Qualification details

Qualification Notes 

This qualification may be applicable to members of the Australian Defence Force and to employees of aircraft maintenance organisations who are maintaining aircraft and personal life support equipment and aircraft furnishings.

The qualification consists of a number of common units plus mandatory and elective technical stream units including a number of imported units dealing with explosive ordnance (pyrotechnics) safety and inspection, and with sewing, trimming and use of fabric adhesives.

The qualification articulates with MEA41110 Certificate IV in Aircraft Life Support and Furnishing and the common units and the elective Avionic, Mechanical and Structures Technical Stream Units provide a number of credits towards other Aeroskills Certificates at Certificate II, III and IV levels.

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS QUALIFICATION SUMMARY 

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 life support and furnishing and maintenance activities
• Using computers to obtain maintenance data and complete documentation
• Networking with other team members regarding work planning and execution
• Delivering briefings on the use of items of life support equipment and communicating with individuals being fitted with personal items of life support equipment

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 manufacture fabric items 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 and life support equipment fitting 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 life support/furnishing maintenance equipment and ground support equipment and troubleshooting equipment faults
• Testing the performance and calibration of life support and furnishing equipment
• Storing and caring for life support and furnishing equipment, PPE and support equipment
• Amending various forms of maintenance data
• Using computers and microfiche to obtain life support equipment and maintenance data and using computers to complete documentation

Unit Code 

Unit Title 

Prerequisite 

MEA101B

Interpret occupational health and safety practices in aviation maintenance

Nil

MEA103B

Plan and organise aviation maintenance work activities

MEA101B, 105B, 107B, 108B

MEA105B

Apply quality standards applicable to aviation maintenance processes

MEA101B, 107B

MEA107B

Interpret and use aviation maintenance industry manuals and specifications

Nil

MEA108B

Complete aviation maintenance industry documentation

MEA105B

MEA109B

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

MEA105B, 108B

MEA118A

Conduct self in the aviation maintenance environment

Nil

MEM12001B

Use comparison and basic measuring devices

Nil

MSAENV272B

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Nil

Unit Code 

Unit Title 

Prerequisite 

Unit Selection Guidelines 

MEA240B

Use electrical test equipment to perform basic electrical tests

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B

MEA304C

Remove and install non-pressurised aircraft structural and non-structural components

MEA302C

do not take with MEA317C

MEA317C

Remove and install pressurised aircraft structural and non-structural components

MEA302C, 303C

do not take with MEA304C

MEA411A

Remove surface coatings from aircraft or aircraft components

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B

MEA412A

Pre-treat aluminium alloy surfaces

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B

MEA414A

Remove light corrosion

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B

do not take with MEA419A

MEA416A

Apply aircraft identification markings, graphics and decals

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B

MEA419A

Inspect and repair/modify aircraft cabin/cockpit non-primary structure components

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B

do not take with MEA414A

MEA501A

Maintain and fit Anti-G suits

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A,

511A LMFSF2002A,

MEA502A

Maintain and fit helmets

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A, 240B

MEA503A

Maintain and fit immersion suits

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A, LMTPRTF09BA

MEA504A

Maintain and fit oxygen masks

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A, 240B

MEA505A

Maintain and pack parachutes

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A,

511A LMFSF2002A,

MEA506A

Maintain and pack survival inflatable life rafts and escape slides

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A

MEA507A

Maintain, pack and fit survival inflatable buoyancy vests

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A

MEA508A

Maintain, install and remove restraint systems

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 511A LMFSF2002A,

Elective

MEA509A

Manufacture, repair and alter aircraft related fabric components

MEA101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, 108B, 109B, 118A, 511A LMFSF2002A,

MEA510A

Maintain seat and pod electrical and electronic systems

MEA240B

MEA511A

Operate and maintain sewing machines and overlockers

Nil

PUADEFEO101C

Work safely with explosive ordnance

Nil

PUADEFEO501C

Conduct explosive ordnance inspection

Nil

AURV231208A

Carry out trimming of vehicle components

Nil

do not take with LMFUP3012A

AURV231268A

Select and apply trim/fabric materials and determine attachment methods

Nil

AURV231368A

Select and apply trim/fabric adhesives

Nil

do not take with LMTTF2008A

LMFSF2001A

Cut single layer fabrics

Nil

LMFSF2002A

Machine sew materials

Nil

LMFUP3012A

Apply marine sewing and installation techniques

Nil

do not take with AURV231208A

LMTTF2008A

Use adhesives

Nil

do not take with AURV231368A