Reinstating the work area on completion of aircraft engineering activities
Overview
This standard identifies the competences you need to reinstate the work area, in accordance with approved procedures. You will be required to follow the correct procedures for the safe storage of finished products and surplus materials, and to correctly identify, separate and ensure that all waste materials are removed to their designated locations. You will also need to ensure that all tools, equipment and documents used are accounted for and returned to the appropriate places. Tidying up of the work area will be of prime importance, and this includes workshops, staging and platforms, internal areas of aircraft including items such as wings, tanks and fuselage sections, and areas that are airside.
Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures for the reinstatement activities undertaken, and to report any problems with these activities that you cannot personally resolve, or are outside your permitted authority, to the relevant people. You will be expected to work either with a high level of supervision or as a member of a team, and you will be expected to take personal responsibility for your own actions and for the quality and accuracy of the work that you carry out.
Your underpinning knowledge will be sufficient to provide a good understanding of your work and will provide an informed approach to applying the required procedures. You will understand the need for reinstating the work areas, and will know about the storage requirements of the products, equipment, materials, documentation and consumables, in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for carrying out the activities to the required standard and ensuring that the work area is reinstated satisfactorily.
You will understand the safety precautions required when reinstating the work area. You will be required to demonstrate safe working practices throughout and will understand the responsibility you owe to yourself and others in the workplace.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
P2 separate equipment, components, and materials for re-use from waste items and materials
P3 store reusable materials and equipment in an appropriate location
P4 dispose of waste materials in line with organisational and environmentally safe procedures
P5 restore the work areas to a safe condition in accordance with agreed requirements and schedules.
P6 deal with problems within your control and report those that cannot be solved
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 how to work safely at all times, complying with health and safety and other relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
K2 the hazards associated with reinstating the work area, and how they can be minimised
K3 the importance of wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), and of keeping the work area clean and tidy
K4 why work areas need to be restored to a set standard, and what these requirements are
K5 the types of work area that will need to be restored (including workshops, test areas, stages and platforms on aircraft areas)
K6 the importance of tool control, and why this is critical within the aerospace industry
K7 the meaning of `foreign object debris' (FOD), and why it is vital to ensure that this does not occur or is removed
K8 the stores procedures for tools and equipment, documentation and surplus or waste materials
K9 the materials that will need to be stored and disposed of, and why they need to be segregated, correctly identified and labelled
K10 how the various disposal bins can be identified
K11 the procedures for disposing of hazardous materials
K12 the documentation to be used on completion of the reinstatement activities
K13 the extent of your own responsibility, and to whom you should report if you have problems that you cannot resolve
Scope/range
Scope Performance
- Carry out all of the following during the work area reinstatement activities:
- work to current schedules
- adhere to procedures or systems in place for risk assessment, personal protective equipment and other relevant safety regulations and procedures to realise a safe system of work
- report any loss or damage to equipment
- report any identified hazards within the work area
- return all consumables, materials and tools to their correct location
- complete any required documentation
- Carry out reinstatement activities on two work areas from the following:
- workshops/hangers
- airside
- areas at height (including platforms, staging, lifts)
- internal areas of aircraft (including items such as wings, tanks, fuselage sections)
- office environment
- computer aided design (CAD) environment
- technical/clean room environment
- other specific work area
- Correctly label and store four of the following:
- finished products/components
- scrap components
- components requiring overhaul/repair
- measuring and test instruments
- surplus materials/components
- finished drawings
- tooling, jigs, fixtures or other equipment used
- finished documentation
- drawings requiring actioning/adjusting
- documentation requiring actioning/adjusting
- Deal with waste materials, in line with company and environmental regulations, to include all of the following:
- correctly segregating waste materials
- disposing of hazardous materials
- removing non-hazardous materials