Subjects
To be awarded the 
MEA30215 Certificate III in Aeroskills (Mechatronics), competency must be demonstrated in twenty (20) units of competency, as follows:
fifteen (15) core units consisting of common, technical stream and imported units
five (5) elective units drawn from the technical stream units listed in Group A while observing the unit selection guidelines.
Core units of competency
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites |
Interpret work health and safety practices in aviation maintenance | ||
Plan and organise aviation maintenance work activities | ||
Apply quality standards applicable to aviation maintenance processes | ||
Interpret and use aviation maintenance industry manuals and specifications | ||
Complete aviation maintenance industry documentation | ||
Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance | ||
Conduct self in the aviation maintenance environment | ||
Apply mathematics and physics in aviation maintenance | ||
Remove and install miscellaneous aircraft electrical hardware/components | ||
Fabricate and/or repair aircraft electrical hardware or parts | ||
Use electrical test equipment | ||
Perform aircraft flight servicing | ||
Maintain and/or repair small aircraft mechanical components or parts | ||
Inspect and maintain structures and related components of non-pressurised small aircraft | ||
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | Nil |
Elective units of competency
Group A
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | Unit selection guidelines |
Remove and install basic aircraft electrical system components | Required for electrical retractable undercarriage maintenance do not take with | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot basic aircraft electrical systems and components | Required for electrical retractable undercarriage maintenance do not take with | ||
Maintain basic light aircraft electrical systems and components | Required for 100 hourly inspection on basic light aircraft or helicopters | ||
Maintain basic light aircraft instrument systems | Required for 100 hourly inspection on basic light aircraft or helicopters | ||
Maintain basic light aircraft communication and radio navigation systems | Required for 100 hourly inspection on basic light aircraft or helicopters | ||
Remove and install aircraft hydro-mechanical and landing gear system components | Required for hydraulic retractable undercarriage maintenance | ||
Remove and install non-pressurised aircraft structural and non-structural components | Do not take with | ||
Remove and install engines and engine system components | Applicable to piston and gas turbine engines | ||
Remove and install propeller systems and components | Required for variable pitch propellers | ||
Remove and install rotary wing rotor and flight control system components | Required for helicopters with powered flight controls do not take with | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot aircraft hydro-mechanical and landing gear systems and components | Required for hydraulic retractable undercarriage maintenance | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot piston engine systems and components | Required for supercharged and turbocharged engines | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot gas turbine engine systems and components | Required for gas turbine engines | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot propeller systems and components | Required for variable pitch propellers | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot rotary wing rotor and control systems and components | Required for helicopters with powered flight controls count as 2 units - do not take with | ||
Maintain airframe systems of basic light fixed wing aircraft | Required for 100 hourly inspection on basic light aircraft | ||
Maintain basic rotary wing aircraft | Required for 100 hourly inspection on basic helicopters | ||
Maintain basic light aircraft engines and propellers | Required for 100 hourly inspection on basic light aircraft or helicopters | ||
Maintain light aircraft pneumatic systems | |||
Maintain light aircraft air cycle air conditioning systems | |||
Maintain light piston engine aircraft pressurisation systems | |||
Inspect, test and repair aircraft fabric surfaces | |||
Inspect and repair aircraft wooden structures | |||
Maintain aircraft diesel engines | |||
Maintain aircraft two stroke petrol engines | |||
Maintain aircraft vapour cycle air conditioning systems | |||
Repair/modify aircraft composite structure using cold bonding | Do not take with | ||
Repair the structure of non-pressurised small aircraft | |||
Perform major repairs and modifications to small aircraft metal structure | |||
Repair/modify aircraft composite material structure/components | Required for repairs to composite primary and secondary structure |