CORE DASR MAML Core Units of Competency / for DASR B1.1, B1.3 and B2
Core training and assessment covering the mandatory competency units required for a DASR 66 B1.1, B1.3 and B2 MAML. Aligned to the DASR 66 syllabus and DASA core unit requirements.
Who is this course for?
ADF and Defence industry maintainers who need the DASR 66 core competency units for a B1.1, B1.3 or B2 MAML.
Course Outcome / Certification
Upon successful completion of this course, candidates will receive:
* Per DASR requirement, a Statement of Attainment (SoA) listing all Units of Competency successfully completed and required for the outcome, with MTO number displayed;
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Select a pathway below. Pricing, duration, entry requirements and application details update immediately to match your selection.
Course information
CORE DASR MAML Core Units of Competency
for DASR B1.1, B1.3 and B2
Delivered via
RPL and Gap Assessment Pathway Self-Directed for Experienced Engineers
This pathway is designed for experienced, self-motivated aircraft maintenance engineers.
Knowledge is assessed through an individualised combination of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and targeted knowledge gap assessments, and Practical competency (performance evidence) is assessed via RPL using acceptable practical evidence, as approved and authorised by CASA, and documented in SAC's approved Maintenance Training Organisation Exposition (MTOE).
Equivalence of Standard
The RPL and Gap Training pathway does not reduce the competency standard required for the award of the qualification. All learners, regardless of delivery mode, must meet the full requirements of each unit of competency, including performance evidence, knowledge evidence and assessment conditions.
No unit of competency is granted solely on the basis of employment history or documentation without structured assessment and verification.
tuition Fees
$500 on application, balance less credit on commencement
Payment Plan: 50% upfront
with the remaining 50% payable upon completion or within 6 months of the first payment, whichever comes first.
The tuition fee displayed is the maximum total tuition fee for this pathway and assumes that no Credit Transfer is granted. It includes the $500 application payment. After Sigma verifies your prior qualifications and applies any valid Credit Transfer, the remaining balance is confirmed on your final enrolment invoice.
In practice, the vast majority of experienced engineers entering this pathway receive Credit Transfer and therefore pay less than the published maximum. As an indicative example, a holder of the relevant Certificate IV in Aeroskills progressing to a Part 66 licence pathway will typically have the published tuition fee reduced by around one-third, subject to the units accepted for Credit Transfer. The exact reduction depends on the units accepted and cannot be confirmed until Sigma completes its assessment.
Additional charges may apply only where expressly listed in Sigma's current Fees and Refunds Procedure.
Payment: $500 on application. The final balance, after approved Credit Transfer, is payable 50% upfront, with the remaining 50% payable on completion or within 6 months of the first payment, whichever comes first.
Course Duration
Study Load: 8 hours per week
1 week break
- The RPL & Gap training pathway has a reduced volume of learning versus full-time delivery due to the recognition of experience. Duration is only a guide – students may complete in a shorter or longer timeframe.
- Duration will be shorter if any Credit Transfer is granted.
Before you Apply
- This course is designed for working aircraft maintenance engineers
- This delivery mode requires a minimum of two (2) years of aircraft maintenance experience
- Learners must be currently employed in an aircraft maintenance environment working on operating aircraft
- Learners must be able to provide acceptable evidence for the practical tasks specified in each Unit of Competency
Study Units
What you will learn:
Build competence to locate, interpret and use maintenance manuals and specifications in line and base maintenance settings, meeting enterprise procedures and regulatory expectations for safe outcomes. Hands-on work covers amend industry manuals to reflect current/approved amendment status in line and the accessed information from drawings and diagrams in aircraft maintenance, using the right tools and controlled isolation practices. Theory and application link statutory regulations and/or organisational procedures relating to amending, illustrated parts catalogues, and techniques for obtaining and applying data contained to real maintenance decisions and troubleshooting logic. Focus remains on removing ambiguity—cross‑checking sources, escalating uncertainty, and documenting the data trail.
- Use document control practices to ensure the correct references are used before work starts.
- Extract procedural steps, limits and tolerances to build a correct work plan and inspection/test approach.
- Identify when engineering support or higher authority is needed due to unclear, conflicting or missing data.
- Document the references used and assumptions made, and communicate constraints and requirements to the team.
What you will learn:
Develop the capability to apply professional self‑management in maintenance workplaces across hangar, workshop, and flight-line tasks, using approved data and safe systems of work. Key tasks span interact effectively with others in the performance of maintenance and provide guidance to other team members, with disciplined sequencing and verification of each step. Knowledge areas include key components of organisational policies, effect of human factors relating to fatigue, and problem solving and change management principles to support faultfinding and defensible serviceability decisions. Emphasis is on professional discipline—clear communication, reliable handovers, and decisions that protect safety and quality.
