Aviation Maintenance Engineering

Syllabus

1. Need of Maintenance (4 hours)
   1. Maintenance and its type
   2. Roles of engineer and mechanic
   3. Reliability
   4. Redesign
   5. Failure rate patterns
   6. Maintenance considerations
   7. Maintenance program establishment
2. Development of Maintenance Program (4 hours)
   1. Maintenance steering group (MSG 1, 2, 3)
   2. Process oriented maintenance
   3. Task oriented maintenance
   4. Maintenance program documents
   5. Maintenance interval
   6. Changing basic maintenance intervals
3. Aviation Industry Certification Requirement (4 hours)
   1. Aircraft certification
   2. Delivery inspection
   3. Operator certification
   4. Personnel certification
   5. Aviation maintenance certification
   6. Aviation industry interaction
4. Documentation for Maintenance (2 hours)
   1. Manufacturer's documentation
   2. Regulatory documentation
   3. Airline generated documentation
   4. ATA document standard
   5. Technical policies and procedures manual (TPPM)
5. Maintenance and Engineering Organization (4 hours)
   1. Organization of maintenance and engineering FAA and EASA: organizational structure, general grouping (CAMO and AMO), manager level functions, organization structure and the TPPM, variation from the typical organization
   2. Maintenance program (AMP): maintenance program outlined, summary of FAA and EASA requirements, additional maintenance program requirement
6. Engineering and Production Planning (4 hours)
   1. Introduction: mechanics and engineering, engineering department and its function, engineering order preparation
   2. Production planning and control (PPC): function, production planning, production control, other scheduled work, feedback for planning
7. Technical Publication and Training (3 hours)
   1. Technical publication: functions, airline libraries, control of publications, document distribution
   2. Technical training: training organization, airline maintenance training, maintenance resource management, airframe manufacturer's training courses, supplemental training
8. Aircraft Maintenance Management (2 hours)
   1. Aircraft maintenance management structure
   2. Role of management
   3. Manager of aircraft maintenance
   4. Front line supervisor/management
   5. Manager for overhaul shops
9. Line and Hangar Maintenance (7 hours)
   1. Line maintenance: functions that control maintenance, maintenance control center (MCC) responsibilities, line maintenance operation, aircraft logbook, ramp and terminal operation, line station activities, maintenance crew skill requirement
   2. Hangar maintenance: organization of hangar maintenance, problem areas, hangar maintenance activity (C check), morning meetings, support and overhaul shops, ground support equipment (GSE), outsourcing of shop maintenance work, shop data collection
10. Material Support (2 hours)
    1. Organization and function of material
    2. Material management
    3. Support function of material
    4. Other material function
11. Quality Assurance and Control (2 hours)
    1. Requirement of quality assurance (QA)
    2. Quality audits
    3. ISO 9000 quality standard
    4. Other function of QA
    5. Quality control organization
    6. FAA and EASA differences
    7. QC inspection qualification
    8. Basic inspection policies
12. Reliability and Maintenance Safety (3 hours)
    1. Reliability: types of reliability, a reliability program, elements of reliability program, other functions, administration and management of the reliability program
    2. Maintenance safety: industrial safety, safety regulation (SMS), maintenance safety program, general responsibilities of safety, general safety rules, reporting
13. Systems Engineering (2 hours)
    1. Systematics versus system approach
    2. Systems engineering
    3. Definitions
    4. System interface control
    5. System optimization
14. Extended Twin Engine Operations (ETOPS) (2 hours)
    1. Background
    2. Deviation from the 60 minute rules
    3. ETOPS maintenance versus conventional maintenance
    4. ETOPS for non-ETOPS airplanes
    5. Polar operations (FAA and EASA)
    6. Polar areas

Evaluation

1. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (12 hours): 12 marks
2. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 (10 hours): 12 marks
3. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 (12 hours): 12 marks
4. Chapters 10 and 11 (4 hours): 12 marks
5. Chapters 12, 13 and 14 (7 hours): 12 marks