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MEA731 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Perform aircraft weight control activities

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Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency MEA731 - Perform aircraft weight control activities
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to perform aircraft weight control activities. Activities include weighing aircraft and calculating the centre of gravity (CG), developing and maintaining weighing records, and developing and updating applicable loading systems.The unit applies to weight control activities for large and small aeroplanes and helicopters.The unit involves activities associated with the privileges and responsibilities of an aircraft weight control authority appointed by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in accordance with Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 100.28.This unit forms part of the CASA requirement for maintenance certification licences under Civil Aviation Safety Regulation (CASR) Part 66. Where a CASA licensing outcome is sought, users must refer to the licensing provisions in the MEA Aeroskills Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Aeronautical engineering
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
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Weigh aircraft
  • Determine applicable weighing procedure
  • Assemble required support equipment and scales or load cells, and personnel qualified to perform the weighing activity
  • Ensure aircraft is prepared for weighing according to aircraft maintenance manuals, applicable data, and work health and safety (WHS) requirements
  • Ensure aircraft is placed on weighing equipment and set up in required weighing attitude while observing WHS requirements
  • Weigh aircraft according to specified procedure
  • Ensure aircraft is restored to operating configuration
       
Element: Determine requirement to weigh an aircraft
  • Determine regulatory, aircraft manufacturer, and organisational requirements for weighing aircraft
       
Element: Identify modifications or repairs that necessitate the weighing of aircraft
       
Element: Identify regulatory requirements for weighing the aircraft, and required time intervals for re-weighing it
       
Element: Identify regulatory requirements for establishing fleet weight values, and required time intervals for re-establishing them
  • Determine applicable weighing procedure
       
Element: Assemble required support equipment and scales or load cells, and personnel qualified to perform the weighing activity
       
Element: Ensure aircraft is prepared for weighing according to aircraft maintenance manuals, applicable data, and work health and safety (WHS) requirements
       
Element: Ensure aircraft is placed on weighing equipment and set up in required weighing attitude while observing WHS requirements
       
Element: Weigh aircraft according to specified procedure
       
Element: Ensure aircraft is restored to operating configuration
       
Element: Calculate and assess centre of gravity
  • Determine aircraft empty weight from weighing results
       
Element: Use required moment arm data and mathematical formulas to calculate empty weight CG
       
Element: Initiate remedial action according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures if CG is outside certificated limits for aircraft type
       
Element: Update aircraft weighing record
  • Update aircraft weighing summary with revised aircraft empty weight and empty weight CG data according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures
       
Element: Revise load data sheet as required to align with revised aircraft weighing summary weight and balance data
       
Element: Develop or update an aircraft loading system
  • Determine fore and aft CG weight and balance extreme conditions, and revise load data sheet and loading system as required
       
Element: Calculate aircraft operational weight and operational weight CG for entry on to load data sheet and for use in developing or revising aircraft loading system
       
Element: For small aircraft, develop/revise loading system using placards placed in aircraft or information in Aircraft Flight Manual
       
Element: For large aircraft, calculate weight and balance data for required passenger and cargo loading requirements/configurations, and present data in a form that meets regulatory and organisational requirements for a system that guides and controls aircraft loading
       
Element: Update or provide data for updating computers used for aircraft loading and weight and balance computations
       
Element: Provide data to designated authority for the amendment of flight manual content relating to aircraft weight and balance
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Determine applicable weighing procedure 
Assemble required support equipment and scales or load cells, and personnel qualified to perform the weighing activity 
Ensure aircraft is prepared for weighing according to aircraft maintenance manuals, applicable data, and work health and safety (WHS) requirements 
Ensure aircraft is placed on weighing equipment and set up in required weighing attitude while observing WHS requirements 
Weigh aircraft according to specified procedure 
Ensure aircraft is restored to operating configuration 
Determine regulatory, aircraft manufacturer, and organisational requirements for weighing aircraft 
 
 
Determine applicable weighing procedure 
 
 
 
 
 
Determine aircraft empty weight from weighing results 
 
 
Update aircraft weighing summary with revised aircraft empty weight and empty weight CG data according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures 
 
Determine fore and aft CG weight and balance extreme conditions, and revise load data sheet and loading system as required 
 
 
 
 
 

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