- Manage priorities and workload to maintain quality under time pressure and changing operational demands.
- Use disciplined work habits (checklists, self‑checks, interruption control) to prevent slips and lapses.
- Support a reporting culture by raising hazards and near misses with clear, factual information.
- Record work status, decisions and follow‑up actions so others can pick up tasks safely and efficiently.
What you will learn:
Build competence to identify hazards and implement effective controls across hangar, workshop, and flight-line tasks, meeting enterprise procedures and regulatory expectations for safe outcomes. Key tasks span correct interpretation of enterprise and regulatory emergency procedures and correctly interpreting WHS regulations, with disciplined sequencing and verification of each step. Theory and application link methods of risk assessment and control, correct selection and use of workplace emergency, and applicable sources of WHS requirements and procedures to real maintenance decisions and troubleshooting logic. Emphasis is on preventing harm and protecting the aircraft through disciplined risk control and clear reporting of hazards and incidents.
- Apply WHS legislation, organisational policies and site rules to the task and work area.
- Apply isolation and lock‑out/tag‑out practices where required, and verify safe conditions prior to work.
- Respond to incidents and emergencies through reporting, initial actions, and follow‑up investigations.
- Use reporting systems to support learning and prevention, not just compliance.
What you will learn:
Build competence to schedule and control maintenance tasks and resources in line and base maintenance settings, aligned to approved data and controlled risk management. Practical activities include apply human factors in planning maintenance activity, plus ensure safe and appropriate sequencing of tasks, with attention to access, protection, and damage prevention. Knowledge areas include key industry standards and organisational requirements and procedures, relationship between broader planning and organising requirements, and nature and impact of human factors affecting the to support faultfinding and defensible serviceability decisions. Focus remains on controlling interfaces and non‑routine work so airworthiness risks are identified early and managed.
- Interpret work packages and approved data, then translate requirements into a practical job plan.
- Manage tooling, parts and facility availability to avoid schedule-driven errors.
- Review progress against schedule and quality targets, and adjust plans based on emerging information.
- Maintain traceable planning and execution records, and provide clear task status and handover information.
What you will learn:
Develop the capability to apply quality standards and assurance processes within an aircraft maintenance organisation, with disciplined control of hazards, tooling, and configuration. Hands-on work covers differentiate the elements that constitute the quality system and and ISO 9000 compliant documentation and specifications relating to quality, using the right tools and controlled isolation practices. Knowledge areas include relationship between the quality system and work health, reporting maintenance-related incidents and errors, and typical quality systems applied in aviation maintenance contexts to support faultfinding and defensible serviceability decisions. Focus remains on preventing defects from escaping: right first time, evidence‑based acceptance, and continuous improvement.
- Identify quality requirements and acceptance criteria for the task, and confirm the correct reference standards apply.
- Collect objective evidence (measurements, inspections, test results) to demonstrate conformity to requirements.
- Identify non‑conformances and apply corrective actions or escalation pathways as required.
- Support audits and continuous improvement activities with accurate data and reporting.
What you will learn:
Build competence to produce and control aviation maintenance documentation and records across hangar, workshop, and flight-line tasks, with disciplined control of hazards, tooling, and configuration. Practical activities include organisational and regulatory procedures, plus demonstrate required levels of literacy and numeracy, with attention to access, protection, and damage prevention. Knowledge areas include quality manuals, organisational and regulatory procedures required to complete, and Defence regulations and instructions applicable to the maintenance to support faultfinding and defensible serviceability decisions. Focus remains on traceability and configuration control so records reflect what was done, by whom, and to which standard.
- Apply controlled document practices (version control, amendments, approvals) across maintenance records and releases.
- Structure entries so a third party can reconstruct what was done, when, and to which standard.
- Verify records are complete and consistent with work performed and acceptance criteria before sign‑off or handover.
- Communicate documentation status and constraints during shift handover or task close‑out.
What you will learn:
Develop the capability to perform foundational workshop and on‑aircraft hand skills in line and base maintenance settings, aligned to approved data and controlled risk management. Practical activities include install aircraft hardware using tightening, plus use and store general and purpose-specific hand tools found, with attention to access, protection, and damage prevention. Theory and application link laying out simple items for manufacture using basic, work health and safety requirements and standard workshop, and types of standard aircraft hardware and methods to real maintenance decisions and troubleshooting logic. Focus remains on safe tool use, accurate measurement, and clean work that does not introduce defects or contamination.
- Prepare workpieces and surfaces for hand operations using correct PPE, guarding and safe handling.
- Carry out basic workshop operations (marking out, drilling, deburring, fastening, torqueing) without introducing damage.
- Identify rework requirements early and correct defects without creating secondary damage.
- Control tools and loose articles to prevent FOD, and maintain a clean work area.
