Packaging Rules

The minimum requirements for achievement of the Advanced Diploma of Engineering are:
- completion of the seven core units of competency listed below, and
- completion of 23 elective units, to bring the total number of units to 30.

Group A and Group B elective units must be selected as follows:
- up to eight general elective units from the list in Group A
- at least 15 specialist elective units from Group B, to bring the total number of elective units to 23.

Note that when selecting elective units any prerequisite units must also be completed.
Note that prerequisites can only count towards the number of electives required if they are listed in the groups below (refer to units and prerequisites listing in Appendix 2, Volume 1).

Five appropriate Group B electives may be chosen from other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available for inclusion at Advanced Diploma.

Note that the Group A and B elective units listed below include all the MEM units that are approved for selection in this qualification. This meets the NQC requirement that one sixth of the total units must be able to be selected from other qualifications in the same Training Package.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION DESCRIPTORS
The following additional descriptors are approved for use with this qualification: Mechanical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Aeronautical, Avionic.

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
There are no specific licences that relate to this qualification. However, for employment at para-professional levels in the aeronautical and avionic fields in the Australian aviation industry, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) have requirements that must be met. Units designed to meet these requirements are included as electives in this qualification. Advice on the selection of electives to meet ADF and CASA requirements is given at the end of this qualification.