MEALSU0012 — Maintain and pack survival inflatable life rafts
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What an assessment for MEALSU0012 must cover
90 assessable components: 2 elements (12 performance criteria), 19 performance evidence and 56 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 life raft
- 1.1Inspect survival inflatable life raft 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 life raft and ancillary equipment
- 1.3Replace unserviceable parts of the survival inflatable life raft and ancillary equipment items 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 life raft for serviceability in accordance with standard procedures and manufacturer’s specifications
- 1.5Clean survival inflatable life raft in accordance with standard procedures
- 1.6Present survival inflatable life raft 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 in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
2 Pack survival inflatable life raft
- 2.1Pack survival inflatable life raft for use in accordance with standard procedures
- 2.2Pack ancillary equipment for use in accordance with standard procedures
- 2.3Present survival inflatable life raft for inspection by supervisor in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
- 2.4Complete and process relevant documentation in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
Performance evidence
- maintain and pack at least one type of survival inflatable life raft during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, including the following tasks:
- complete a minimum of three inflation tests without the need for corrective action by the supervisor
- test cylinder weight and determine if it is within tolerance
- pack a minimum of three survival inflatable life rafts or escape slides without the need for corrective action by the supervisor
- recognise the following potential faults and their serviceability limits:
- incorrect manufacture
- elapsed expiry date of inflatable life raft and ancillary equipment or escape slide
- handle, store and organise transport of equipment
- deliver briefings to personnel in relation to operating survival inflatable life rafts
- inflate and deflate survival inflatable devices for maintenance
- use applicable testing and measuring equipment, tools and maintenance documentation
- solder battery terminals on emergency locator transmitters during replacement of unserviceable parts
- tie various types of knots during life raft packing, including:
- reef knot
- bowline
- thumb knot
- half hitch
- perform hand sewing during replacement of unserviceable parts
- follow procedures, cleanliness requirements and safety precautions at all times and as relevant for the inflatable life rafts being maintained and packed.
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 device maintenance and packing
- Australian Standards for restraint systems
- types of survival inflatable life raft, including:
- 10U Mk8
- F2B
- LRU 16
- relevant Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) and Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulations and instructions
- 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 life rafts 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 and porosity
- expired components or equipment
- faulty valves
- frayed lines
- holes
- incorrect manufacture
- lifting tapes
- 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:
- cylinders
- operating head
- valves
- valise
- repair limitations for survival inflatable life rafts
- modification requirements for survival inflatable life rafts
- requirements for a survival inflation device servicing facility
- packing tools and measuring equipment required to pack survival inflatable devices
- use of survival inflatable life rafts, including associated ancillary equipment
- types of ancillary equipment associated with survival inflatable devices, including:
- electronic locating devices
- lighting devices
- pyrotechnics
- rations
- survival/location aids
- water.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: to interpret maintenance manuals and procedures.
- Numeracy skills: to interpret technical information.
- Writing skills: to complete documentation.
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