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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Investigate scope of engineering task
  2. Evaluate task for aeronautical fundamentals requirements
  3. Integrate aeronautical fundamentals
  4. Report results

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.

Appropriate technical and professional assistance includes:

Specific licenses and authorisations required by the relevant airworthiness regulator, CASA or the ADF

Technical support and advice relating to elements which have intrinsic dangers, for example:

high pressure

energised fluid vessels

high temperatures and heat energy capacity

wiring with high current control voltages above extra low voltage

Professional support for technologies, such as:

specialist electric motor drives and controllers

specialist materials, plastics, metal alloys and nano materials

Special processes, foundry, alloy welding, heat treatment, sealing and fastening

WHS, regulatory requirements and enterprise procedures include:

WHS Acts and regulations

Relevant standards

Industry codes of practice

Risk assessments

Registration requirements

Safe work practices

State and territory regulatory requirements applying to electrical work

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs)

AAP7001 .053 ADF Technical Airworthiness Management Manual

Overseas airworthiness authorities, where applicable, e.g. Federal Aviation Administration, Transport Canada, European Aviation Safety Agency

Systems thinking includes:

The process of developing solutions within the context of an entire system

Recognising that an improvement in one subsystem can adversely affect another subsystem

Continuous improvement implementation:

Continuous improvement implementation relates to plant, products, processes, systems or services, including design, development, implementation or manufacture, commissioning, operation or delivery and maintenance. Continuous improvement is part of CM and ILS.

Improvement processes include techniques, such as:

balanced scorecard

current and future state mapping

measuring performance against benchmarks

process improvement, problem solving and decision making

data management, generation, recording, analysing, storing, use of software

training for improvement systems participation

technical training

Constraints and contingencies include:

Financial

Organisation procedural or culture

Physical constraints such as limits to resources, limits to site access or logistical limitations

Airworthiness regulatory requirements

Configuration management (CM)

CM is a process for control and documentation of the design and development process and for the management of system, component and software throughout the service life

Integrated logistic support (ILS)

ILS is an integrated approach to the management of logistic disciplines originally developed for the management of military systems from design concept to final disposal at life-of-type. It covers:

reliability engineering, maintainability engineering and maintenance planning

supply and support

support and test equipment

manpower and personnel

training and training support

technical data and publications

computer resources support

facilities

packaging, handling, storage and transportation

design interface

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:

communicating, cooperating and negotiating with stakeholders to achieve integration task

determining task parameters and context, chain of responsibility, WHS, regulatory requirements, risk management and organisational procedures

confirming personal, team and support personnel tasks and responsibilities

evaluating task requirements, principles, techniques, components and systems, including software requirements, and software for basic analysis and graphics

planning the task

integrating aeronautical fundamentals to achieve task objectives

solving problems and making decisions using systems thinking and continuous improvement to address contingencies and constraints and application of CM and/or ILS procedures

report and documenting results of investigation, evaluation and integration, diagrams and calculations.

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:

WHS and organisational safe working procedures

task parameters and broader context

personal function and responsibilities

chain of responsibility for the activity

team interdependencies

aeronautical fundamentals, including:

mathematics

materials properties (ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and fibre composites)

mechanics

chemistry

light, sound and electromagnetic effects, including avoidance of electro-magnetic interference

thermodynamics and heating, aircraft air conditioning and cabin pressurisation

gas turbine and piston engines

aviation fuels and fuel additives

fluid mechanics

fluid power

hydraulic fluid characteristics

electrical and electronic control interfaces

fundamentals of system layout and function

computing

graphics, including computer-aided design and drafting (CAD) systems

typical workshop processes

methods and processes, including:

assembly of metal structure using bolts, screws, rivets and adhesives

assembly of composite structure using bolts, screws, rivets and adhesive bonding

repair techniques for metal and composite structure

fabrication of ducting and plumbing for hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic systems

fabrication of cables for mechanical linkages and systems

simple programming

simple interfacing and signal conditioning in relation to systems, such as flight controls and pressurisation/air conditioning

machining, such as turning, milling, broaching, boring, shaping, planning, drilling, reaming, sawing, grinding and threading

hot and cold working processes

press operations, such as drawing, punching, cropping and forging

fabrication and welding of metals and plastics

fabrication of composite structure components

powder metallurgy

heat treatment

moulding, casting and forging

assembly, sealing, fastening and gluing

jigs and fixtures

surface plating and coating

computer-aided engineering (CAE) processes, such as CAD/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)/computer-numerically controlled (CNC)/rapid processes

functions and features of aeronautical components and systems, such as:

mechanical systems, such as flight controls and system components

hydraulic power generation and systems, such as landing gear retraction, brakes, flaps/spoilers and powered flight controls and system components

pneumatic systems, such as bleed air, pressurisation, air cycle air conditioning, anti-ice, brakes, flaps and landing gear retraction and system components

fuel storage and distribution systems and components

power plants, including engines, engine systems, propellers, control systems and system components

electrical systems and related wiring and components (power generation, distribution, circuit protection, control interfaces with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and flap and landing gear retraction systems/components)

electronic system interface relating to automatic flight control, full authority digital engine control, air conditioning and cabin pressurisation control systems

system test stands and equipment, adapters and software

integration of aeronautical fundamentals required for task

communication requirements of task

current options and tends in software, including system layout and simulation

integration management methods.