Subjects
To be awarded the 
MEA60215 Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical), competency must be demonstrated in a total of twenty (20) units of competency, as described below.
If the Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) has been achieved, the number of units required is ten (10).
In all other cases, the number of units required is twenty (20).
All units must be chosen as specified under the conditions set out below:
sixteen (16) core units consisting of engineering, common and imported units
four (4) elective units chosen from the common and imported units in Group A.
Core units of competency
The five (5) paraprofessional engineering units listed below are mandatory for those who do not have a Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical).
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites |
Apply basic scientific principles and techniques in aeronautical engineering situations | ||
Select and test aeronautical engineering materials | ||
Apply technical mathematics | ||
Select common engineering materials | ||
Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment |
Complete the eleven (11) Advanced Diploma/Diploma common units listed below (those with Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) will already have MEA121 , MEA133 , MEA135 and MEA142 ).
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites |
Manage an aviation maintenance quality system | ||
Manage aircraft/aeronautical product configuration | ||
Manage aviation maintenance work environment policy and practices | ||
Coordinate change programs in the aviation maintenance environment | ||
Develop aviation maintenance personnel | ||
Communicate aviation technical and maintenance knowledge | ||
Establish, maintain and evaluate the organisations work health and safety system | ||
Use computers in aviation maintenance-related integrated logistic support activities | ||
Manage risk in aviation maintenance | ||
Manage self in the aviation maintenance environment | ||
Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability |
Elective units of competency
Group A
Take four (4) of the elective Advanced Diploma/Diploma common units listed below (those with Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) will already have one (1) of MEA136 , MEA137 and MEA140 ). Units should be selected using the guidance in column 4.
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | Unit selection guidance |
Plan and implement aeronautical product maintenance activities | |||
Manage aircraft/equipment system performance testing | |||
Manage aircraft maintenance activities | |||
Provide technical advice in the maintenance and management of aircraft and aeronautical product | Applicable to the CASA regulatory environment | ||
Provide engineering advice in the modification, maintenance and management of aircraft systems | Applicable to the ADF regulatory environment | ||
Investigate technical aspects of aviation occurrences | Applicable to the ADF regulatory environment | ||
Manage deployed/detached aviation maintenance activities | Applicable to the ADF regulatory environment | ||
Manage the custody, transfer and disposal of aircraft, aeronautical product and support equipment | |||
Manage budgetary resources in the aviation maintenance environment | Either | ||
Assess aviation maintenance spares and manage repairable items | |||
Write aviation maintenance technical publications | |||
Perform aviation technical publication management activities | |||
Perform aviation maintenance-related integrated logistic support management activities | |||
Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections | For supervisors within the ADF regulatory system | ||
Develop and manage maintenance error management programs | Applicable to the CASA regulatory environment | ||
Prepare and manage aviation maintenance organisation budgets and financial plans | Alternative to | ||
Perform airworthiness management and maintenance program tasks | Applicable to CAMO employment | ||
Manage public sector financial resources | l |