Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to remove corrosion damage
- Extent of damage is correctly assessed to assist in determining removal procedure.
- Structure is supported and prepared in accordance with the applicable maintenance manual to ensure personnel safety and freedom from damage.
- Appropriate corrosion removal procedure is identified in accordance with structural repair manual and/or approved data.
- Specialist advice is obtained in establishing an approved repair scheme where a standard corrosion removal procedure cannot be identified or damage criteria is out of limits
- All materials and equipment required are organised.
- Remove corrosion damage
- Corrosion removal is performed and protective coatings, sealants and jointing compounds applied, in accordance with approved repair scheme, ensuring that aircraft standard practices are used and process requirements are carried out.
- Structure/component is cleaned of all waste material or contaminants.
- Components are adjusted, where necessary, to operate within prescribed specifications.
- Required maintenance/repair documentation is completed and processed in accordance with standard enterprise procedures.
- Repaired components or assemblies are tagged, sealed and packaged or cradled in accordance with specified procedures, where required.