Unit of competency

Modification History

Release 1 - New unit of competency

Application

The unit of competency applies to engineering or related projects requiring avionic engineering skills and includes the identification, application and integration of avionic fundamentals. It includes identifying task parameters, personal and team function, chain of responsibility and work health and safety (WHS) guidelines. It includes investigation of aircraft electrical, instrument, radio and data systems and components and avionic fundamentals, including electrical and electronic methods and processes, workshop techniques, materials, scientific and mathematical principles and computer software. It requires completion of the task in cooperation with the team and documentation of the process and outcomes.

It is suitable for people pursuing paraprofessional careers and qualifications in avionic engineering.

This unit is used in workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).

Pre-requisite Unit

Competency Field

Avionic engineering

Unit Sector

Elements and Performance Criteria

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

Unit Mapping Information

Release 1 – new unit based on MEM14084A Apply avionic fundamentals to support design and development of engineering projects and MEM23074A Select and apply avionic engineering methods, processes and construction techniques – units not equivalent

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ce216c9c-04d5-4b3b-9bcf-4e81d0950371

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Release 1 - New unit of competency

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria under the specified conditions of assessment, and must include:

• communicating, cooperating and negotiating with stakeholders to achieve integration task
• determining task parameters and context, chain of responsibility, WHS, regulatory requirements, risk management and organisational procedures
• confirming personal, team and support personnel tasks and responsibilities
• evaluating task requirements, principles, techniques, avionic components and systems, including software requirements, and software for basic analysis and graphics
• planning the task
• integrating avionic fundamentals to achieve task objectives
• solve problems and making decisions using systems thinking and continuous improvement to address contingencies and constraints and application of CM and/or ILS procedures
• reporting and documenting results of investigation, evaluation and integration, diagrams and calculations.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

• WHS and organisational safe working procedures
• task parameters and broader context
• personal function and responsibilities
• chain of responsibility for the activity
• team interdependencies
• avionic fundamentals, including:

• mathematics
• materials properties
• mechanics
• chemistry
• light, sound and electromagnetic effects, including avoidance of electro-magnetic interference
• thermodynamics and heating, aircraft air conditioning and cabin pressurisation
• fluid mechanics
• fluid power
• electrical and electronic fundamentals
• fundamentals of system interfacing and signal conditioning
• computing
• graphics, including computer aided design and drafting (CAD) systems
• typical workshop processes

• methods and processes, including:

• basic electrical and electronic control circuit assembly, including production of printed circuit boards
• wiring and soldering, including high reliability hand soldering
• simple programming
• simple interfacing and signal conditioning
• machining, such as turning, milling, broaching, boring, shaping, planning, drilling, reaming, sawing, grinding and threading
• hot and cold working processes
• press operations, such as drawing, punching, cropping and forging
• fabrication and welding of metals and plastics
• powder metallurgy
• heat treatment
• moulding, casting and forging
• assembly, sealing, fastening and gluing
• jigs and fixtures
• surface plating and coating
• computer-aided engineering (CAE) processes, such as CAD/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)/computer-numerically controlled (CNC)/rapid processes

• functions and features of avionic components and systems, including:

• electrical systems and related wiring and components (power generation, distribution, circuit protection, control interfaces with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and caution and warning systems)
• mechanical and electro-mechanical flight instruments (pitot/static, barometric and gyroscopic) and indication systems (quantity, pressure, temperature and position)
• electronic systems and components (communications, radio navigation, pulse, display, automatic flight control, flight management and engine management)
• air conditioning and cabin pressurisation control systems
• automatic test stations, adapters and software

• integration of avionic fundamentals required for task
• communication requirements of task
• current options and tends in software, including circuit and system layout and simulation
• integration management methods.

Assessment Conditions

• This unit may be assessed on the job, off the job or a combination of both on and off the job. Where assessment occurs off the job, that is, the candidate is not in productive work, then a simulated working environment must be used that reflects realistic workplace situations and conditions.
• The competencies covered by this unit would be demonstrated by an individual working alone or as part of a team.
• Where applicable, reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity, age, gender, demographics and disability.
• Assessment methods must be by direct observation of tasks and include questioning on underpinning knowledge to ensure its correct interpretation and application.
• Assessment may be applied under project-related conditions (real or simulated) and require evidence of process.
• Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance, but is able to be transferred to other circumstances.
• Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently:

• communicate, cooperate and negotiate with stakeholders to achieve integration task
• determine task parameters and context, chain of responsibility, WHS, regulatory requirements, risk management and organisational procedures
• confirm personal, team and support personnel tasks and responsibilities
• evaluate task requirements, principles, techniques, typical applications and software
• plan the task
• integrate avionic fundamentals to achieve task objectives
• solve problems and make decisions using systems thinking and continuous improvement to address contingencies and constraints
• report and document results.

• Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency where required.
• Assessors must satisfy the requirements of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Australian Skills Quality Authority, or its successors).

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ce216c9c-04d5-4b3b-9bcf-4e81d0950371