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Defuel aircraft
Level Credits Purpose 3 2 People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to defuel aircraft, defuel aircraft and complete defuelling related tasks. Aeronautical Engineering Aircraft Mechanical Maintenance Registered 20 April 2006 20 April 2006 31 December 2011 Open. This unit standard and unit standard 20634 replaced unit standard 3910. Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry. Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation Aeronautical Engineering Advisory Group 0028

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Accreditation

Standard setting body (SSB)

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html. Special notes 1 All tasks are to be carried out in accordance with enterprise procedures, the enterprise being the organisation carrying out the work. Enterprise procedures referred to in this unit standard are the applicable procedures found in the following: enterprise exposition; manufacturer publications; Government and local body legislation; airworthiness authority requirements.

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20633 version 1 Page 2 of 4 2 This unit standard may be assessed against the use of pressurised or gravity systems.

Elements and performance criteria


Element 1 Prepare to defuel aircraft. Performance criteria 1.1 1.2 Task is determined by reviewing maintenance documentation. Environmental conditions in which the task is to be carried out are checked for suitability in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range 1.3 may include but is not limited to precipitation, lightning, airborne dust and/or debris.

Resources are obtained and checked for serviceability or status in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range may include but is not limited to publications, tools, safety equipment, support equipment, defuelling equipment.

1.4

Quantity or weight of fuel to be unloaded is calculated in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range may include but is not limited to gallons, litres, pounds, kilograms, specific gravity.

1.5 1.6

Aircraft registration and system to be defuelled are matched with documentation. Aircraft and systems are prepared for the application and removal of power and for system operation in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range may include but is not limited to cockpit controls match component positions, clearances obtained, isolation tags fitted/removed, warning signs positioned, aircraft levelled, aircraft positioned, ignition sources eliminated.

1.7

Aircraft and ground equipment are positioned ready for defuelling in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range may include but is not limited to pumps, ground power units, stands, fire extinguishers.

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20633 version 1 Page 3 of 4 Element 2 Defuel aircraft. Performance criteria 2.1 2.2 Fuel, containers and equipment are matched with system to be defuelled in accordance with enterprise procedures. Aircraft is defuelled in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range may include but is not limited to fuel quality tested to determine if disposal is required, bonding attached, defuelling equipment connected, defuelling sequence and quantity monitored and controlled if applicable.

2.3

Initial action is taken in event of abnormal situations occurring in accordance with enterprise procedures. Range may include but is not limited to fire, spillage, personal contamination by fuel.

Element 3 Complete defuelling related tasks. Performance criteria 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Aircraft, system and work areas are left in a state that enables the next task to begin in accordance with enterprise procedures. Resources are checked for serviceability and returned to service or storage in accordance with enterprise procedures. Non-conformities and abnormal situations are reported and documented in accordance with enterprise procedures. Documentation is completed in accordance with enterprise procedures.

Please note Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

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20633 version 1 Page 4 of 4 Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Comments on this unit standard Please contact the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation info@attto.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

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