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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Promote change within workplace practices
  2. Initiate change where necessary

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Change results from:

Technology

Procedures

Policy

Government legislation

Regulations

Personnel

Finance

Ongoing evaluation and feedback

Opportunities include:

Improved maintenance procedures that decrease maintenance times and/or man-hours

Improved procedures for the management of maintenance or logistic support activities

Improvements in physical working conditions

Adoption of more effective tooling or support equipment

Improvements to maintenance data

Threats include:

Adoption of changes that are in violation of regulatory requirements

Adoption of changes that are in violation of organisational policy or procedures

Failure to recognise additional training or authorisation requirements

Failure to fully comply with relevant work health and safety (WHS) legislation

Failure to get the full support of all stakeholders, including those in other parts of the overall maintenance and logistic support organisation

Failure to recognise a need for changes to industrial awards or agreements

Organisational and regulatory guidelines include:

Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs) and associated Advisory Circulars (ACs)

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs), Manuals of Standards and associated Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material

AAP 7001.053 Technical Airworthiness Management Manual

Defence regulations and instructions

Maintenance organisation expositions

Continuing airworthiness management organisation expositions

Quality manuals

Procedures manuals

Standing instructions

Work instructions

WHS legislation (state/territory and Commonwealth)

Initiatives for bringing about improvements arise from:

Changes to organisational policy and procedures

Reform of regulations

Changes to training and authorisation requirements

Management review processes

Suggestions from individual stakeholders

Availability of new tools or support equipment

Availability of new management technology

Industry or original equipment manufacturer periodicals and newsletters

Feedback from other operators of the aircraft type or item of aeronautical product

Consultative processes include:

Consultation with regulators where the change has a regulatory component

Consultation with higher management where organisational policy and procedures are involved

Consultation with stakeholders elsewhere in the logistic support network

Consultation at all levels in the relevant area of the aviation maintenance environment

Consultation with stakeholders in the industrial relations system

Consultation with suppliers of management systems, tooling or support equipment