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