This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

ability to relate to people from a range of social cultural and ethnic backgrounds and physical and mental abilities

deliver briefings to personnel in relation to operating survival inflatable life rafts and escape slides

handle store and organise transport of equipment

inflatedeflate survival inflatable devices for maintenance

information technology skills to enable access and input to documentation

liaise with outside agencies relating to maintenance activities

literacy skills for comprehending and interpreting documentation including

aircraft documentation

maintenance documentation

survival and distress pyrotechnic documentation

maintenance and servicing schedules

flying schedules

technical publications

technical drawings

Material Safety Data Sheets MSDS

operate and maintain personal protective equipment

problem solving skills for a limited range of differing procedural circumstances

raise and complete maintenance documentation

solder battery terminals on emergency locator transmitters

tie various types of knots including

reef knot

bowline

thumb knot

half hitch

use hand sewing techniques

use relevant hand and power tools

use testing and measuring equipment in accordance with approved methods

work with others and in a team by recognising dependencies and using cooperative approaches to optimise workflow and productivity

Required Knowledge

approved cleaning methods for aviation life support equipment

components of a survival inflation device and their function

critical nature of maintaining and packing survival inflation devices ie risk of death

electrical principles

environmental conditions that may affect survival inflation devices

handling storage and transit procedures relating to survival inflation devices

legal responsibilities

methods of operations for a survival inflation device

modification requirements for survival inflatable life rafts and escape slides

operation of emergency locator beacons and emergency locator transmitters

packing tools and measuring equipment required to pack survival inflation devices

principles of operation for inflation mechanisms

priorities of survival and how they relate to survival inflatable life rafts and associated ancillary equipment

procedures in relation to organisation and aviation industry different aviation trades and how they relate to each other

quality systems and standards

reading and interpreting specifications

relevant legislation and procedures in relation to aviation industry

relevant OHampS regulationsrequirements precautions equipment material and personal safety requirements

relevant safety precautions including storage and handling of compressed gas cylinders and survival and distress pyrotechnics

repair limitations for survival inflatable life rafts and escape slides

requirements for a survival inflation device servicing facility

search and rescue procedures

tool control procedures

types of corrosion and contamination that may affect survival inflation devices

ultraviolet degradation

use of aviation industry documentation

use of maintenance documentation

use of survival inflatable life rafts and escape slides and associated ancillary equipment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

test cylinder weight is within tolerances

complete a minimum of three inflation tests with no corrective action required by supervisor

correctly pack a minimum of three survival inflatable life rafts or escape slides with no corrective action required by supervisor

recognise limit of own authority

recognise a range of faults and their serviceability limits

The range of faults must include

incorrect manufacture

verifying expiry date of inflatable life raft or escape slide and ancillary equipment

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over time with a range of packing and maintenance activities for inflatable survival devices

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace environment

Specific resources for assessment

Access to an environmentally controlled facility survival inflatable life raft or escape slide tools and equipment for packing and maintaining survival inflatable life rafts or escape slides

Survival inflatable life rafts or escape slides may include

Ancillary equipment may include

Standard procedures may include

Faults may include

Parts may include

Testing may include