MEA40915 Certificate IV in Aircraft Surface Finishing

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEA40915 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Qualification
Training package
MEA — Aeroskills Training Package
Currency period ends
29 August 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 12 February 2015
Supersedes
MEA40911
Superseded by
MEA40918 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. MEA40915Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Aircraft Surface Finishing
  2. equivalent
  3. MEA40918Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Aircraft Surface Finishing
  4. equivalent
  5. MEA40922CurrentCertificate IV in Aircraft Surface Finishing

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.

  • MEA40911MEA40915equivalent11 February 2015

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

  • MEA40915MEA40918equivalent30 August 2018

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

Is MEA40915 on your scope?

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Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What MEA40915 is made of

training.gov.au lists 24 units for MEA40915: 17 core and 7 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 17 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURVTP2003Prepare spray painting materials and equipmentnot current
AURVTP3012Apply air dry and polyurethane enamel refinishing materialsnot current
MEA101Interpret work health and safety practices in aviation maintenancenot current
MEA103Plan and organise aviation maintenance work activitiesnot current
MEA105Apply quality standards applicable to aviation maintenancenot current
MEA107Interpret and use aviation maintenance industry manuals and specificationscurrent
MEA108Complete aviation maintenance industry documentationnot current
MEA109Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenancenot current
MEA118Conduct self in the aviation maintenance environmentcurrent
MEA411Remove surface coatings from aircraft or aircraft componentsnot current
MEA412Pre-treat aluminium alloy surfacesnot current
MEA413Seal aircraft and aircraft component structural seamsnot current
MEA414Remove light corrosion from aircraftnot current
MEA415Paint aircraft surfacesnot current
MEA416Apply aircraft identification markings, graphics and decalsnot current
MEA417Apply specialty coatings to aircraftnot current
MSAENV472BImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current

Elective units 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MEA113Supervise civil aircraft maintenance activities and manage human resources in the workplacecurrent
MEA116Apply work health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenancecurrent
MEA140Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspectionsnot current
MEA240Use electrical test equipment to perform basic electrical testsnot current
MEA302Remove and install aircraft hydro-mechanical and landing gear system componentsnot current
MEA305Remove and install aircraft fixed wing flight control system componentscurrent
MEA405Repair/modify aircraft composite material structure/componentsnot current

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

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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