Earning Criteria

• This person is able to: Understand the roles of European and International aviation safety organisations, Understand the requirements for aircraft maintenance personnel and organisations, Understand the European requirements for aircraft certification, Understand the contents of Part-M and other National and International requirements
• This person is able to: Explain the term ‘Human Factors’, Explain why Human Factors are important in the aeronautical engineering workplace, Explain categories of Human Factor that are important to aeronautical engineering staff
• This person is able to: Understand the principles of electrical current and charge, Understand the principles of aircraft electrical power generation, Understand the principles and use of aircraft batteries, know the use of aircraft cables and associated devices, Understand aircraft cabling tasks, Understand aircraft power supplies, Understand aircraft flight instruments and lighting systems, Understand digital aircraft control and monitoring systems
• This person is able to: Describe the basic nature and composition of the Earth’s atmosphere, Describe the main layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, Solve problems using the basic gas laws, Describe the use of the International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) in aviation.
• This person will be able to: Know the properties of aircraft ferrous materials, Know the properties of aircraft non-ferrous materials, Understand corrosion in aircraft materials, Repair corroded airframe components, Understand the properties of advanced, composite and other non-metallic materials, Understand general-purpose aircraft components, Use aircraft fasteners and locking devices  8. know aircraft control cables and transmission systems
• This person will be able to understand/use; Safety precautions required working on aircraft and in workshops, Tools & working practices used on aircraft/ in workshops, Engineering drawings, diagrams & standards, The system of fits & clearances used on aircraft, Airframe structures, Techniques for the assembly & repair of airframe structures & components, Techniques for the assembly of airframe structures & components, Maintenance procedures for the safe & effective operation of aircraft.
• This person will be able to use/understand :Principles of arithmetic, SI Imperial and US customary units, Algebraic expressions & formulae using standard techniques, Calculate physical properties of two and three dimensional shapes, Use graphs to determine values & solve engineering problems, The nature of matter, Principles of statics, Principles of types of motion & Principles of dynamics & Principles of fluid motion related to aircraft in flight
• This person has completed one of the following optional units from group 1.  Unit 206-Maintaining Aircraft Mechanical Systems or Unit 217-Maintaining Rotary Wing Mechanical Systems and Rotary Wing Flight Controls.
• This person has completed one of the following optional units from group 2.  Unit 207-Maintaining Gas Tubine Engines and Propellers or Unit 216-Maintaining Gas Tubine Engines and Rotors.
• This qualification is regulated by Ofqual in England and Northern Ireland