MEA50518 Diploma of Aeroskills (Non-Destructive Testing)

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEA50518 ended on 20 November 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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).

A second obligation follows from the same fact: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments in this product are not permitted today, so a course page advertising it is not permitted either — 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
20 November 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 31 August 2018
Supersedes
MEA50515
Superseded by
MEA50522 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. MEA50518Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Aeroskills (Non-Destructive Testing)
  2. equivalent
  3. MEA50522CurrentDiploma of Aeroskills (Non-Destructive Testing)

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.

  • MEA50515MEA50518equivalent30 August 2018

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

  • MEA50518MEA50522equivalent21 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 MEA50518 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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What MEA50518 is made of

training.gov.au lists 37 units for MEA50518: 31 core and 6 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 31 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MEA107Interpret and use aviation maintenance industry manuals and specificationscurrent
MEA116Apply work health and safety procedures at supervisor level in aviation maintenancecurrent
MEA135Use computers in aviation maintenance-related integrated logistic support activitiesnot current
MEA142Manage self in the aviation maintenance environmentcurrent
MEA153Communicate aviation technical and maintenance management knowledgenot current
MEA154Apply work health and safety practices in aviation maintenancecurrent
MEA155Plan and organise aviation maintenance work activitiescurrent
MEA156Apply quality standards during aviation maintenance activitiescurrent
MEA157Complete aviation maintenance industry documentationcurrent
MEA158Perform basic hand skills, standard trade practices and fundamentals in aviation maintenancecurrent
MEA261Use electronic test equipmentnot current
MEA296Use electrical test equipment in aviation maintenance activitiescurrent
MEA341Apply basic aircraft design characteristicsnot current
MEA342Apply basic aircraft power plant design characteristicsnot current
MEA399Lay out and set up aircraft systemscurrent
MEA424Evaluate aircraft non-destructive testsnot current
MEM09002BInterpret technical drawingnot current
MEM09003BPrepare basic engineering drawingnot current
MEM12003BPerform precision mechanical measurementnot current
MEM13013BWork safely with ionizing radiationnot current
MEM15017BUse and maintain reference standardsnot current
MEM16010AWrite reportsnot current
MEM24002BPerform penetrant testingnot current
MEM24004BPerform magnetic particle testingnot current
MEM24006BPerform eddy current testingnot current
MEM24008BPerform ultrasonic testingnot current
MEM24010BPerform radiographic testingnot current
MEM24012CApply metallurgy principlesnot current
MEM30007ASelect common engineering materialsnot current
MEM30012AApply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environmentnot current
Show the remaining 1 core unit
CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent

Elective units 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MEA112Plan and implement civil aircraft maintenance activitiescurrent
MEA113Supervise civil aircraft maintenance activities and manage human resources in the workplacecurrent
MEA140Supervise aviation maintenance teams and perform maintenance quality inspectionsnot current
MEM15010BPerform laboratory proceduresnot current
MEM17002BConduct workplace assessmentnot current
TAEDEL301Provide work skill instructionnot 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 14 October 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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