF regulatory environment)

Appointment as an Independent Inspector or Maintenance Quality Inspector

MEA240B

Use electrical test equipment to perform basic electrical tests

MEA101B

MEA103B

MEA105C

MEA107B

MEA108B

MEA109B

MEA302C

Remove and install aircraft hydro-mechanical and landing gear system components

MEA101B

MEA103B

MEA105C

MEA107B

MEA108B

MEA109B

Take with MEA305C

MEA305C

Remove and install aircraft fixed wing flight control system components

MEA302C

MEA401C

Inspect aircraft structures

MEA101B

MEA103B

MEA105C

MEA107B

MEA108B

MEA109B

MEA405B

Repair/modify aircraft composite material structure/components

MEA401C

MEM08012B

Prepare surfaces by abrasive blasting (basic)

MEM08016B

MEM13003B

MEM08013B

Prepare surfaces by abrasive blasting (advanced)

MEM08012B

MEM08016B

MEM13003B

MEM08016B

Control blast coating by-products, materials and emissions

MEM13003B

MEM13003B

Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials