Core Standards of the Course
Strand 1
Students will be able to read aircraft drawings and be able to create drawings for proposed maintenance procedures using industry standard drafting techniques.
Standard 1
Identify the purpose and function of aircraft drawings.
Standard 2
Identify types of aircraft drawings:
Standard 3
Explore methods of illustration:
Standard 4
Understanding drafting lies and their meaning.
Standard 5
Understand dimensioning of a drawing:
Standard 6
Read aircraft production drawing.
Standard 7
Apply aviation math with respect:
Standard 8
Identify techniques used in sketching/drafting.
Standard 9
Present drawings and discuss feature in the drawing's graphic presentation of information.
Strand 2
Students will understand the causes of and how to identify, control and clean corrosion.
Standard 1
List corrosion inspection cleaning and control procedures.
Standard 2
Understand corrosion-an electro chemical action.
Standard 3
Identify the types of corrosion:
Standard 4
Identify corrosive agents:
Standard 5
Understand methods of detection of corrosion:
Standard 6
Identify corrosion-prone areas.
Standard 7
Understand removal and treatment of corrosion:
Standard 8
Explore corrosion prevention:
Strand 3
Students will understand importance and calculation of weight and balance for various kinds of aircraft.
Standard 1
Understand importance of weight and balance and identify effect of flight control abilities.
Standard 2
Principles of weight and balance.
Standard 3
Define terms used in weight and balance:
Standard 4
Identify weighing procedures:
Standard 5
Describe procedure for locating the balance point.
Standard 6
Understand the center of gravity:
Standard 7
Describe shifting the center of gravity.
Standard 8
Understand adverse-loading center:
Standard 9
Understand why weight and balance changes after and alterations:
Standard 10
Understand helicopter weight and balance:
Standard 11
Identify ranges for loading and weight distribution:
Strand 4
Students will develop a respect for maintenance forms & records and understand the requirement for accuracy and detail.
Standard 1
Identify Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR):
Standard 2
Identify permanent records:
Standard 3
Identify temporal records.
Standard 4
Read and use forms:
Standard 5
Understand the purpose of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Standard 6
Identify personnel certification:
Standard 7
Understand maintenance and inspection requirements:
Strand 5
Student will obtain a general familiarization with and understand the purpose of maintenance publication- General familiarization and purpose.
Standard 1
Identify maintenance publications.
Standard 2
Federal Aviation Regulations.
Standard 3
Advisory circulars.
Standard 4
Type certificate data sheets, aircraft specification and aircraft listings.
Standard 5
General aviation airworthiness alerts.
Standard 6
Airworthiness directives.
Standard 7
Microfiche system for keeping publications current.
Standard 8
A.T.A Specification 100
Standard 9
The Federal Aviation Administration.
Standard 10
Personnel certification.
Standard 11
Maintenance and inspection requirements.
Strand 6
Students will understand the privileges and limitation of aircraft mechanics.
Standard 1
Understand Federal Aviation Regulations-FAR part 65.
Standard 2
Understand the purpose of The Federal Aviation Administration with respect to oversight, suspension and revocation of privileges
Standard 3
Identify personnel certification.
Standard 4
Understand Maintenance and Inspection Requirements-Part 43, manufacture and component maintenance requirements.
Strand 7
Students will understand aircraft.
Standard 1
Identify the purpose and function.
Standard 2
Identify rigid fluid lines.
Standard 3
Observe fabricating rigid tubing.
Standard 4
Identify flexible fluid lines.
Standard 5
Understand fluid line fittings.
Standard 6
Observe fluid line installation.
Strand 8
Students will review and apply mathematics as it applies to aviation.
Standard 1
Understand basic math concepts including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Standard 2
Perform metric to standard conversions unit 1 metric conversions.
Standard 3
Understand equations and formulas.
Standard 4
Extract roots and raise numbers to a given power. (LEVEL 3)
Standard 5
Calculate power and roots.
Standard 6
Understand percentages.
Standard 7
Rate, percent, base, amount, and difference:
Standard 8
Understand algebraic operations:
Workplace Skills
Students will develop professional and interpersonal skills needed for success in industry. Determine the difference between hard skills and soft skills.
Identify soft skills needed in the workplace