MEAMEC0040 — Maintain airframe systems of basic light fixed wing aircraft
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40 assessable components: 4 elements (20 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 10 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. 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 Inspect basic light fixed wing airframe systems
- 1.1Identify specific inspection requirements using relevant maintenance documentation and modification status, including system defect reports, when required
- 1.2Check isolation tags and configure aircraft for safe system inspection and operation in accordance with maintenance manual
- 1.3Visually or physically check airframe system components for external signs of defects in accordance with applicable maintenance manual while observing all relevant work health and safety (WHS) requirements, including the use of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and items of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 1.4Identify and report defects in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
2 Test/adjust basic light fixed wing airframe systems and components
- 2.1Prepare aircraft and system in accordance with applicable maintenance manual for the application of power or system operation
- 2.2Functionally test airframe system in accordance with maintenance manual for evidence of serviceability or malfunction
- 2.3Perform system adjustment or rigging is in accordance with maintenance manual
3 Troubleshoot basic light fixed wing airframe systems
- 3.1Use available information from maintenance documentation, inspection and test results, when required, to assist in fault determination
- 3.2Use maintenance manual fault-diagnosis guides and logic processes to ensure efficient and accurate troubleshooting to line replacement level
- 3.3Obtain required specialist advice to assist with the troubleshooting process
- 3.4Locate airframe system faults and clearly identify and record the causes of the faults in maintenance documentation, when required, in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
- 3.5Determine rectification requirements
4 Remove and install basic light fixed wing airframe system components
- 4.1Render system safe in accordance with the applicable maintenance manual and fit isolation tags, when required, to ensure personnel safety
- 4.2Carry out airframe system component removal in accordance with the applicable maintenance manual while observing all relevant WHS requirements, including the use of MSDSs and items of PPE
- 4.3Complete and process required maintenance documentation
- 4.4Tag, seal and pack removed components in accordance with specified procedures
- 4.5Check components to be installed to confirm correct part numbers, serviceability and modification status
- 4.6Check mass balance of control surfaces to be installed in accordance with the applicable maintenance manual, when required
- 4.7Carry out installation in accordance with the applicable maintenance manual
- 4.8Complete required maintenance documentation and process in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
Performance evidence
- maintain at least one of each system: flight control systems, fixed undercarriage shock absorbers, master or slave cylinder brake systems, fuel systems, cabin heating systems
- on at least one component from each of the following groups: ailerons, elevators, rudders, trim tabs, flaps and slats; flight control wheels or sticks, cables, pulleys, guides, fairleads, bellcranks, rods, torque tubes, chains, sprockets, trim wheels or handles and rudder pedals or bars; fixed undercarriage hydraulic and rubber shock absorbers; wheels and brake units; brake master cylinders and rigid or flexible plumbing; rigid or flexible fuel tanks, selector or shutoff valves and rigid or flexible plumbing; cabin heater ducting and control valves
- apply procedures, cleanliness requirements and safety precautions at all times and as relevant to the systems being maintained
- use hand skills, tools and test equipment to test, adjust and troubleshoot airframe systems and components, including airframe system component removal and installation
- remove, install and rig flight controls
- check flight control mass balance
- perform system functional tests and checks to isolate system faults and assess post-maintenance serviceability
Knowledge evidence
- work health and safety (WHS) precautions for airframe system maintenance, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and material safety data sheets (MSDSs)
- standard trade practices for tool and test or rigging equipment usage and installation or securing of system components
- flight control system layout and operation
- theory of flight: airflow, conditions of flight, lift and forces, drag, wings, tailplane and vertical stabiliser, lift augmentation (flaps, slats and slots), aircraft control surfaces and their function (elevator, ailerons, rudder, elevons and trim tabs), flight control balancing and flutter, stability and control and flight control rigging
- system layout and operation: cockpit controls, cables and cable tensioning, pulleys and fairleads, bellcranks, levers, control surface horns, screwjacks, push or pull rods, mechanical flight control system maintenance procedures and troubleshooting
- fixed undercarriage and shock absorber systems: undercarriage configurations and types (tail wheel, tricycle and bicycle), relative advantages of undercarriage configurations, steering systems, types of shock absorber (springs, leaf, coil, spring tube, rubber disc, bungee and oleo), wheels and tyres, axles and wheel bearings, wheel spats, fixed undercarriage maintenance procedures and troubleshooting
- small aircraft brake systems: types of brake system (mechanical and hydraulic), master and slave cylinder hydraulic brake system operation, hydraulic fluids and seals, rigid and flexible plumbing, brake pads and shoes, brake discs and drums or linings, brake system maintenance procedures and troubleshooting
- cabin heater system layout and operation: heat source (muff heaters), ducting for heating and demisting, valves and linkages, fan, cabin heating system maintenance procedures and troubleshooting
- fuel system layout and operation: fuel tank types and location, selector valves and linkages, drain valves, rigid and flexible plumbing, fuel filters, boost pumps, airframe system maintenance documentation including servicing schedules and maintenance manuals
- regulatory requirements and standard procedures relevant to airframe system maintenance
Foundation skills
- Reading: Reading skills to interpret maintenance documentation, procedures and manufacturer’s instructions.
- Writing: Writing skills to complete maintenance documentation.
- Numeracy: Numeracy skills to interpret and communicate data and technical information.
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