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
• Providing guidance to others and describing clearly faults, problems and spares requirements
• 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 and component tags
• Interpreting wiring diagrams and system schematics, and reading drawings relating to 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 and troubleshooting

Problem solving

• Identifying problems in a timely manner and developing practical solutions to maintenance problems not fully covered by maintenance data
• Proposing solutions to problems as modifications or 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 relate test results to system or component performance 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 maintenance 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-the-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 aircraft stores management and suspension systems, test equipment and ground support equipment and troubleshooting faults
• Maintaining and changing configuration of aircraft stores management and suspension systems including the safe handling of components containing explosive ordnance
• Maintaining aircraft egress systems and components, including arming and disarming of egress systems
• Using on-board maintenance systems and using maintenance-related software
• Testing the performance and calibration of components
• Storing and caring for components, parts, tools, test equipment 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

MEA201B

Remove and install miscellaneous aircraft electrical hardware/components

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA203C

Remove and install advanced aircraft electrical system components

MEA201B

MEA211C

Inspect, test and troubleshoot advanced aircraft electrical systems and components

MEA203C, MEA246C

MEA246C

Fabricate and/or repair aircraft electrical hardware or parts

MEA201B, MEA260B

MEA260B

Use electrical test equipment

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA261C

Use electronic test equipment

MEA101B, MEA 103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA301C

Perform aircraft flight servicing

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B

MEA601A

Maintain aircraft egress systems

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B, DEFEO101D

MEA602A

Remove and install aircraft stores management system components

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108B, MEA109B, DEFEO101D

MEA603A

Remove and install aircraft stores suspension systems and components

MEA101B, MEA103B, MEA105C, MEA107B, MEA108A, MEA109B, DEFEO101D

MEA604A

Inspect, test and troubleshoot aircraft stores management systems and components

MEA602A

MEA605A

Inspect, test and troubleshoot aircraft stores suspension systems and components

MEA603A

MSAENV272B

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Nil

DEFEO101D

Work safely with explosive ordnance

Nil