NZQA registered unit standard
20906 version 3
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of CAA Rules relating to the maintenance
control and certification of aircraft
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Rules relating to the maintenance
control of aircraft; and explain the Aircraft Certification Life
Cycle.
Classification
Aeronautical Engineering > Aeronautical Engineering Planning
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and Rules that relate to this unit standard are the Civil Aviation Act 1990,
and the CAA Rules.
2
Information relating to CAA Rules can be obtained from the CAA website on
http://www.caa.govt.nz.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the CAA Rules relating to the maintenance control of aircraft.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Sources for obtaining relevant information about the rules relating to the
maintenance control of aircraft are identified in terms of CAA requirements.
Range
1.2
sources may include but are not limited to – Advisory Circulars,
CAA Rules, CAA website, email notification.
The procedures for proposing or amending rules relating to the maintenance
control of aircraft are described in terms of factors that bring about rule
changes.
Range
factors – petition, exemption, Airworthiness Directives.
Outcome 2
Explain the Aircraft Certification Life Cycle.
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SSB Code 9068
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NZQA registered unit standard
20906 version 3
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Evidence requirements
2.1
A production certificate is explained in terms of its function and requirements.
2.2
A type certificate and a type certificate datasheet are explained in terms of their
function and requirements.
2.3
A type acceptance certificate and a type acceptance report are explained in
terms of their function and requirements.
2.4
An Airworthiness Certificate and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICAs)
are explained in terms of their function and requirements.
2.5
Design changes and Supplementary Type Certificates (STCs) are explained in
terms of their function and requirements.
2.6
An Annual Review of Airworthiness (ARA) is explained in terms of its function
and requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 August 2004
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
2
19 November 2010
31 December 2016
Review
3
22 August 2014
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, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, 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.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
20906 version 3
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Consent requirements 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
Please contact ServiceIQ qualifications@serviceiq.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
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SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016