Week 1:
Hand tools & Measuring Devices
- Demonstrates understanding of: Precision measurement tools, principles, and procedures, tool and hardware use and accountability, foreign object damage effects. Measuring tools, including calipers, micrometers, and gauges, Calibration and tool accuracy requirements
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Use of personal protective equipment (PPE), Using precision measuring instruments, Calibration of precision measuring equipment.
- Demonstrates ability to: make precision measurements with an instrument that has a Vernier scale, Perform a foreign object damage control procedure, check for proper calibration of a micrometer, check the concentricity of a shaft, Use Vernier calipers, Use micrometers, Use measurement gauges.
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Week 2:
Safety, Ground Operations, & Servicing (Safety & Ground Movement)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Aircraft towing procedures, Aircraft securing procedures, Airport operation area procedures and ATC communications, including runway incursion prevention, Engine starting, ground operation, and aircraft taxiing procedures, Types/classes of fire extinguishers and procedures, Aircraft oil, hydraulic and pneumatic, and deicing servicing procedures, Oxygen system servicing procedures,
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Preparing to tow an aircraft, Engine start/run-up without using a checklist, Engine starting and ground operations, Engine starting and operation while troubleshooting or adjusting engine controls, Ground operation of an aircraft engine with cowling removed contrary to manufacturer instructions, Ground operation of aircraft in the vicinity of other aircraft or ground support equipment.
- Demonstrates ability to: Connect external power to an aircraft, prepare an aircraft for towing, Use appropriate hand signals for the movement of aircraft, Follow a checklist to start up or shut down an aircraft reciprocating or turbine engine, Identify procedures for extinguishing fires in an engine induction system, Secure an aircraft, Locate and explain procedures for securing a turbine-powered aircraft after engine shutdown.
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Week 3:
Safety, Ground Operations, & Servicing (Servicing)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Aviation fueling/defueling procedures, characteristics of aviation gasoline and turbine fuels, including basic types and means of identification, Fuel additives commonly used in the field, use of approved grades/types of fuel in aircraft engines, Material handling, Parts protections, Hazardous materials, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and PPE
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Connecting external power equipment to an aircraft, Fueling/defueling ungrounded aircraft or using improper equipment, Misfuelling and using incorrect or contaminated fuel, Oxygen system servicing
- Demonstrates ability to: Inspect an aircraft fuel system for water and foreign object debris (FOD) contamination, identify different grades of aviation fuel, Select an approved fuel for an aircraft, Prepare an aircraft for fueling
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Week 4:
Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes (Metals & Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Materials commonly used in aircraft and their general application, Heat treatment and metal working processes, Forces placed on aircraft materials (e.g., tension, compression, torsion, bending, strain, and shear),
- Demonstrates ability to: Identify aircraft materials and hardware based on manufacturer’s markings, Select the correct aluminum alloy for a structural repair, determine suitability of materials for aircraft repairs, Distinguish between heat-treated and non-heat-treated aluminum alloys,
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Week 5:
Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes (Seals & Bolts, Washers, Nuts)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Hardware commonly used in aircraft, Suitability and compatibility of materials and hardware used for maintenance, Identification markings on materials and hardware.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Used hardware or suspected unapproved parts (SUPS).
- Demonstrates ability to: Select and install aircraft bolts.
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Week 6:
Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes (Torque & Aircraft Hardware – rivets)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Relationship between torque and fastener preload Torquing tools, principles, and procedures, determine and properly torque aircraft hardware
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Improper torque, Improper torque, Torquing techniques on critical, highly-stressed fasteners
- Demonstrates ability to: Identify rivets by physical characteristics.
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Week 7:
Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes (Special hardware & Safetying Methods)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Safety wire and safety clip requirements and techniques.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Demonstrates ability to: Identify aircraft control cable components, fabricate a cable assembly using a swaged-end fitting, Install safety wire on nuts, bolts, and turnbuckles.
