Title
Version
Level
NZSCED
1
6
031503
Qualification developer
Next review
Approval date
Strategic purpose statement
Qualification type Diploma
Credits 130
Engineering and Related Technologies > Aerospace Engineering and Technology > Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
ServiceIQ
December 2020
October 2015
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the aeronautical engineering industry with graduates who have attained sufficient theoretical knowledge and practical skills to provide technical support services for aircraft operation and maintenance activities.
This qualification is intended for learners who are experienced aeronautical engineers, and who want to broaden their knowledge and skills in the technical support function of the aeronautical engineering sector.
The aeronautical engineering sector of the aviation industry will benefit through employment of staff knowledgeable and capable of providing technical support.
Graduate profile Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- control and evaluate incoming aeronautical engineering technical information in relation to mandatory and nonmandatory requirements for aircraft operating and maintenance activities
- promulgate, control and provide aeronautical engineering and technical information to meet enterprise and customer requirements
- develop and maintain maintenance programmes for aircraft and aircraft components to meet aircraft and/or fleet operating profile, ensuring compliance with all mandatory and airworthiness authority requirements.
Education pathway
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This qualification can pathway from the various New Zealand certificates and diplomas in Aeronautical Engineering.
Pathway qualifications include:

New Zealand Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering
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Employment pathway
(Production Control) (Level 6) [Ref: 2899]

New Zealand Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering (Quality
Assurance) (Level 6) [Ref: 2905]

New Zealand Diploma in Maintenance Planning (Level 5)
[Ref: 2904]
Training progression beyond these specialist maintenance roles is most likely to be in management or in-house training for aircraft type specific training.
This qualification can be awarded by any education organisation which has an approved programme of study or industry training leading to the qualification.
Qualification award
Evidence requirements for assuring consistency
Minimum standard of achievement and standards for grade endorsements
This qualification can be awarded by any education organisation which has an approved programme of study or industry training leading to the qualification.
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.
Achieved
General conditions for programme
To achieve this qualification trainees must at all times comply with aviation regulations applicable to aeronautical engineers.
Programmes must provide for the achievement of outcomes at
Level 6.
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes Conditions
1 Control and evaluate incoming aeronautical engineering technical information in relation to mandatory and nonmandatory requirements for
Programmes must include the following unit standards:
10793, 10794
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aircraft operating and maintenance activities
Credits 26
2 Promulgate, control and provide aeronautical engineering and technical information to meet enterprise and customer requirements
Credits 83
Programmes must include the following unit standards:
10795, 10796
3 Develop and maintain maintenance programmes for aircraft and aircraft components to meet aircraft and/or fleet operating profile, ensuring compliance with all mandatory and airworthiness authority requirements
Credits 21
Recommended unit standard:
10797
Within the Field Engineering and Technology , and the Subfield
Aeronautical Engineering , standards from the following Domains:
- Aeronautical Engineering Planning
- Aeronautical Engineering Production Control
- Aeronautical Engineering Quality Assurance
Version 1 of this qualification was republished in November 2015 to update the next review date.
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