Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering (Maintenance Planning)
(Level 5)
Version
1
Qualification type
Diploma
Level
5
Credits
120
NZSCED
031503
Engineering and Related Technologies > Aerospace
Engineering and Technology > Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
Qualification developer
ServiceIQ
Next review
December 2020
Approval date
October 2015
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the aeronautical
engineering industry with graduates who carry out the
maintenance planning function and recognises the knowledge
and skills in keeping with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
regulatory requirements for this role.
This qualification is intended for learners who are experienced
aeronautical engineers, and who want to broaden their skills to
include maintenance planning.
The aeronautical engineering sector of the aviation industry will
benefit through employment of staff knowledgeable and capable
of planning the maintenance process of aircraft.
Graduates will be equipped with a comprehensive set of skills
relating to the administration and management of maintenance
planning for an aviation engineering organisation.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
Education pathway
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Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
-
forecast the maintenance requirements for an aircraft fleet
and major aircraft components
-
plan and schedule aircraft maintenance activities to ensure
the accomplishment of the scheduled maintenance
requirements
-
define the scope and requirements for planned maintenance
of aircraft and document maintenance process
-
monitor and control an aircraft maintenance activity to
ensure the accomplishment of the scheduled maintenance
requirements, ensuring all specified policies, practices and
procedures are complied with
This qualification can provide a pathway from the various New
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Zealand certificates and diplomas in Aeronautical Engineering
and can provide a pathway to other training opportunities, both
off job and on job, in Aeronautical Engineering.
Career progression beyond these specialist maintenance roles is
most likely to be in management, for which a range of
management qualifications and/or training opportunities are
available.
Pathway qualifications include:

Employment pathway
New Zealand Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering
(Technical Support) (Level 6) [Ref: 2906]
Graduates will have the skills and knowledge to be a
maintenance planner in aeronautical engineering organisations
within the aviation industry.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification can be awarded by any education organisation
which has an approved programme of study or industry training
leading to the qualification.
Evidence requirements for
assuring consistency
Evidence associated with the achievement of qualification
outcomes will include the following:
-
Employer surveys to determine if graduates of the
qualification meet the graduate outcomes.
-
A range of workplace evidence demonstrating that
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes.
May include other evidence, as appropriate.
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
Achieved
General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
To achieve this qualification trainees must at all times comply
with aviation regulations applicable to aeronautical engineers.
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
1
Recommended unit standard:
Forecast the maintenance
requirements for an aircraft
fleet and major aircraft
components
10803
Credits 40
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2
Plan and schedule aircraft
maintenance activities to
ensure the accomplishment of
the scheduled maintenance
requirements
Recommended unit standard:
10805
Credits 25
3
Define the scope and
requirements for planned
maintenance of aircraft and
document maintenance
process
Recommended unit standard:
10806
Credits 45
4
Monitor and control an aircraft
maintenance activity to ensure
the accomplishment of the
scheduled maintenance
requirements, ensuring all
specified policies, practices
and procedures are complied
with
Programmes must include the following unit standard:
10804
Credits 10
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Diploma in Aeronautical
Engineering (Maintenance Planning) (Level 5) [Ref: 1258]
Trainees currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification may either complete the
requirements by 31 December 2020 or transfer to the replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018. The
last date for assessment of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2020, at which time it will be
designated as discontinued.
It is the intention of ServiceIQ that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to:
ServiceIQ
PO Box 25522
Wellington 6146
Telephone
Fax
Email
0800 863693
04 8175399
qualifications@serviceiq.org.nz
Republication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished in November 2015 to update the next review date.
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