Subjects
To be awarded the 
MEA60415 Advanced Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering, competency must be demonstrated in a total of twenty-eight (28) or thirty-one (31) units of competency, consisting of:
twenty-four (24) core units
either four (4) or seven (7) elective units chosen from Group A.
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 | ||
Communicate aviation technical and maintenance knowledge | ||
Use computers in aviation maintenance-related integrated logistic support activities | ||
Write aviation maintenance technical publications | ||
Manage self in the aviation maintenance environment | ||
Use electrical test equipment | ||
Fabricate and/or repair aircraft mechanical components or parts | ||
Produce aeronautical engineering related graphics | ||
Apply aeronautical modelling for computer aided engineering | ||
Apply basic scientific principles and techniques in aeronautical engineering situations | ||
Select and test aeronautical engineering materials | ||
Apply aeronautical structure design techniques | ||
Apply aeronautical system design techniques | ||
Integrate aeronautical fundamentals into an engineering task | ||
Apply technical mathematics | ||
Apply calculus to engineering tasks | ||
Select common engineering materials | ||
Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment | ||
Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability |
Elective units of competency
Group A
Take either four (4) or, where either the Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering or the Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechanical) is not held, seven (7) of the elective units listed below. Units should be selected, where applicable, using the guidance in column 4.
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | Unit selection guidance |
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 | ||
Develop and manage maintenance error management programs | Applicable to the CASA regulatory environment | ||
Perform airworthiness management and maintenance program tasks | Applicable to the CASA regulatory environment | ||
Lay out and set up aircraft systems | Must be taken if Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechanical) or Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering is not held | ||
Apply basic aircraft design characteristics | Must be taken if Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechanical) or Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering is not held | ||
Apply basic aircraft power plant design characteristics | Must be taken if Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechanical) or Diploma of Aeronautical Engineering is not held | ||
Evaluate aeroplane flight control systems | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Evaluate rotorcraft flight control systems | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Evaluate aircraft gas turbine engine power plants | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Evaluate aircraft hydro-mechanical systems | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Evaluate aircraft piston engine power plants |
| Choose in accordance with employment field | |
Evaluate aircraft pneumatic systems | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Evaluate aircraft structure | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Apply configuration management procedures in airworthiness engineering management | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Apply systems engineering procedures to airworthiness engineering design project management | Choose in accordance with employment field | ||
Coordinate engineering projects | |||
Apply finite element analysis in engineering design | Required if | ||
Apply advanced calculus to technology problems | Required if |