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MEALSU0013 — Maintain and pack escape slides

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What an assessment for MEALSU0013 must cover

73 assessable components: 2 elements (11 performance criteria), 17 performance evidence and 42 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 escape slide

  • 1.1Inspect escape slide for serviceability in accordance with standard procedures
  • 1.2Report identified faults beyond own authority to rectify to supervisor, and quarantine faulty escape slide
  • 1.3Replace unserviceable parts of the escape slide 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 escape slide for serviceability in accordance with standard procedures and manufacturer’s specifications
  • 1.5Clean escape slide in accordance with standard procedures
  • 1.6Present escape slide 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 escape slide

  • 2.1Pack escape slide for use in accordance with standard procedures
  • 2.2Present escape slide for inspection by supervisor in accordance with standard enterprise procedures
  • 2.3Complete and process packing documentation in accordance with standard enterprise procedures

Performance evidence

  • maintain and pack at least three escape slides of any type during scheduled or 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 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 escape slide.
  • handle, store and organise transport of equipment
  • inflate and deflate escape slides for maintenance
  • use applicable testing and measuring equipment, tools and maintenance documentation
  • tie knots during packing of escape slides, including:
  • reef knot
  • bowline
  • thumb knot
  • half hitch
  • perform hand sewing during replace of unserviceable parts
  • apply procedures, cleanliness requirements and safety precautions at all times and as relevant to the escape slides being maintained.

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
  • 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
  • critical nature of maintaining and packing survival inflation devices, i.e. risk of death
  • search and rescue procedures
  • 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
  • handling, storage and transit procedures relating to survival inflation devices
  • survival inflation devices and methods of operation
  • principles of operation of inflation mechanisms
  • components of an escape slide and their function, including:
  • cylinders
  • operating head
  • valves
  • valise
  • repair limitations for escape slides
  • modification requirements for escape slides
  • requirements for a survival inflation device servicing facility
  • packing tools and measuring equipment required to pack survival inflatable devices
  • use of escape slides.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Reading skills to interpret maintenance manuals and procedures.
  • Numeracy: Numeracy skills to interpret technical information.
  • Writing: Writing skills to complete documentation.

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What does an assessment tool for MEALSU0013 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEALSU0013 needs to address all 73 unit components: 2 elements with 11 performance criteria, 17 performance evidence requirements, 42 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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