Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical)

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Description

This qualification applies to individuals employed in managerial positions in both the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Australian Defence Force (ADF) regulatory environments in the fields of mechanical maintenance management and integrated logistic support (ILS). It should also be noted that most of the maintenance management positions applicable to this qualification also have airworthiness regulatory requirements regarding aviation maintenance experience. There is therefore no direct entry pathway to the qualification.

The qualification consists of:

twenty-five (25) common units and two (2) imported units, seventeen (17) of which are elective, that provide general competencies applicable to aviation maintenance managers

five (5) paraprofessional aeronautical engineering units.

This qualification applies to workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the ADF and CASA. Any regulatory/licensing requirements associated with any MEA units of competency must be met.

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Satisfied with Training

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who were satisfied with the training (Advanced Diploma).

Improved Work Status

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who started/expanded a business or who have a new job, more highly skilled work, a promotion or higher pay (Advanced Diploma).

Salary

The middle of the range of salaries earned by graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field starting their first ever full-time job after graduating (Advanced Diploma).

Jobs

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Advanced Diploma) are most often employed as:

31.6%

Technicians and Trades Workers

23.8%

Professionals

13.5%

Labourers

Industries

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Advanced Diploma) are most often employed in:

24.6%

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

13.3%

Health Care and Social Assistance

11.4%

Mining

All statistics are supplied by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

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Career Information

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Aeroskills Career Pathway

Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) is in the Engineering and Related Technologies Field of Education. For more information about this kind of career, you can explore Aeroskills.

Stream

General Maintenance

Certificate II

Certificate III

Certificate IV

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Aviation Maintenance Manager

Other courses in this pathway

Stream

Avionics

Avionic Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering

Certificate II

Avionic Maintenance Worker

Certificate III

Certificate IV

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Avionics Maintenance Manager

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Australian Apprenticeships

Australian Apprenticeships (also known as apprenticeships and traineeships) combine work with training in a nationally recognised qualification. Australian Apprenticeships are available to anyone of working age and offer opportunities to learn new skills and be paid in over 500 different jobs.

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Units & Packaging

To be awarded the MEA60218 Advanced Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical), competency must be demonstrated in a total of twenty (20) units of competency, as described below.

If the Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) has been achieved, the number of units required is ten (10).

In all other cases, the number of units required is twenty (20).

All units must be chosen as specified under the conditions set out below:

sixteen (16) core units consisting of engineering, common and imported units

four (4) elective units chosen from the common and imported units in Group A.

Core units of competency

The five (5) paraprofessional engineering units listed below are mandatory for those who do not have a Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical).

Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MEA705	Apply basic scientific principles and techniques in aeronautical engineering situations	MEM23004A
MEA707	Select and test aeronautical engineering materials
MEM23004A	Apply technical mathematics
MEM30007A	Select common engineering materials
MEM30012A	Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment

Complete the eleven (11) Advanced Diploma/Diploma common units listed below (those with Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) will already have MEA159, MEA135, MEA142, and MEA153).

Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MEA120	Manage an aviation maintenance quality system
MEA123	Manage aviation maintenance work environment policy and practices
MEA125	Develop aviation maintenance personnel
MEA134	Establish, maintain and evaluate the organisation’s work health and safety system
MEA135	Use computers in aviation maintenance-related integrated logistic support activities
MEA141	Manage risk in aviation maintenance
MEA142	Manage self in the aviation maintenance environment
MEA144	Coordinate change programs in the aviation maintenance environment
MEA153	Communicate aviation technical and maintenance management knowledge
MEA159	Manage aircraft and aeronautical product configuration
MSMENV672	Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability

Elective units of competency

Group A

Take four (4) of the elective Advanced Diploma/Diploma common units listed below (those with Diploma of Aviation Maintenance Management (Mechanical) will already have one (1) of MEA161, MEA162 and MEA140). Units should be selected using the guidance in column 4.

Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites	Unit selection guidance
MEA115	Plan and implement aeronautical product maintenance activities
MEA126	Manage aircraft maintenance activities
MEA127	Provide technical advice in the maintenance and management of aircraft and aeronautical product	MEA705, MEA707	Applicable to the CASA regulatory environment
MEA128	Provide engineering advice in the modification, maintenance and management of aircraft systems	MEA705, MEA707	Applicable to the ADF regulatory environment
MEA129	Investigate technical aspects of aviation occurrences		Applicable to the ADF regulatory environment
MEA130	Manage deployed/detached aviation maintenance activities		Applicable to the ADF regulatory environment
MEA131	Manage the custody, transfer and disposal of aircraft, aeronautical product and support equipment
MEA132	Manage budgetary resources in the aviation maintenance environment		Either MEA146 or PSPMNGT009 may be taken instead of this unit
MEA139	Perform aviation maintenance-related integrated logistic support management activities
MEA140	Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspections		For supervisors within the ADF regulatory system
MEA143	Develop and manage maintenance error management programs		Applicable to the CASA regulatory environment
MEA146	Prepare and manage aviation maintenance organisation budgets and financial plans		Alternative to MEA132 and to PSPMNGT009
MEA160	Manage aircraft and equipment system performance testing	MEA126
MEA161	Assess aviation maintenance spares and manage repairable items	MEA135
MEA162	Write aviation technical publications
MEA163	Perform aviation technical publication management activities
MEA164	Perform airworthiness management and maintenance program tasks	MEA162	Applicable to CAMO employment
MEA731	Perform aircraft weight control activities
PSPMNGT009	Manage public sector financial resources		Alternative to MEA132 and MEA146

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Course Overview

Student Outcomes

Satisfied with Training

Improved Work Status

Salary

Jobs

31.6%

23.8%

13.5%

Industries

24.6%

13.3%

11.4%

Financial Assistance

JobTrainer

Subsidised Training

VET Student Loans

Career Information

Aeroskills Career Pathway

Stream

Certificate II

Certificate III

Certificate IV

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

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Certificate II

Certificate III

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Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Australian Apprenticeships

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