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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan maintenance for teams
  2. Implement team maintenance activities
  3. Provide guidance
  4. Monitor and certify maintenance quality
  5. Perform human resource management activities at the supervisor level
  6. Perform workplace training tasks

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.

Maintenance tasks include:

Scheduled maintenance

Unscheduled maintenance

Configuration changes

Modification incorporation

Repair

Overhaul

Maintenance data or schedule includes any or all of:

Maintenance records

Maintenance manuals

Servicing schedules

Computer maintenance data systems

Service bulletins

Special technical instructions

Modification orders

Repair instructions

Observations and feedback from maintenance personnel and aircrew

Internal work instructions or management directives

Required resources include:

Personnel in required numbers with applicable experience, qualifications and task authorisation

Spares

Consumables

Tools

Special equipment

Ground support equipment

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Ground support and test equipment includes:

Power carts

Hydraulic rigs

Pneumatic rigs

Stands and docking

Component test stands

Guidance encompasses:

Damage assessment

Assessment of repair cost effectiveness

Assessment of replacement options

Applicable documentation, policies and procedures include:

Operating manuals

Maintenance manuals

Organisational policy manuals

Quality manuals

Safety manuals

Material safety data sheets (MSDS)

Procedures manuals

Work instructions

Defence instructions and standards

Standing instructions

Regulatory requirements are found in:

AAP 7001.053 Technical Airworthiness Management Manual

Commonwealth and state/territory work health and safety (WHS) legislation

Human factors affecting job performance include:

Individual health and disability

Social psychology

Time pressure and workload

The physical work environment

Actions to minimise maintenance errors include:

Varying the extent of supervision according to the nature of the task and work conditions

Allowance for qualification and experience levels within the team

Allowance for human error and "Murphy’s Law" (‘If something can go wrong, it will’)

Sound employment relations includes:

Relevant sections of industrial awards

Content of enterprise agreements

Conditions of employment and service that that apply to the particular workplace

On-job training includes:

The reinforcement of knowledge and skills gained in off-job training and guiding their application to specific on-job maintenance tasks



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:

principles of supervision

high level technical knowledge applicable to the job

fault diagnosis techniques

maintenance data and documentation

regulations, policies and procedures relating to supervision and certification of maintenance

human factors and guidelines

employment relations and conditions

equity, diversity and fraud

Commonwealth and state/territory WHS legislation

MSDS

use of PPE

confined space entry permits

avoidance of maintenance errors

MEA Aeroskills Training Package, including relevant units of competency and training pathways

the Log of Industrial Experience and Achievement, responsibility for making entries and responsibility for the certification of entries

the role of supervisors in assisting workplace competency assessors

techniques for delivery of on-job training.