MEA260 Use electrical test equipment

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEA260 ended on 29 August 2018 — 8 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
MEA — Aeroskills Training Package
Currency period ends
29 August 2018
Latest release
Release 2 · 6 August 2015 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
MEA260B
Superseded by
MEA296 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. MEA260Superseded — equivalentUse electrical test equipment
  2. equivalent
  3. MEA296CurrentUse electrical test equipment in aviation maintenance activities

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.

  • MEA260BMEA260equivalent11 February 2015

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

  • MEA260MEA296equivalent30 August 2018

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for MEA260 and for its training package MEA (release 6.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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Where MEA260 is used

training.gov.au lists MEA260 inside 41 training products, 15 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MEA260 in that product.

Current products 15 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMEA260 is
MEASS00271LME001 Electrical - B1.1 Licence Exclusions E1 and E4 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00272LME002 Electrical B1.1 Licence Exclusions E1 and E4 Removal (small aircraft with gas turbine engine)Skill setelective
MEASS00273LME003 Electrical - B1.2, B1.3 or B1.4 Licence Exclusions E1 and E4 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00274LME004 Electrical - B1.2 or B1.4 Licence Exclusions E1 and E4 Removal (small aircraft/helicopters)Skill setelective
MEASS00289LME019 Instrument - B1 Licence Exclusions E5 and E7 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00290LME020 Instrument - B1.2 and B1.4 Licence Exclusions E5 and E7 Removal (small aircraft/helicopters)Skill setelective
MEASS00292LME022 Instrument and Radio - B1 Licence Exclusion E6 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00293LME023 Instrument and Radio - B1.2 and 1.4 Licence Exclusion E6 Removal (small aircraft/helicopters)Skill setelective
MEASS00296LME026 Radio - B1 Licence Exclusion E8 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00297LME027 Radio - B1.2 and B1.4 Licence Exclusion E8 Removal (working on small aircraft/helicopters)Skill setelective
MEASS00306LME036 Airframe - B1.1 and B1.3 Licence Exclusion E15 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00307LME037 Airframe - B1.1 Licence Exclusion E15 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00308LME038 Airframe - B1.1 Licence Exclusion E16 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00334LME064 Airframe - B1 Licence Exclusion E42 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00335LME065 Electrical - B1 Licence Exclusion E44 RemovalSkill setelective

Products no longer current 26 listed

The register still records MEA260 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 productTypeMEA260 is
MEA30215Certificate III in Aeroskills (Mechatronics)Qualificationcore
MEA40615Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Avionics)Qualificationcore
MEA40715Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechanical)Qualificationelective
MEA41015Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Mechatronics)Qualificationcore
MEA41215Certificate IV in Aeroskills (Armament)Qualificationcore
MEA50115Diploma of Aeroskills (Avionics)Qualificationcore
MEA50215Diploma of Aeroskills (Mechanical)Qualificationcore
MEA50515Diploma of Aeroskills (Non-Destructive Testing)Qualificationcore
MEA50615Diploma of Aeronautical EngineeringQualificationcore
MEA50715Diploma of Avionic EngineeringQualificationcore
Show the remaining 16 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMEA260 is
MEA60315Advanced Diploma of Aviation Non-Destructive TestingQualificationcore
MEA60415Advanced Diploma of Aeronautical EngineeringQualificationcore
MEA60515Advanced Diploma of Avionic EngineeringQualificationcore
MEASS00245AMW001 Electrical component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00246AMW002 Mechanical and electro-mechanical instrument component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00247AMW003 Aircraft display, control and distribution system component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00249AMW005 Aircraft radio frequency communication and navigation system component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00250AMW006 Aircraft pulse system component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00251AMW007 Aircraft audio and visual system and reproducer repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00253AMW009 Electro-hydraulic component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00255AMW011 Electro-pneumatic component repair/overhaulSkill setelective
MEASS00305LME035 Airframe - B1 Licence Exclusion E14 RemovalSkill setelective
MEASS00417SAL001 B1 Small aircraft elementary maintenanceSkill setelective
MEASS00429SAL013 Avionics - B2 Electrical 1 RatingSkill setelective
MEASS00430SAL014 Avionics - B2 Instrument 1 RatingSkill setelective
MEASS00431SAL015 Avionics - B2 Radio 1 RatingSkill setelective

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