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Title
Demonstrate introductory skills to visually inspect aircraft metal and
composite structures
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, under
supervision: prepare to carry out visual inspections of metal
and composite aircraft structures; and visually inspect aircraft
metal and composite structures.
Classification
Aeronautical Engineering > Aircraft Structures
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
structures may include but are not limited to – metal and composite structures, main
frames, auxiliary structures, plates/skin, attached fittings, aerodynamic fairings, flight
control surfaces, doors, rigid integral fuel tanks.
3
Structural components do not need to be removed to meet the evidence
requirements of this unit standard.
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 the 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 carry out visual inspections of metal and composite aircraft structures under
supervision.
Evidence requirements
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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1.1
Inspection requirement is determined by reviewing maintenance documentation.
1.2
Work area is prepared, and resources obtained and checked in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Range
1.3
publications, cleaning materials, tools, safety equipment,
illumination, magnifying glass, mirror.
Structural area to be inspected is cleaned in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Outcome 2
Visually inspect aircraft metal and composite structures under supervision.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Structures are visually inspected in accordance with enterprise procedures.
2.2
Defects are located and identified in accordance with enterprise procedures.
may include but is not limited to – cracking, corrosion, distortion,
leaks, fretting, stress, scoring, loose fasteners, damage to
protective finish, wear delamination.
Range
2.3
Aircraft is inspected after an abnormal occurrence in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
may include but is not limited to – heavy landing, bird strike,
lightning strike, extreme turbulence, foreign object damage,
corrosive substance spillage, flap down overspeed;
evidence is required for a minimum of three types of occurrence.
Range
2.4
Defects found during inspection are reported and documented in accordance
with enterprise procedures.
2.5
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.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
27864 version 2
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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.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016