AVIF0048 — Undertake aircraft underwater escape and survival
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What an assessment for AVIF0048 must cover
69 assessable components: 4 elements (19 performance criteria), 23 performance evidence and 27 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for aircraft ditching
- 1.1Nature and extent of aircraft situation is communicated and acknowledgment confirmed
- 1.2Personal items within the cabin are secured prior to ditching in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.3Restraint devices and survival equipment are checked, fastened and secured prior to ditching
- 1.4Primary and secondary egress routes, exits and equipment are located
- 1.5Brace position is adopted in accordance with workplace procedures
2 Undertake escape from an aircraft
- 2.1Spatial orientation is conducted in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.2Egress points are located in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.3Exits are jettisoned and cleared in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.4Restraint devices are released in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.5Aircraft is egressed in accordance with workplace procedures
- 2.6Water surface is cleared in accordance with workplace procedures
3 Conduct rescue recovery processes
- 3.1Safety equipment is deployed in accordance with workplace procedures
- 3.2Position indicating and signalling devices are deployed
- 3.3Rescue recovery techniques are applied in accordance with workplace procedures
4 Control survival hazards
- 4.1Potential hazards are identified and controlled in accordance with workplace procedures
- 4.2Swimming techniques with a life jacket are applied
- 4.3Hypothermia management techniques are employed
- 4.4Raft boarding and righting techniques are employed
- 4.5Emergency supplies and equipment are managed
Performance evidence
- adapting to differences in aircraft, role and personal protective equipment and operating environment in accordance with workplace procedures
- applying hypothermia prevention, reduction and management techniques
- applying precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards
- applying rescue recovery techniques
- communicating and collaborating effectively with others
- employing life jacket swimming, raft boarding and raft righting techniques
- identifying and correctly using relevant safety equipment, including one or more of the following:
- flares
- life jackets
- life rafts
- position locating beacons
- restraint devices and harnesses
- strobe lights
- monitoring and anticipating operational problems and hazards and taking appropriate action
- operating emergency and safety equipment in accordance with workplace procedures
- performing inverted and submerged aircraft escape techniques
- performing safe swimming techniques, including:
- group safety
- individual safety
- surface clearing techniques
- releasing restraint devices and egressing aircraft
- reporting and/or rectifying problems, faults or malfunctions promptly in accordance with workplace procedures
- securing all personal items, restraint devices and survival equipment prior to ditching
Knowledge evidence
- aircraft escape hazards, including:
- cold shock
- environment
- sea state
- weather
- aircraft egress and exit systems
- aircraft escape techniques in an inverted and submerged aircraft, including:
- blocked exit
- primary exit
- secondary exit
- emergency equipment deployment and operation
- hazards when exiting aircraft during emergency situations
- how to identify and operate equipment required to undertake aircraft underwater escape and survival, including:
- flares
- life jackets
- life rafts
- position locating beacons
- strobe lights
- manufacturer instructions for equipment used for aircraft underwater escape and survival
- regulations, legislation, workplace policy and procedures in relation to aircraft underwater escape and survival
- rescue and recovery techniques
- restraint devices including flight crew harnesses or passenger seatbelts
- risks that exist when undertaking aircraft underwater escape and survival, and related risk control procedures and precautions
- safe swimming techniques, including:
- group safety
- individual safety
- surface clearing techniques
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What does an assessment tool for AVIF0048 need to cover?
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- AVIF0019 — Implement complex human factors in remote pilot aircraft systems beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)
- AVIF0020 — Manage human factors and situational awareness in an aviation operational environment
- AVIF0021 — Manage human factors in remote pilot aircraft systems operations
- AVIF0022 — Maintain work health and safety procedures in remote pilot aircraft systems
- AVIF0023 — Apply aircraft safety procedures
- AVIF0024 — Provide first aid in an aviation environment
- AVIF0026 — Implement aviation risk management processes
- AVIF0027 — Implement aviation fatigue risk management processes
- AVIF0028 — Manage aviation risk
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