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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Maintain survival inflatable buoyancy vests
  2. Pack survival inflatable buoyancy vests
  3. Fit survival inflatable buoyancy vests

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.

Applicable survival inflatable buoyancy vests include:

Secumar AUS2

Ancillary equipment includes:

Electronic locating devices

Lighting devices

Pyrotechnics

Rations

Survival/location aids

Water

Standard procedures are found in any or all of:

Commonwealth/state/territory WHS legislation, regulations and codes

Australian Standards

Equipment manufacturers’ specifications and procedures

Industry practices

Safety manuals

Maintenance schedules

Work instructions

Maintenance organisation manuals

MSDS

Defence regulations and instructions

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs) and advisory material

Standing instructions

Faults include:

Abrasion

Broken stitching

Contamination

Corrosion of metal parts

Damaged hardware

Delamination/porosity

Expired components or equipment

Faulty valves

Frayed lines

Holes

Incorrect manufacture

Lifting tapes

Ultraviolet (UV) degradation

Parts include:

Buoyancy chambers

Cylinders

Hardware

Operating head

Valves

Valise

Zippers

Testing includes:

Checking ancillary equipment (e.g. electronic locating devices and survival/location aids

Cylinder weight tolerance

Inflation tests

Light and battery test

Adjustment to vest includes:

Breast height

Chest

Waist

Performance 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 under the specified conditions of assessment, and must include:

applying WHS practices relating to survival inflatable buoyancy vest maintenance processes, including the selection and correct use of PPE where applicable

using MSDS

using maintenance publications, drawings and documentation relating to survival inflatable buoyancy vests and ancillary equipment maintenance

handling, storing and organising transport of equipment

delivering briefings to personnel in relation to operating, donning/doffing and fitting of survival inflatable buoyancy vests

inflating/deflating survival inflatable devices for maintenance

using applicable testing and measuring equipment, tools and maintenance documentation to:

test survival inflatable buoyancy vests for serviceability

replace unserviceable components or items of ancillary equipment in accordance with approved procedures

select and use appropriate survival inflatable buoyancy vest cleaning materials

soldering battery terminals on emergency locator transmitters

tying various types of knots, including:

reef knot

bowline

thumb knot

half hitch

hand sewing

cleaning and maintenance of equipment and tools.

The underlying skills inherent in this unit should be transferable across a range of aircraft life support equipment maintenance activities. It is essential that survival inflatable device testing and inspection procedures, cleanliness requirements and safety precautions are fully observed, understood and complied with. Ability to interpret maintenance, packing and fitting procedures and apply them in practice is critical.

This is to be demonstrated through demonstration of the ability to recognise faults and replace components that are within the bounds of the individual’s authority, and through the demonstration of correct packing and fitting procedures. The work plan should take account of applicable safety and quality requirements in accordance with the industry and regulatory standards.

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:

relevant regulations, standards, enterprise procedures and maintenance publications

WHS procedures relating to survival inflatable buoyancy vest maintenance, including the selection and use of PPE

how to obtain MSDS

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

critical nature of maintaining and packing survival inflation devices, i.e. risk of death

search and rescue procedures

Priorities of survival and how they relate to survival inflatable buoyancy vests and associated ancillary equipment

electrical principles

approved cleaning methods for aviation life support equipment

environmental conditions that may affect survival inflation devices, including ultraviolet (UV) degradation

types of corrosion and contamination that may affect survival inflation devices

handling, storage and transit procedures relating to survival inflation devices

survival inflation devices and methods of operation

operation of emergency locator beacons and emergency locator transmitters

principles of operation of inflation mechanisms

components of a survival inflation device and their function

repair limitations for survival inflatable buoyancy vests

modification requirements for survival inflatable buoyancy vests

requirements for a survival inflation device servicing facility

packing tools and measuring equipment required to pack survival inflatable devices

use of survival inflatable buoyancy vests, including associated ancillary equipment.