Monitor ground power unit serviceability and maintenance operations

URN: PPLAOG57
Business Sectors (Suites): Aviation Operations on the Ground
Developed by: People 1st
Approved on: 2021

Overview

This standard is about monitoring ground power unit serviceability and maintenance operations. This involves conducting inspections to establish ground power unit serviceability and maintenance requirements. This also involves initiating the required maintenance and directing, controlling and monitoring operations to confirm the work is carried out according to organisational and airport/airfield procedures and the relevant legal requirements. You must know how the ground power units function, their operational performance requirements, and the necessary actions required to maintain organisational and airport/airfield performance standards and meet relevant legal requirements.

This standard is for those working in airports/airfields whose role involves monitoring ground power unit serviceability and maintenance operations.

When you have completed this standard, you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of and ability to: 

Monitor ground power unit serviceability and maintenance operations


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

1. Conduct inspections of ground power units according to your organisation's and the airport/airfield's procedures and relevant legal requirements 2. Take the required action when ground power unit serviceability or operational performance do not meet organisational and airport/airfield performance standards or relevant legal requirements 3. Isolate and test ground power units in line with organisational procedures and relevant legal requirements 4. Maintain your own, colleagues’, passengers’, and visitors’ health, safety and welfare when conducting ground power unit inspections and tests 5. Identify and establish ground power unit maintenance requirements 6. Initiate ground power unit maintenance operations in response to established  schedules or urgent requests 7. Direct and control ground power unit maintenance operations in line with organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements  8. Monitor ground power unit maintenance operations to confirm they are carried out according to organisational and airport/airfield procedures and relevant legal requirements at all times 9. Respond to identified  ground power unit serviceability and maintenance operational issues in line with organisational and airport/airfield  procedures 10. Record and disseminate ground power unit serviceability and maintenance documentation according to your organisation's and the airport/airfield's procedures and relevant legal requirements

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

1. Your organisation’s and the airport/airfield's procedures and relevant legal requirements for inspecting, isolating and testing ground power units 2. Your organisation's and the airport/airfield's ground power unit maintenance procedures and schedules, performance standards, serviceability and operational performance requirements 3. How to identify whether ground power unit serviceability or operational standards meet organisational and airport/airfield performance standards and relevant legal requirements 4. The actions to take when ground power unit serviceability or operational performance do not meet organisational and airport/airfield performance standards or relevant legal requirements 5. How to maintain your own, colleagues’, passengers’ and visitors’ health, safety and welfare when conducting ground power unit inspections and tests 6. How to identify and establish ground power unit maintenance requirements and initiate maintenance operations 7. Your organisation’s and the airport/airfield's procedures and relevant legal requirements for directing, controlling and monitoring ground power unit maintenance operations 8. The importance of confirming compliance with organisational and airport/airfield maintenance procedures and relevant legal requirements at all times 9. Your organisation's and the airport/airfield's procedures for responding to identified ground power unit serviceability and maintenance operational issues 10. Your organisation's and the airport/airfield's communication channels and procedures  11. Your organisation’s and the airport/airfield's procedures and relevant legal requirements for recording and disseminating ground power unit serviceability and maintenance documentation

Scope/range

Ground power units include: 
a) Fixed electrical ground power units 
b) Mobile electrical ground power units


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS


External Links


Version Number

2

Indicative Review Date

2026

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

GoSkills

Original URN

GSKAOG57

Relevant Occupations

Transport Drivers and Operatives, Transport Operations and Maintenance

SOC Code

8233

Keywords

ground power unit, maintenance, airport, electric