MEALSU0006 — Maintain, pack and fit survival inflatable buoyancy vests
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101 assessable components: 3 elements (18 performance criteria), 23 performance evidence and 57 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. 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 Maintain survival inflatable buoyancy vests
- 1.1Inspect survival inflatable buoyancy vests and associated ancillary equipment for serviceability in accordance with standard procedures
- 1.2Report identified faults beyond own authority to rectify to supervisor and quarantine faulty survival inflatable buoyancy vest or ancillary equipment
- 1.3Prepare vest for maintenance and replace unserviceable parts of survival inflatable buoyancy vest or ancillary equipment in accordance with standard procedures while observing all relevant work health and safety (WHS) requirements, including the use of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and items of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 1.4Test survival inflatable buoyancy vest for serviceability in accordance with standard procedures and manufacturer’s specifications
- 1.5Clean survival inflatable buoyancy vest in accordance with standard procedures
- 1.6Present survival inflatable buoyancy vest for inspection by supervisor in accordance with standard procedures
- 1.7Complete and process maintenance documentation in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
- 1.8Clean and perform required maintenance on equipment and tools used, and dispose safely of hazardous materials, in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
2 Pack survival inflatable buoyancy vests
- 2.1Pack survival inflatable buoyancy vest for use in accordance with standard procedures
- 2.2Pack ancillary equipment for use in accordance with standard procedures
- 2.3Present survival inflatable buoyancy vest for inspection by supervisor in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
- 2.4Complete and process packing documentation in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
3 Fit survival inflatable buoyancy vests
- 3.1Explain fitting process to participant to achieve optimal fit through relevant feedback
- 3.2Measure participant to select appropriate size survival inflatable buoyancy vest
- 3.3Adjust survival inflatable buoyancy vest to optimise fit
- 3.4Verify survival inflatable buoyancy vest fit participant feedback and supervisor approval
- 3.5Deliver briefing to personnel in relation to operating, donning and doffing and fitting survival inflatable buoyancy vests
- 3.6Complete and process fitting documentation in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
Performance evidence
- complete a minimum of three inflation tests without the need for corrective action by the supervisor
- correctly pack a minimum of three survival inflatable buoyancy vests without the need for corrective action by the supervisor
- correctly fit survival inflatable buoyancy vests to a minimum of three different people without supervisor intervention, showing adjustment techniques for each of:
- breast height
- chest
- waist
- recognise a range of faults and their serviceability limits (faults must include incorrect manufacture and verifying expiry date of inflatable buoyancy vest and ancillary equipment)
- soldering battery terminals on emergency locator transmitters
- perform testing for the vests being worked on, covering each of:
- checking ancillary equipment (e.g. electronic locating devices and survival/location aids)
- cylinder weight tolerance
- inflation and deflation tests
- light and battery test
- handle, store and organise transport of equipment as part of packing procedure
- inflate and deflate survival inflatable devices for maintenance
- use applicable testing and measuring equipment, tools and maintenance documentation
- while adjusting vest-fitting, tie each type of knot from the list below:
- reef knot
- bowline
- thumb knot
- half hitch
- use hand sewing during parts replacement
- apply procedures, cleanliness requirements and safety precautions at all times and as relevant to the tasks above.
Knowledge evidence
- relevant enterprise procedures and maintenance publications, including:
- equipment manufacturers’ specifications and procedures
- industry practices
- safety manuals
- maintenance schedules
- work instructions
- maintenance organisation manuals
- standing instructions
- Commonwealth, state and territory work health and safety (WHS) legislation, regulations, codes and procedures for survival inflatable buoyancy vest maintenance, including selecting and using personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Australian Standards for oxygen masks
- relevant Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) and Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulations and instructions
- how to obtain and use material safety data sheets (MSDSs)
- relevant safety precautions including storage and handling of compressed gas cylinders and survival and distress pyrotechnics
- critical nature of maintaining and packing survival inflation devices, i.e. risk of death
- search and rescue procedures
- priorities of survival and how they relate to survival inflatable buoyancy vests and associated ancillary equipment
- electrical principles
- approved cleaning methods for aviation life support equipment
- environmental conditions that may affect survival inflation devices, including ultraviolet (UV) degradation
- typical faults that may affect survival inflation devices. Including:
- abrasion
- broken stitching
- contamination
- corrosion of metal parts
- damaged hardware
- delamination/porosity
- expired components or equipment
- faulty valves
- frayed lines
- holes
- incorrect manufacture
- lifting tapes
- ultraviolet (UV) degradation
- handling, storage and transit procedures relating to survival inflation devices
- survival inflation devices and methods of operation
- operation of emergency locator beacons and emergency locator transmitters
- principles of operation of inflation mechanisms
- components of a survival inflation device and their function, including:
- buoyancy chambers
- cylinders
- hardware
- operating head
- valves
- valise
- zippers
- repair limitations for survival inflatable buoyancy vests
- modification requirements for survival inflatable buoyancy vests
- requirements for a survival inflation device servicing facility
- packing tools and measuring equipment required to pack survival inflatable devices
- use of survival inflatable buoyancy vests, including associated ancillary equipment.
- types of ancillary equipment and their function, including:
- electronic locating devices
- lighting devices
- pyrotechnics
- rations
- survival/location aids
- water.
Foundation skills
- Reading: to interpret a wide range of procedures and manuals.
- Numeracy: to interpret technical information including drawings.
- Writing and oral communication: to explain the fitting process and complete documentation.
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