Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
MEA401 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Inspect aircraft structures
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | MEA401 - Inspect aircraft structures |
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Description | |||
Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency requires application of hand skills and use of maintenance documentation and manuals to inspect aircraft structure and identify damage and deterioration during scheduled or unscheduled maintenance. Work may be performed individually or as part of a team.Applications include the structure of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.The unit is part of the Aeroskills Structures Maintenance Certificate IV and of the Mechanical Certificate IV (Aircraft Maintenance Stream) training pathways. The unit is used in workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Competency should be assessed in the workplace or simulated workplace using tools and equipment specified in maintenance documentation. It is also expected that general-purpose tools and test equipment found in most routine situations would be used where appropriate. The following conditions of assessment represent the requirements of the Regulators (ADF and CASA) and maintenance stakeholders and must be rigorously observed. A person cannot be assessed as competent until it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the workplace assessor that the relevant elements and performance criteria of the unit of competency are being achieved under routine supervision on at least one (1) task from each of the following groups: preparation for non-destructive testing (NDT) (access to relevant structural zones and components) inspection of: non-ferrous and ferrous alloys and composite (FRP) materials used in aircraft construction structural fastening and attachment hardware and/or devices seals and sealants glass and moulded plastics application of NDT techniques doors, hinges and locking mechanisms for damage/misalignment inspections applicable to each of safe life, damage tolerant and fail safe structure relevant to enterprise ageing aircraft inspection programs. This shall be established via the records in the Log of Industrial Experience and Achievement or, where appropriate, an equivalent Industry Evidence Guide (for details refer to the Companion Volume Assessment Guidelines). Assessors must satisfy the requirements of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Australian Skills Quality Authority, or its successors). |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | |||
Competency Field | Aviation maintenance |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Inspect aircraft structure |
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