This unit of competency is applicable to all Aeroskills maintenance training pathways. It requires application of basic hand skills and standard trade practices in the maintenance of aircraft and aircraft components. The competency applies to the selection and use of hand and power tools and equipment associated with scheduled and unscheduled on-aircraft or workshop-related activities in the aircraft maintenance environment that involve:laying out and fabricating simple items from common aircraft materialsassembling items using a representative range of common types of aircraft attachment hardware for which relevant fits and clearances, appropriate safety locking devices and fasteners, including lockwire, are correctly selected and appliedassembling/connecting a range of common aircraft connectors and plumbing, applying safety locking devices, where applicableassembling/connecting aircraft control cables and applying safety locking devices, where applicablethe use of lubrication equipment and lubricants.Work may be performed individually or as part of a team and in accordance with industry standard procedures specified by manufacturers, regulatory authorities or the enterprise.The unit is used in workplaces that operate under the airworthiness regulatory systems of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Where a CASA licensing outcome is sought this unit forms part of the CASA requirement for the granting of the chosen maintenance certification licence under Civil Aviation Safety Regulation (CASR) Part 66, in accordance with the licensing provisions in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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