Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to evaluate avionic digital system
- Confirm and apply safe electrical working practice
- Review the effects of electricity on humans and identify dangerous high currents and voltages and regulatory requirements related to extra low, low and high voltage applications and relate these to aircraft digital system operation and maintenance
- Determine parameters and context of applications and purpose of evaluation
- Confirm personal functions and responsibilities, team and support functional group interdependencies and communications
- Confirm that tasks and responsibilities are appropriate to qualifications and delegations and that appropriate support, including technical and professional assistance, is available
- Determine chain of responsibility for the activity evaluation, reporting arrangements and timelines
- Identify work health and safety (WHS) and regulatory requirements with particular emphasis on safety, codes of practice, performance requirements and standards, including airworthiness regulatory requirements for avionic systems, risk management and organisational procedures
- Identify principles and techniques required for evaluation of avionic digital system and system components
- Identify features and functions of avionic digital systems and components
- Review avionic digital system design and layout requirements and techniques
- Identify system power requirements and interfaces with aircraft and avionic analogue systems
- Identify electro-magnetic interference protection requirements
- Evaluate avionic digital system and system components
- Evaluate proposed modifications to avionic digital systems, system components and software
- Evaluate avionic digital system and system component maintenance requirements
- Evaluate avionic digital systems and system component reliability and defect history
- Evaluate proposed component and piece part substitution
- Evaluate application for compliance with WHS Acts, regulations, codes, directives and standards/specifications, including those related to risk management
- Report results