MEA156 — Apply quality standards during aviation maintenance activities

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What an assessment for MEA156 must cover

37 assessable components: 3 elements (7 performance criteria), 10 performance evidence and 20 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 Analyse aviation quality standards

1.1Identify and analyse aviation quality standards and specifications set out in maintenance documents and process specifications
1.2Identify and confirm organisational quality requirements

2 Apply aviation quality standards

2.1Apply standards required for individual and team-related activities
2.2Detect and report defects in the quality system and workplace hazards according to standard procedures
2.3Complete and process documentation accurately and clearly to enable information to be easily read or interpreted

3 Identify aviation quality improvement

3.1Use performance monitoring measures to review product and service-related activities
3.2Identify opportunities for maintaining and improving product and service quality standards

Performance evidence

under routine supervision, apply quality standards when performing aviation maintenance work; the work must occur during one scheduled or one unscheduled maintenance activity, and must involve more than one person and single and multiple tasks.
identify processes, workplace regulations, and ISO 9000 compliant documentation and specifications relating to quality standards in the workplace environment
analyse and apply quality-related information from a range of industry manuals, in particular, amendment status block information, amendment procedures, specification and modification leaflet applicability, and changes to drawings
differentiate the elements that constitute the quality system
integrate quality standards with service-specific procedures
identify and report workplace hazards according to required procedures
identify aircraft hardware, materials, and components by marking, part number, size and shape
identify actual and potential defects in the quality system, together with ongoing abnormalities of equipment or systems that may affect their quality
identify potential areas for inspection process improvement as a quality system activity
integrate quality processes in conjunction with other personnel in the workplace and workplace-specific procedures.

Knowledge evidence

typical quality systems applied in aviation maintenance contexts, and their operational features in the workplace
key components of aviation maintenance quality documentation, including standards and specifications set out in:
industry-specific quality manuals
workplace regulations and procedures manuals
ISO 9000 compliant documentation and specifications
product and process specifications
work instructions and worksheets
regulatory and organisational-specific quality requirements and procedures, including procedures for:
identifying and reporting workplace hazards
detecting defects in a quality system
reporting maintenance-related incidents and errors
reducing maintenance related errors from simultaneous maintenance
procedures for deriving and developing quality inspection programs
identifying inspection process improvements
performance monitoring measures relating to product and service standards
relationship between the quality system and work health and safety (WHS) requirements, such as workplace hazard reporting
relationship between the quality system and identification systems for aircraft hardware, materials, and components
role of inspection in maintaining aircraft continuing airworthiness and reliability, including ageing aircraft inspection requirements
key requirements relating to individual and organisational responsibility associated with ‘on condition’ maintenance
inspection terminology and standards of inspection with regard to the quality system.

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What does an assessment tool for MEA156 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEA156 needs to address all 37 unit components: 3 elements with 7 performance criteria, 10 performance evidence requirements, 20 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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