Subjects
To be awarded the 
MEA50215 Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical) competency must be demonstrated in thirty-six (36) to forty-three (43) units, chosen as described below.
All B1 Licence sub-categories require the following twenty-eight (28) units:
eleven (11) core Diploma level (CASA licensing) common, technical stream and imported units
seventeen (17) core Certificate IV common and technical stream units.
Depending on the CASA B1 Licence sub-category being sought, an additional eight (8) to fifteen (15) units are required, up to a maximum of forty-three(43) units for the qualification. All units must be chosen as specified under the conditions set out below:
Group A elective technical stream units required by CASA for a B1.1 Licence thirteen (13) or fifteen (15) units
Group B elective technical stream units required by CASA for a B1.3 Licence eight (8) units.
Core units of competency
Complete the eleven (11) Diploma level common and mechanical technical stream units listed below.
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites |
Perform administrative processes to prepare for the certification of civil aircraft maintenance | All Cert IV units listed below for applicable licence (see Note 1) | |
Plan and implement civil aircraft maintenance activities | All Cert IV units listed below for applicable licence (see Note 1) | |
Supervise civil aircraft maintenance activities and manage human resources in the workplace | All Cert IV units listed below for applicable licence (see Note 1) | |
Apply work health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenance | ||
Manage self in the aviation maintenance environment | ||
Apply mathematics and physics in aviation maintenance | ||
Perform advanced troubleshooting in aircraft mechanical maintenance | All Cert IV units listed below for applicable licence (see Note 1) | |
Weigh aircraft and perform aircraft weight and balance calculations as a result of modifications | All Cert IV units listed below for applicable licence (see Note 1) | |
Remove and install avionic system components | ||
Assess structural repair/modification requirements and evaluate structural repairs and modifications | All Cert IV units listed below for applicable licence (see Note 1) | |
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices |
Note 1: While the units do not have specific prerequisite units it is a CASA licensing requirement that competency not be sought until all of the Certificate IV units listed below for the applicable licence have been attained.
Plus the following seventeen (17) core Certificate IV common and avionic/mechanical technical stream units listed below which are mandatory for both B1.1 and B1.3 Licence sub-categories.
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 | ||
Remove and install miscellaneous aircraft electrical hardware/components | ||
Remove and install advanced aircraft electrical system components | ||
Fabricate and/or repair aircraft electrical hardware or parts | ||
Use electrical test equipment | ||
Perform aircraft flight servicing | ||
Remove and install aircraft hydro-mechanical and landing gear system components | ||
Remove and install aircraft pneumatic system components | ||
Remove and install engines and engine system components | ||
Maintain and/or repair aircraft mechanical components or parts | ||
Inspect, repair and maintain aircraft structures |
Elective units of competency
Group A
To meet the criteria for the grant of a B1.1 Licence complete thirteen (13) or fifteen (15) units listed below as specified in the unit selection guidelines in column 4.
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | Unit selection guidance |
Remove and install pressurisation control system components | |||
Remove and install aircraft oxygen system components | |||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot pressurisation control systems and components | |||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot aircraft oxygen systems and components | |||
Inspect aircraft electrical systems and components | |||
Test and troubleshoot aircraft electrical systems and components | |||
Remove and install aircraft fixed wing flight control system components | |||
Remove and install propeller systems and components | Mandatory for B1.1 where the rating sought includes propellers | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot propeller systems and components | Mandatory unit for B1.1 where the rating sought includes propellers | ||
Remove and install pressurised aircraft structural and non-structural components | |||
Inspect aircraft hydro-mechanical, mechanical, gaseous and landing gear systems and components | |||
Inspect gas turbine engine systems and components | |||
Test and troubleshoot aircraft hydro-mechanical, mechanical, gaseous and landing gear systems and components | |||
Test and troubleshoot aircraft fixed wing flight control systems and components | |||
Test and troubleshoot gas turbine engine systems and components |
Group B
To meet the criteria for the grant of a B1.3 Licence complete eight (8) units listed below.
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites |
Inspect, test and troubleshoot advanced aircraft electrical systems and components | ||
Remove and install non-pressurised aircraft structural and non-structural components | ||
Remove and install rotary wing rotor and flight control system components | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot aircraft hydro-mechanical and landing gear systems and components | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot aircraft pneumatic systems and components | ||
Inspect, test and troubleshoot rotary wing rotor and control systems and components | ||
Inspect gas turbine engine systems and components | ||
Test and troubleshoot gas turbine engine systems and components |