Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical): ANZSCO 323112

Inspects, tests, repairs and installs aircraft hydromechanical and flight system components and aircraft engines, subassemblies and components. Registration or licensing may be required.

• Dismantling, inspecting, testing, repairing and reassembling aircraft engines, ancillary motors and engine accessories, electrical systems, and subassemblies of aircraft frames
• Installing electrical circuits and equipment
• Testing aircraft communication equipment, aircraft instrumentation and electronic systems using electronic testing equipment and specialised test apparatus
• Replacing and testing aircraft oxygen system components
• Assembling parts and subassemblies of aircraft frames
• Conducting routine pre-flight inspections of engines, aircraft frames and mechanical systems
• Maintaining records of action taken
• May manufacture aircraft electrical, instrument and radio hardware components

Qualifications and experience

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Registration or licensing may be required.

• AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

Assessing authorities check your duties against these tasks, so your experience must match them, not only the job title.