NZQA registered unit standard
Title
7242 version 5
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Demonstrate knowledge of aircraft mechanical component repair and overhaul practices
Level
Purpose
4 Credits 10
This is a knowledge-based unit standard for people pursuing, unit standards in the Aircraft Mechanical Maintenance and
Mechanical Repair and Overhaul domains.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of aircraft mechanical components, and aircraft mechanical component repair and overhaul practices.
Classification Aeronautical Engineering > Aircraft Mechanical Repair and
Overhaul
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Range components may include – pumps, valves, filters, regulators, actuators, control units, hydraulic motors, heaters, heat exchangers, coolers, air cycle machines, pressure bottles and cylinders, reservoirs and tanks, shock struts and absorbers, windows, wheels, brake units.
2 Mechanical component repair and overhaul tasks must meet the standards required by the component manufacturer.
3 Standard practices referred to are those in the aviation industry, examples being Great
Britain – Civil Aviation Authority, CAP 562: Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Information and
Procedures (CAAIP) (London: TSO) and United States
– Federal Aviation
Administration, Advisory Circular 43.13, Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and
Practices – Aircraft Inspection and Repair (US Department of Transportation).
4 The scope of the systems that this standard relates to is described in the applicable chapters of ATA iSpec 2200.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of aircraft mechanical components.
Range mechanical components within air-conditioning, pressurisation, fire detection and protection, flight control, fuel storage and distribution, hydraulic, ice and rain
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Evidence requirements
1.1 Mechanical components are described in terms of their purpose, function, construction, and operating principles.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of aircraft mechanical component repair and overhaul practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Repair and overhaul of mechanical components is described in terms of standard industry practices.
Range disassembly, assembly, inspection, troubleshooting, defect rectification, repair, adjustment, testing.
2.2 Procedures to prepare mechanical components for shipping and storage are described in terms of standard industry practices.
2.3 Safety precautions for mechanical component repair and overhaul activities are described in terms of standard industry practices.
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 21 May 1996 31 December 2016
Revision
Revision
2
3
7 August 1997
8 May 2001
31 December 2016
31 December 2016
Review 4 20 April 2006 31 December 2016
Review 5 18 June 2014 N/A
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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.
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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.
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