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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Select and lay out schematically aircraft mechanical systems
   • Identify mechanical system applications in aircraft design and their relative advantages and disadvantages compared to other system types
2. Identify components of mechanical systems
3. Select a mechanical system for an application, sketch the schematic layout, and label all components
4. Identify mechanical system maintenance requirements
5. Select and lay out schematically aircraft hydraulic systems
   • Identify hydraulic system applications in aircraft design, their operation, and their relative advantages and disadvantages compared to other system types
6. Identify aircraft hydraulic fluids, their characteristics and handling precautions
7. Identify components of hydraulic systems and describe their operation in general terms
8. Select a hydraulic system for an application, sketch the schematic layout, and label all components
9. Determine hydraulic system maintenance requirements
10. Select and lay out schematically aircraft pneumatic systems
    • Identify pneumatic system applications in aircraft design, their operation, and their relative advantages and disadvantages compared to other system types
11. Determine components of pneumatic systems and describe their operation in general terms
12. Select a pneumatic system for an application, sketch the schematic layout, and label all components
13. Identify pneumatic system maintenance requirements
14. Select and lay out schematically aircraft fuel storage and distribution systems
    • Identify typical fuel storage and distribution systems used in aircraft design
15. Determine components of fuel storage and distribution systems and describe their operation
16. Select a fuel storage and distribution system for an application, sketch the schematic layout, and label all components
17. Determine types of aircraft fuel, their characteristics, and handling precautions
18. Identify fuel storage and distribution system maintenance requirements
19. Set up and operate a simple hydraulic system
    • Sketch the hydraulic system and label all components
20. Obtain required components according to hydraulic system requirements
21. Assemble and operate system while observing work health and safety (WHS) requirements, including the use of safety data sheets (SDS) and items of personal protective equipment (PPE)