MEA109 Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEA109 ended on 29 August 2018 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 31 August 2019 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
MEA — Aeroskills Training Package
Currency period ends
29 August 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 12 February 2015
Supersedes
MEA109B
Superseded by
MEA158 equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. MEA109Superseded — equivalentPerform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance
  2. equivalent
  3. MEA158CurrentPerform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenance

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • MEA109BMEA109equivalent11 February 2015

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

  • MEA109MEA158equivalent30 August 2018

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is MEA109 on your scope?

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Where MEA109 is used

training.gov.au lists MEA109 inside 34 training products, 10 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MEA109 in that product.

Current products 10 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMEA109 is
MEASS00349MTA002 In-flight entertainment system maintenanceSkill setelective
MEASS00393MTA046 Liquid penetrant inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00394MTA047 Magnetic particle inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00395MTA048 Eddy current inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00396MTA049 Ultrasonic inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00397MTA050 Radiographic inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00398MTA051 Basic visual liquid dye penetrant inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00399MTA052 Basic magnetic particle inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00400MTA053 Basic eddy current inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00401MTA054 Ultrasonic thickness testing inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective

Products no longer current 24 listed

The register still records MEA109 inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeMEA109 is
MEA20415Certificate II in AeroskillsQualificationcore
MEA20515Certificate II in Aircraft Line MaintenanceQualificationcore
MEA20615Certificate II in Aircraft Surface FinishingQualificationcore
MEA30115Certificate III in Aircraft Surface FinishingQualificationcore
MEA30215Certificate III in Aeroskills (Mechatronics)Qualificationcore
MEA30315Certificate III in Aircraft Life Support and FurnishingQualificationcore
MEA40615Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Avionics)Qualificationcore
MEA40715Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechanical)Qualificationcore
MEA40915Certificate IV in Aircraft Surface FinishingQualificationcore
MEA41015Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechatronics)Qualificationcore
Show the remaining 14 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMEA109 is
MEA41115Certificate IV in Aircraft Life Support and FurnishingQualificationcore
MEA41215Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Armament)Qualificationcore
MEA41315Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Structures)Qualificationcore
MEA50115Diploma of Aeroskills (Avionics)Qualificationcore
MEA50215Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical)Qualificationcore
MEA50515Diploma of Aeroskills (Non-Destructive Testing)Qualificationcore
MEA50615Diploma of Aeronautical EngineeringQualificationcore
MEA60315Advanced Diploma of Aviation Non-Destructive TestingQualificationcore
MEA60415Advanced Diploma of Aeronautical EngineeringQualificationcore
MEA60515Advanced Diploma of Avionic EngineeringQualificationcore
MEASS00270AMW026 Composite structure maintenanceSkill setelective
MEASS00348MTA001 Aircraft egress system maintenanceSkill setelective
MEASS00402MTA055 Basic radiographic inspection approval for aerospaceSkill setelective
MEASS00417SAL001 B1 Small aircraft elementary maintenanceSkill setelective

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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