MEA435 Weld aircraft components using the manual metal arc welding process

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEA435 ended on 20 November 2022 — 3 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
20 November 2022
Latest release
Release 2 · 31 August 2018 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
MEA435A
Superseded by
MEASTR0025 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. MEA435Superseded — equivalentWeld aircraft components using the manual metal arc welding process
  2. equivalent
  3. MEASTR0025CurrentWeld aircraft components using the manual metal arc welding process

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.

  • MEA435AMEA435equivalent11 February 2015

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

  • MEA435MEASTR0025equivalent21 November 2022

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for MEA435 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 MEA435 is used

training.gov.au lists MEA435 inside 7 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MEA435 in that product.

Products no longer current 7 listed

The register still records MEA435 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 productTypeMEA435 is
MEASS00386MTA039 Aircraft welding using the manual metal arc welding process - aluminium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00387MTA040 Aircraft welding using the manual metal arc welding process - magnesium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00388MTA041 Aircraft welding using the manual metal arc welding process - carbon and low alloy steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00389MTA042 Aircraft welding using manual metal arc welding process - corrosion and heat resisting steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00390MTA043 Aircraft welding using the manual metal arc welding process - nickel alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00391MTA044 Aircraft welding using the manual metal arc welding process - copper based alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00392MTA045 Aircraft welding using the manual metal arc welding process - titanium alloysSkill setelective

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