Assessment Requirements for MEAENG0002 Apply basic scientific principles and techniques in avionic engineering situations

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for MEAENG0002 Apply basic scientific principles and techniques in avionic engineering situations

Modification History

Release 1. Application changed. Elements and Performance Criteria changed. Foundation Skills made explicit. Range of Conditions removed, and relevant information moved to Assessment Requirements. Assessment Requirements clarified. Supersedes and is equivalent to MEA706 Apply basic scientific principles and techniques in avionic engineering situations.

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit and demonstrated the ability to apply basic scientific principles and techniques in design, manufacturing, commissioning and maintenance-related tasks and projects on at least one of the following avionic systems and equipment:

electrical systems and related wiring and components (power generation, distribution, control interfaces with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and caution and warning systems)

mechanical and electro-mechanical flight instruments and indication systems (quantity, pressure, temperature and position) and components

electronic systems and components (communications, radio navigation, pulse, display, automatic flight control, flight management and engine management)

automatic test stations, adapters and software

apply and manipulate appropriate formulas for applications involving engineering calculations

apply appropriate calculations to engineering situations

check the validity of equations using dimensional analysis

quoting solutions in appropriate units, using appropriate significant figures

quoting limitations of solutions, due to assumptions, scientific principles and techniques used

presenting solutions referring to the original aim of the application.

Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:

sources of information, including:

reference texts

manufacturer catalogues and industry magazines

international aerospace organisation publications

websites

use of phone, email and fax information gathering

quotation style requirements

basic techniques of avionic engineering, including:

basic hand and power tool operations

machining

fitting

soldering

welding

moulding

fabricating

wiring

programming techniques

physics for electronics:

units and measurements

magnetic force

vectors

electric fields and potential

electric current and resistance

capacitance

work, power and energy

analogue electronics:

negative feedback amplifiers

differential amplifiers

operational amplifiers

amplifier frequency response

thermal circuits/heat exchangers

active filters

fault-finding

digital electronics:

characteristics of digital systems

number systems

Boolean algebra

logic circuits

logic families

construction and testing techniques

flip flop circuits

analogue to digital conversion

digital to analogue conversion

timing and control

combinational logic circuits

circuit theory:

Kirchhoff’s Current and Voltage Laws

Thevenin’s Network Theorem

Norton’s Network Theorem

Superposition Network Theorem

inductance, capacitance and resistance (LCR) series circuit analysis

LCR parallel circuit analysis

series and parallel resonance

electrical systems:

direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) circuit design principles

generators and motors

inverters

power supply, transformer, rectifier, filter and regulator

solenoids

circuit protection

wiring cables and looms

aerodynamics:

Bernoulli’s Theorem

the atmosphere

aerodynamic forces (lift, drag, weight and thrust)

stability and control (to a level not requiring the application of calculus)

thermodynamics – heat transfer principles (conduction, convection and radiation)

instruments:

airspeed measurement

altitude measurement

attitude indication

measurement of quantity, flow, temperature, pressure and position

control concepts and data communications:

servo and synchronous systems and components

data communication definitions and terminology

communications:

radio transmission and modulation

radio reception

microphones, amplifiers and speakers

transmission lines and antennas

pulse:

antennas

waveguides

transmitters/receivers

displays

light, sound and vibration:

wave behaviour – standing versus travelling waves, transverse and longitudinal

light – reflection, absorption, refraction, diffraction, spectrum, infrared, visible, ultraviolet (UV), transmission medium and engineering applications

sound – pitch, frequency, intensity (power), decibel scale, ‘noise dose’, spectrum, infrasound, audible, ultrasound, speed, natural frequency, resonance, transmission medium and engineering applications

vibration – sources, balancing, shaft alignment, measurement, damping and engineering applications

calculations, including when to use

fundamental and derived quantities

the concept of significant figures

the uncertainty of computations based on experimental data

procedures for:

carrying out dimensional analysis

determining the significance of figures in calculations

estimating errors in derived quantities

researching and reporting.

Assessment Conditions

The following conditions of assessment represent the requirements of the regulators (DASA and CASA) and maintenance stakeholders and must be rigorously observed.

Skills must have been demonstrated under routine supervision in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions and contingencies encountered in avionic engineering situations. The following conditions must be met for this unit:

use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources.

Evidence of tasks demonstrating competency must be recorded in a log of industrial experience and achievement.Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Links

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