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Title
Demonstrate introductory skills to maintain aircraft engine
lubrication systems
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, under
supervision: prepare to maintain engine lubrication systems;
locate defects in engine lubrication systems; restore
airworthiness of engine lubrication systems; and complete
finishing activities related to maintaining aircraft engine
lubrication systems.
Classification
Aeronautical Engineering > Aircraft Powerplant Maintenance
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
Range
aircraft engine lubrication systems include gas turbine or reciprocating systems.
3
The scope of the system that this unit standard relates to is described in the
applicable chapters of ATA iSpec 2200.
4
This unit standard may be assessed against either on or off job in a real or simulated
aeronautical engineering environment.
5
The supervision requirement is additional to normal supervisory requirements of the
aviation industry, to enable the graduate to operate safely until they meet full
workplace competency.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to maintain engine lubrication systems under supervision.
Evidence requirements
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
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1.1
Task is determined by reviewing maintenance documentation.
1.2
Resources are obtained and checked for serviceability in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Range
publications, tools, equipment, safety equipment, materials.
1.3
Aircraft registration and system to be maintained are matched with
documentation.
1.4
Aircraft and system are prepared for the application of power and system
operation in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
1.5
may include but is not limited to – cockpit controls match
component positions, clearances, isolation tags, warning signs.
Ground and/or support equipment is positioned ready for aircraft engine
lubrication systems maintenance activities in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Outcome 2
Locate defects in engine lubrication systems under supervision.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Serviceability is determined in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
2.2
inspect, assess, test.
Defects are reported and documented in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Outcome 3
Restore airworthiness of engine lubrication systems under supervision.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Methods of rectifying defects are determined in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
3.2
Replacement parts are procured and verified as authentic and serviceable in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
3.3
identify, inspect.
Defects are rectified in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
may include but is not limited to – repair, replace, modify, adjust,
calibrate, lubricate.
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3.4
Aircraft engine lubrication system is tested to verify serviceability in accordance
with enterprise procedures.
3.5
Inspections are obtained in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Outcome 4
Complete finishing activities related to maintaining aircraft engine lubrication systems
under supervision.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Completion activities specific to the task and work area are carried out in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
activities may include but are not limited to – tool control,
cleanliness, tidiness, return of publications, systems and aircraft
left ready for next activity.
Range
4.2
Resources are checked for serviceability and returned to service or storage in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
4.3
tools, equipment, safety equipment.
Leftover parts and materials are disposed of in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Range
4.4
serviceable, unserviceable, surplus, waste, scrap, hazardous.
Documentation is completed in accordance with enterprise procedures.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 October 2012
31 December 2018
Review
2
17 July 2014
31 December 2018
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.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
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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.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016