NZQA registered unit standard
3896 version 5
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Title
Select, use, and maintain aeronautical engineering tools and
equipment
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select
aeronautical engineering tools and equipment; and use and
maintain aeronautical engineering tools and equipment.
Classification
Aeronautical Engineering > Aeronautical Engineering - Core
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All tasks are to be carried out in accordance with enterprise procedures, the
enterprise being the organisation carrying out the work. Enterprise procedures
referred to in this unit standard are the applicable procedures found in the following:
enterprise exposition; manufacturer publications; Government and local body
legislation; airworthiness authority requirements.
2
Tools and equipment may include but are not limited to:
hand tools – spanners, screw drivers, pliers, hammers, files, socket sets, torque
wrenches, drills, saws, clamps, chisels, drifts, reamers, taps and dies, snips and
shears, wire strippers, hole punches, vices, crimping tools;
powered tools and equipment – isolating transformers, extension power leads,
portable drills, portable grinders, drill presses, bench grinders, air driven tools,
dimplers;
support equipment – lifting tackle, jacks, benders and folders, guillotines, grease
guns, ladders, stands;
measuring and marking out equipment – micrometers, callipers, vernier gauges, dial
test indicators, bore gauges, rulers, straight edges, combination set squares and
protractors, clinometers, hole and telescopic gauges, limit and comparator gauges
and mandrels, surface tables and plates, vee and scribing blocks, squares, level
gauges, marking out compounds, scribers, steel tapes, inclinometer’s, mass
balances, spring balances, stop watches, fixed gauges.
3
All calibrated tooling and electrical tooling must be within current compliance in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
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SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
3896 version 5
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select aeronautical engineering tools and equipment.
may include but is not limited to – pre-use inspection.
Range
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hand tools are selected for the task in accordance with enterprise procedures.
1.2
Powered tools and equipment are selected for the task in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
1.3
Support equipment is selected and set up for the task in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
1.4
Measuring and marking-out equipment is selected for the task in accordance
with enterprise procedures.
Outcome 2
Use and maintain aeronautical engineering tools and equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tools and equipment are used in a safe and efficient manner, to produce the
required outcome without damaging components or tooling, in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
2.2
Tools and equipment are maintained in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
2.3
clean, repair, replace, report defects.
Tools and equipment are stored safely and securely after use in accordance
with enterprise procedures.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
3896 version 5
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31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 June 1995
31 December 2016
Revision
2
7 August 1997
31 December 2016
Revision
3
8 May 2001
31 December 2016
Review
4
20 April 2006
31 December 2016
Review
5
19 September 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0028
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016