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Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections

Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections

Unit of competency
National Code
MEA140
State Code
AUE02
TGA Status
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Current Release Number
2.00
Current Release Date
31/08/2018
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
22/07/2015
Field of Education
080317 - Quality Management
Original Release Date
22/07/2015
Nominal Hours
40
Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage and supervise aviation maintenance teams, and perform maintenance quality inspections in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and contractor organisations maintaining ADF aircraft and items of aeronautical product. Work may be performed individually or as part of a team.The unit applies to supervising an aviation maintenance team during a range of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities, including configuration changes, incorporating modifications, and repairs and overhauls.The unit is used in workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the ADF and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).Candidates must have been appointed as a maintenance quality inspector (MQI) or independent inspector in order to be assessed for this unit of competency.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.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Plan aviation maintenance for teams
  • 1.1 Identify and analyse maintenance tasks from available maintenance data or schedule according to organisational procedures
  • 1.2 Organise team workload in order of priority taking into consideration required maintenance tasks and specified timeframes
  • 1.3 Identify and obtain required resources
  • 1.4 Check tools and support equipment for serviceability and currency of calibration, where applicable
2. Implement team aviation maintenance activities
  • 2.1 Allocate maintenance tasks to team members after consideration of individual experience, qualifications, and task authorisations
  • 2.2 Brief team members on their responsibility and function in the team
  • 2.3 Authorise team members to operate required items of ground support and test equipment
3. Provide guidance
  • 3.1 Provide guidance to team members appropriate to complexity or criticality of maintenance task and experience level of individual
  • 3.2 Provide guidance in determining cause of complex faults, or faults not covered in maintenance manual fault diagnosis guides
4. Monitor and certify aviation maintenance quality
  • 4.1 Check maintenance activities and guide personnel to ensure that maintenance is performed and certified according to required documentation, policies, and procedures
  • 4.2 Perform check inspections on completed work or work stages and certify the work according to regulatory requirements, and policies and procedures
5. Perform human resource management activities at the supervisor level
  • 5.1 Identify and address human factors affecting job performance
  • 5.2 Minimise the possibility of maintenance errors
  • 5.3 Maintain sound teamwork by supporting the identification of contributing factors
  • 5.4 Support sound employment relations
6. Perform workplace training tasks
  • 6.1 Deliver on-the-job training
  • 6.2 Complete Supervisor’s Verification section of the Workplace History Sheets (Section 3) of the Log of Industrial Experience and Achievement
  • 6.3 Provide expert witness verification of competency for workplace assessors, when required
  • 6.4 Provide opportunities for individuals to develop competencies
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
W8339 MEA140A Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections Unit of competency
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
OEG44 MEACOM0024 Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections Unit of competency