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Week 8
- Mid-term review
- Mid-term Exam
Week 9
Cleaning & Corrosion Control (Corrosion)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Corrosion theory and causation, Types and effects of corrosion, Types and effects of corrosion, Corrosion preventive maintenance procedures, Corrosion identification and inspection, Corrosion removal and treatment procedures, Corrosion preventive compounds (CPC) (e.g., waxy sealants, thin-film dielectrics), Selection of optimal CPC and frequency of treatment, Use of high-pressure application equipment, Dissimilar metals causing accelerated corrosion and role of protective barriers to mitigate this risk, Conversion coatings, Materials used for protection of airframe structures, Primer materials, Topcoat materials, Surface preparation for a desired finishing material, Effects of ambient conditions on finishing materials, Effects of improper surface preparation on finishing materials, Regulatory requirements for replacing identification, registration markings, and placards, Inspection of aircraft finishes, Safety practices/precautions when using finishing materials (e.g., PPE, fire prevention), Finishing materials application techniques and practices, Control surface balance considerations after refinishing.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Health concerns when using paints, solvents, finishing materials, and processes, Ventilation, Identification of materials and processes to be used for cleaning or corrosion treatment on a given part or structure to prevent further damage, SDS PPE instructions for products during removal and treatment of corrosion, working with flammable chemicals, Disposal of chemicals and waste materials, Use of PPE when working with paints and solvents, Application of finishing materials.
- Demonstrates ability to: Perform a portion of an aircraft corrosion inspection, Identify, select, and use aircraft corrosion prevention materials, Apply corrosion prevention/coating materials, Inspect finishes and identify defects, Inspect an aircraft compartment for corrosion, Determine location and size requirements for aircraft registration numbers, Prepare composite surface for painting, Identify finishing materials and appropriate thinners, Layout and mask a surface in preparation for painting, Prepare metal surface for painting, Determine what paint system can be used on a given aircraft, Apply etch solution and conversion coating, Identify types of protective finishes.
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Week 10:
Cleaning & Corrosion Control (Cleaning)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Aircraft cleaning procedures, Improper use of cleaners on aluminum or composite materials
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Ventilation, Identification of materials and processes to be used for cleaning
- Demonstrates ability to: Identify, select, and use aircraft cleaning material, Identify procedures to clean and protect plastics
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Week 11:
Fluid Lines and Fittings
- Demonstrates understanding of: Tubing and hose materials, applications, sizes, and fittings, Rigid line or flexible hose material identification, Rigid line fabrication, installation, and inspection techniques/practices, Flexible hose fabrication, installation, and inspection techniques/practices, Importance of using a torque wrench when securing fluid hose and line fittings, Use of torque seal or similar witness techniques after installing critical fluid hose and line fittings.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: System configuration prior to and during maintenance, Use of required safety equipment, Hazardous fluids, High-pressure fluid systems, A twisted hose, A loosened fitting or a hose that has moved out of position, Use of tools while applying torque to a fluid line.
- Demonstrates ability to: Fabricate a rigid line with a flare and a bend, Install an aircraft rigid line, Install an aircraft flexible hose, Perform a rigid line or flexible hose inspection, Identify installation and security requirements for rigid lines and flexible hoses, Identify fluid lines, pneumatic lines, and fittings, Fabricate a flexible hose, Fabricate a flareless-fitting-tube connection.
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Week 12:
Inspection Concepts and Techniques (Concepts & NDT)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Nondestructive Testing (NDT) procedures and methods, Aircraft inspection programs (e.g., progressive, 100-hour, annual, and other FAA-approved inspections), Aircraft inspection methods and tools for materials, hardware, and processes.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, encompassing: Demagnetizing a component following a magnetic particle inspection, Selection of inspection techniques, Damage prevention to aircraft components and test equipment when using an ohmmeter.
- Demonstrates ability to: Perform a visual inspection, perform a dye penetrant inspection, Inspect aircraft for compliance with an AD, Identify NDT methods for composite, surface metal, and subsurface metal defects
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Week 13:
Inspection Concepts and Techniques (Inspection of Bonded Surfaces & Welds)
- Demonstrates understanding of: Soldering preparation, types of solder, and flux usage, Characteristics of acceptable welds, Characteristics of unacceptable welds, Procedures for weld repairs.
- Demonstrates ability to: Inspect and check welds, Perform a tap test on a composite component.
Week 14:
Finals Week