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AVIY0086 — Manage abnormal situations and emergencies - helicopter

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What an assessment for AVIY0086 must cover

91 assessable components: 6 elements (26 performance criteria), 23 performance evidence and 42 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Manage a forced landing from level flight

  • 1.1Engine failure is identified correctly and control of helicopter maintained
  • 1.2Helicopter in autorotative flight is established and maintained
  • 1.3Balance is maintained
  • 1.4Rotor revolutions per minute (RRPM) is controlled within limitations
  • 1.5Suitable landing area is selected
  • 1.6Appropriate radio transmissions are made if time permits
  • 1.7Emergency checks are performed
  • 1.8Passengers are briefed as appropriate
  • 1.9Autorotative landing is performed and helicopter is secured

2 Manage engine failure during take-off and on final approach

  • 2.1Engine failure is identified correctly and control of helicopter is maintained
  • 2.2Helicopter in autorotative flight is established and maintained
  • 2.3Skids are maintained parallel to direction of travel
  • 2.4Autorotative landing or power termination is performed and helicopter is secured

3 Manage engine failure during hover or hover taxi

  • 3.1Engine failure is correctly identified during hover, yaw and drift are controlled, and controlled touchdown is performed
  • 3.2Engine failure is correctly identified during hover taxi, yaw and drift are controlled, skids are maintained parallel to direction of travel, controlled touchdown is performed and ground-slide is controlled

4 Manage tail rotor malfunctions

  • 4.1Tail rotor malfunction is correctly identified during flight, control of the helicopter is maintained, a suitable landing area is selected, helicopter is manoeuvred to a position where the safest landing is ensured and the helicopter is landed
  • 4.2Tail rotor malfunction is correctly identified during hover, control of the helicopter is maintained, a suitable landing area is selected and the helicopter is landed

5 Manage jammed flight control systems

  • 5.1Jammed flight controls are correctly identified
  • 5.2Any objects that are causing the jam are located and removed
  • 5.3Control of the helicopter is maintained and the malfunction is rectified, if applicable
  • 5.4Helicopter is manoeuvred the to the safest landing area available

6 Manage helicopter systems malfunctions

  • 6.1Control of the helicopter is maintained
  • 6.2The system malfunction is identified and confirmed
  • 6.3The malfunction is managed appropriately
  • 6.4The system is isolated where applicable
  • 6.5Emergency procedures are performed

Performance evidence

  • adapting to differences in equipment and operating environment in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • applying precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards
  • applying relevant helicopter aeronautical knowledge
  • applying relevant legislation and workplace procedures
  • communicating effectively with others
  • completing relevant documentation
  • identifying and correctly using relevant equipment
  • implementing contingency plans
  • implementing work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) procedures and relevant regulations
  • interpreting/using a helicopter manufacturer height/velocity diagram/graph
  • modifying activities depending on workplace contingencies, situations and environments
  • monitoring and anticipating operational problems and hazards and taking appropriate actions
  • monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule
  • operating electronic communications equipment to required protocol
  • reading, interpreting and following relevant regulations, instructions, procedures, information and signs
  • reporting and/or rectifying identified problems promptly in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  • selecting and using relevant equipment
  • selecting and using required personal protective equipment (PPE) conforming to industry and WHS/OHS standards
  • setting local or area barometric pressure adjusted for sea level (QNH) at appropriate stages of flight
  • solving problems associated with managing a helicopter in abnormal and emergency situations
  • using instruments to monitor helicopter performance
  • working collaboratively with others
  • working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment

Knowledge evidence

  • actions to be conducted following a forced landing
  • aerodynamic factors affecting helicopter flight performance
  • all applicable checklist items
  • applicable helicopter system malfunctions, including:
  • cautions, warnings and indications
  • engine failure/s
  • tail rotor malfunction
  • jammed or malfunctioning flight controls
  • critical flight controls:
  • fuel systems
  • hydraulics
  • flight instruments
  • application of a height/velocity diagram/graph
  • basic principles of aerodynamics
  • Civil Aviation Safety Regulation (CASR) Part 61 Manual of Standards Schedule 3 Aeronautical Knowledge relevant to aeroplane or helicopter operations
  • emergency procedures
  • emergency radio procedures
  • functions and effects of all helicopter controls
  • hazards and risks when managing a helicopter in abnormal and emergency flight situations and precautions for controlling the risks
  • impact of high gross weight and high-density altitude on key hazards
  • key hazards and typical causal factors and contributing operational situations, avoidance and recognition of symptoms and recovery techniques, including:
  • vortex ring state
  • ground resonance
  • loss of tail rotor effectiveness (LTE)
  • low 'g' force and mast bumping
  • overpitching or low rotor revolutions per minute (RRPM) – rotor stall
  • retreating blade stall
  • recirculation
  • dynamic rollover
  • local air traffic control (ATC) procedures and instructions
  • low-level weather and topography effects
  • managing system malfunctions
  • practical action plans for use in an engine failure
  • prioritising tasks when managing malfunctions
  • problems that may occur when managing a helicopter in abnormal and emergency flight situations and appropriate action that should be taken in each case
  • procedures for using performance charts
  • purpose and functions of helicopter systems
  • relevant sections of CASRs and Civil Aviation Orders pertaining to abnormal flight situations
  • relevant WHS and environmental procedures and regulations
  • threat and error management (TEM), including:
  • flight planning to avoid hazardous or adverse aerodynamic flight conditions and regimes
  • techniques to avoid a potentially hazardous situation developing while in flight

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What does an assessment tool for AVIY0086 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AVIY0086 needs to address all 91 unit components: 6 elements with 26 performance criteria, 23 performance evidence requirements, 42 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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