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Evidence Guide: MEA109B - Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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MEA109B - Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Assess task requirements

  1. Available information from relevant documentation and/or other sources, including communication with other personnel, is interpreted and assessed to determine the task and tooling requirements
Available information from relevant documentation and/or other sources, including communication with other personnel, is interpreted and assessed to determine the task and tooling requirements

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Select tools and/or equipment

  1. Hand and/or power tools or equipment are selected for appropriate application to the required task
  2. All tools and/or equipment to be used are checked for condition or calibration, where necessary
  3. Unsafe or faulty tools or equipment are identified and marked for repair according to enterprise procedures
Hand and/or power tools or equipment are selected for appropriate application to the required task

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All tools and/or equipment to be used are checked for condition or calibration, where necessary

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Unsafe or faulty tools or equipment are identified and marked for repair according to enterprise procedures

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Use tools and/or equipment

  1. Tools and/or equipment are used according to standard practices to ensure the correct outcome is produced
  2. Tools and/or equipment use is carried out without damage to components or tooling in a safe and efficient manner
  3. Operational maintenance of tools or equipment is undertaken according to standard workshop procedures
Tools and/or equipment are used according to standard practices to ensure the correct outcome is produced

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Tools and/or equipment use is carried out without damage to components or tooling in a safe and efficient manner

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Operational maintenance of tools or equipment is undertaken according to standard workshop procedures

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Store tools and/ or equipment

  1. Tools and/or equipment are stored safely and securely in accordance with enterprise procedures
Tools and/or equipment are stored safely and securely in accordance with enterprise procedures

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Apply standard trade practices

  1. Simple items are manufactured using basic engineering hand skills
  2. Common types of aircraft attachment hardware are correctly selected and used
  3. Common types of safety locking devices and fasteners are correctly selected and used
  4. Aircraft components, devices and hardware are lockwired in the correct manner, using the appropriate wire gauge
  5. Common types of aircraft connectors and plumbing are accurately assembled or connected
Simple items are manufactured using basic engineering hand skills

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Common types of aircraft attachment hardware are correctly selected and used

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Common types of safety locking devices and fasteners are correctly selected and used

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Aircraft components, devices and hardware are lockwired in the correct manner, using the appropriate wire gauge

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Common types of aircraft connectors and plumbing are accurately assembled or connected

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to use aviation maintenance hand and power tools to lay out and fabricate simple items, correctly assemble items and apply safety locking devices.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

This unit must be linked in its assessment and application to those units that apply to actual maintenance of aircraft. It is essential that all OHS requirements are met and understood.

Evidence of knowledge about how tools and equipment are selected, used and maintained is essential. The ability to manipulate tools and equipment correctly in the performance of tasks is necessary to demonstrate transferability of hand skills across a variety of applications.

A person cannot be assessed as competent until it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the workplace assessor that the relevant elements of the unit of competency are being achieved under routine supervision on the tasks listed in Groups 1 to 4 in the Range Statement. This shall be established via the records in the Log of Industrial Experience and Achievement or, where appropriate, an equivalent Industry.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency should be assessed in the work environment, or by use of simulated activities, using tools and equipment specified by aircraft manuals as well as general purpose tools and test equipment found in most routine situations. It is expected that the person operating these tools and equipment would be able to demonstrate a broad application of their skills.

Method of assessment

Guidance information for assessment

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

Look for evidence that confirms skills in:

the correct identification, inspection of, application, use and storage of general and purpose specific hand tools (i.e. spanners, screwdrivers, pliers, hammers, cutting devices, files, punches, drills and marking out tools) that may be found in an aircraft engineering workshop or hangar

the correct identification, inspection of (including calibration), application, use and storage of precision measuring tools (i.e. micrometers, vernier instruments, feeler gauges, go/no-go gauges) that may be found in an aircraft engineering workshop or hangar. Reading instrument scales must be clearly demonstrated during application of instruments to ensure compliance with specifications

the correct identification, inspection of, application, operation and storage/servicing of portable and fixed power and machine tools (i.e. drills, presses, grinders, shears, pan breaks) that may be found in an aircraft engineering workshop or hangar

identification, inspection and use of lubrication equipment

determination of correct lubricants for specified applications

identification of common ferrous and non-ferrous aircraft materials

identification of common aircraft composite and non-metallic materials (other than wood)

identification of aircraft hardware by markings, part numbers, size, shape and material

the installation of aircraft hardware using standard practices/techniques to ensure safe security and includes:

minimum thread engagement

split pinning

lockwiring

application of locking compounds

locking tabs, spring washers

lock nuts

the installation of aircraft hardware using tightening, torquing and tensioning techniques. Calculating setting, reading scales and setting up of torque wrench and/or tensioning devices must be clearly demonstrated before application of wrench or device

identification of various types of aircraft rigid and flexible plumbing and their connectors

identification of aircraft control cables and related cable system hardware

Required knowledge

Look for evidence that confirms knowledge of:

types of standard aircraft hardware and methods of identification, including bolts, nuts, washers, pins (cotter, tapered), and fasteners (rivets and camlocs)

materials from which hardware is manufactured and its applications, including plain, corrosion resistant and temperature/heat resistant

types of safety locking devices and their application

common ferrous and non-ferrous aircraft materials, heat treatment and testing

characteristics and properties of common composite and non-metallic materials other than wood

types of aircraft cable, turnbuckles, end fittings, tensiometers, pulleys and cable system components, aircraft flexible control systems

types and characteristics of lubricants

types and uses of lubrication equipment

fits and clearances

hand and power tool storage and maintenance requirements

tool calibration requirements

OHS requirements relation to the use of hand and power tools

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Note

Range statements listed below are numbered to facilitate specification of the assessment requirements included in the Evidence Guide

Application of competency

The competency applies to the selection and use of hand and power tools and equipment associated with on-aircraft or workshop related activities in the aircraft maintenance environment that involve:

1. Laying out and fabricating simple items from common aircraft materials

2. Assembling items using a representative range of common types of aircraft attachment hardware for which relevant fits and clearances, appropriate safety locking devices and fasteners, including lockwire, are correctly selected and applied

3. Assembling/connecting a range of common aircraft connectors and plumbing, applying safety locking devices, where applicable

4. Assembling/connecting aircraft control cables and applying safety locking devices, where applicable

The use of tools and equipment

The use of tools and equipment includes the related manipulative skills required to perform maintenance

Application of this unit may relate to:

scheduled or unscheduled maintenance activities

individual or team-related activities

Procedures and requirements

Refer to industry standard procedures specified by manufacturers, regulatory authorities or the enterprise