Course Title: Defence Aviation Safety Regulation

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Defence Aviation Safety Regulation

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

AERO2588

City Campus

Postgraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2019

Course Coordinator: Jose Almeida Da Silva

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 8019

Course Coordinator Email: jose.silva@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 057.03.029

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

N/A


Course Description

This course introduces you to the Australian Defence Forces’ Defence Aviation Safety Regulation which encompasses initial and continuing airworthiness as well as operational requirements. You will examine the structure of Australia’s Defence Aviation, its safety program and the Defence Aviation Safety Authority.  You will also study the regulation and support material primarily associated with airworthiness. You will learn how to apply regulatory suite in both a military and commercial support environment for:

  • Aircraft (including parts and appliances) design
  • Aircraft (including parts and appliances) production
  • Aircraft (including parts and appliances) certification
  • Aircraft (including parts and appliances) repairs and modification
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the MC238 Master of Engineering (Airworthiness):

1. Needs, Context and Systems

  • Exposit legal, social, economic, ethical and environmental interests, values, requirements and expectations of key stakeholders

 

2. Problem Solving and Design

  • Anticipate the consequences of intended action or inaction and understand how the consequences are managed collectively by your organisation, project or team

 

3. Analysis

  • Apply underpinning natural, physical and engineering sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer and information sciences.

 

4. Professional Practice

  • Initiate, plan, lead or manage engineering activities
  • Communicate in a variety of different ways to collaborate with other people, including accurate listening, reading and comprehension, based on dialogue when appropriate, taking into account the knowledge, expectations, requirements, interests, terminology and language of the intended audience

 

5. Research

  • Demonstrate professional use and management of information.


On completion of this course you should be able to:

  • Analyse the regulation and support material to determine the hazards and issues associated with Defence aviation including airworthiness.
  • Develop and implement systems, processes, plans and documentation that meet the requirements of the DASR and address these hazards.
  • Critically evaluate the risks associated with airworthiness activities and determine how to eliminate or if unable to do so in the circumstance, reduce the risk so far as reasonably practicable
  • Conduct research and identify the requirements for the development and variation of regulatory requirements within airworthiness fields.
  • Demonstrate an ability to participate in airworthiness management, including initial and continuing airworthiness activity planning for Defence aviation.


Overview of Learning Activities

The learning process is facilitated by face-to-face lectures or web based lectures together with directed reading, investigative research, and assignments. Problem-based learning is reinforced by using case studies.


Overview of Learning Resources

The learning process is facilitated by face-to-face lectures or web based lectures together with directed reading, investigative research, and assignments. Problem-based learning is reinforced by using case studies.

All lecture notes (e.g., Powerpoint slides), supporting documents, and model answers of exercises in the lectures are available from the RMIT Learning Management System. Multimedia files related to the topics will also be uploaded to the respective weekly folders.

There is no prescribed textbook for this course.


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

 

Early Assessment Task: Quiz 1 – Lectures 1-5
Weighting 15%
This assessment task supports: Learning Objectives 1, 2 and 3

Assessment Task 2: Assignment 1 (individual short essay)
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports Learning Objectives 1,4 and 5

Assessment Task 3: Assignment 2 (individual extended essay)
Weighting 35%
This assessment supports Learning Objectives 3, 4 and 5

Assessment Task 4: Quiz 2 – Lectures 6-12
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports Learning Objectives. 1, 2 and 3