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Manage aviation maintenance work environment policy and practices

Manage aviation maintenance work environment policy and practices

Unit of competency
National Code
MEACOM0012
State Code
OEG28
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
22/11/2022
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
28/03/2023
Field of Education
120505 - Work Practices Programmes
Original Release Date
28/03/2023
Nominal Hours
40
Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to apply required regulations and organisational policies and procedures when planning, developing and implementing aviation maintenance work practices. Work may be performed individually or as part of a team.The unit applies to aviation maintenance work undertaken during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance in aviation maintenance workshops and aircraft hangars and on flight lines.The unit is used in workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA).Any other relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Plan aviation maintenance work practices, policies and programs
  • 1.1 Plan work practices and policies that seek to maintain the safety and wellbeing of others and comply with legislation, rules and regulations
  • 1.2 Seek guidance from required authorities in line with workplace requirements
  • 1.3 Prepare plans for implementing corrective action to remedy identified deficiencies
  • 1.4 Plan learning programs to provide personnel with the knowledge and skills required to maintain a safe working environment
2. Control the development and implementation of aviation maintenance work practices
  • 2.1 Develop and implement work practices according to work health and safety (WHS) requirements and industrial agreement provisions
  • 2.2 Analyse employment conditions and apply in the work context
  • 2.3 Inform employees of their obligations and rights under legislation and the organisation’s conditions of employment
  • 2.4 Maintain quality standards in work practices as required by regulations and instructions
  • 2.5 Communicate work practices to aviation personnel in a professional manner and identify performance difficulties
3. Implement work environment policy and practices
  • 3.1 Delegate responsibility for implementing policies and practices for a clean, safe and healthy work environment to personnel according to regulatory requirements and organisational policy and procedures
  • 3.2 Modify reporting systems practices where required to incorporate improvements in maintaining a safe, clean and healthy work environment
  • 3.3 Modify work practices and procedures on the basis of incident analysis statistics to reduce/eliminate the causative factors
4. Conduct investigations into injuries and related claims
  • 4.1 Initiate injury reports and associated claim investigations in the shortest possible time after an incident and according to legislative, regulatory and organisational requirements
  • 4.2 Analyse injury and claim statistics to determine causes and prevent recurrence
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State Code National Code Title Type
AUE62 MEA123 Manage aviation maintenance work environment policy and practices Unit of competency