What you will learn:
Learn to perform aircraft flight servicing in workshop and on-aircraft environments, aligned to approved data and controlled risk management. Practical activities include checking and replenishing fluid level using the correct fluids, plus replacing role equipment requiring pre-flight replacement, with attention to access, protection, and damage prevention. Theory and application link operation and typical external signs of faults, how to obtain MSDS, and aircraft structure to the extent required to real maintenance decisions and troubleshooting logic. Focus remains on minimising error: verify before release, communicate clearly, and document what was done and why.
- Apply relevant manuals and enterprise procedures to aircraft flight servicing, ensuring correct set-up, isolation, and compliance with local requirements.
- Execute maintenance actions on aircraft flight servicing with disciplined sequencing, correct technique, and control of hazards.
- Assess defects and performance on aircraft flight servicing using appropriate test methods, then confirm correct operation before release.
- Document work performed and test outcomes, and provide a clean technical handover for continuing airworthiness.
How We Train
How We Undertake Training (RPL & Gap)
Training for students in the RPL and Gap pathway is self-directed online for theory only.
Theory Training
Training for students taking the RPL & Gap training pathway is self-directed online, but supported with engaging learner resources, regular webinars and Q&A sessions, 1:1 tutoring on request, and support from our training team when required.
The following training and resources are provided for each Unit of Competency:
- Audio lecture (available as a podcast feed)^
- Sigma Digital Learner Guide / PDF Learning Materials
- Toolbox 60 webinars (students can attend fortnightly online)
- Live Q&A sessions (students can attend fortnightly online)
- Quarterly check-in
- Tutoring sessions (on request)
Note: Practical training is not offered for this delivery mode. This pathway is designed for engineers with existing experience and supporting aviation industry-standard documentation (e.g. Journal of Industrial Experience, task cards). Students are expected to provide evidence of practical competency, which is assessed via RPL in line with SAC’s Acceptable Practical Evidence Guidelines.
Where practical training is requested, this may be arranged on a fee-for-service basis for groups, either onsite at SAC facilities or offsite at an approved AMO/MRO facility.
^Audiobook rollout in-progress - not all units will include an audiobook at time of enrolment
How We Assess
How We Undertake Assessment (RPL & Gap)
Sigma Aerospace College operates a four-stage RPL & Gap assessment process following successful application and onboarding.
Assessment Phase 1 – Gap Analysis
Once the onboarding process is complete and initial documentation has been provided, SAC undertakes an assessment of prior learning, applicable credit transfer, and any identified knowledge gaps.
At this stage, an invoice is issued for tuition fees (the course fee listed on the website, less any approved credit transfer). Once payment is received:
- The customised learning environment is unlocked
- An initial RPL report (as required by CASA) is issued
This invoice covers all tuition fees, training materials, and any applicable CASA exams.
Assessment Phase 2 – Gap Assessment (Theory) and RPL Evidence Collection (Practical)
Once the customised learning environment is unlocked in the learning management system (aXcelerate), students are presented with:
- Knowledge gap assessments for Units of Competency not granted in full during Phase 1 via RPL or credit transfer
- Practical evidence upload assessments for outstanding Units of Competency
Submitted practical evidence is assessed via RPL against Unit of Competency performance evidence requirements.
Assessment Phase 3 – Competency Conversation
Following completion of gap assessments and submission of sufficient practical evidence (as defined in the Acceptable Practical Evidence Guide), students undertake a clustered competency conversation with an instructor.
- Format: one-on-one discussion
- Duration: approximately 30–60 minutes
- Purpose: final verification of competency
Assessment Phase 4 – CASA Exams
For training products with a CASA outcome, the final stage involves preparation for and completion of invigilated CASA examinations. An administrator will contact the student at the conclusion of Phase 3 to arrange suitable exam times.
Note: Students may apply for recognition of prior learning for any existing practical experience at any time, as long as at the time of Sigma's assessment of that evidence as prior learning (i.e. when uploaded to the relevant capture in the LMS) the evidence meets the terms in the acceptable practical evidence guide, is authentic, sufficient, and meets unit requirements.
Entry Requirements
Age
- Minimum age 18 years at commencement of course
Education
- Australian High School Year 11 completion with a pass in English and maths; or
- Completion of a formal Language literacy and numeracy (LLN) assessment tool at ACSF Level 3
Employment and Evidence
- Candidate must be working in an aircraft maintenance environment on operating aircraft AND
- Candidate must be able to present valid evidence (as specified in the Acceptable Practical Evidence Guide) of completion of practical tasks undertaken by the candidate prior to our assessment of that evidence (see the Unit of Competency table for links to full requirements of each unit of competency >). Once provided by the candidate and authenticated as valid by SAC, the college will use this evidence as part of a portfolio of evidence to build a case for competence via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)) and Gap Training.
Experience
- Two years of aircraft maintenance experience OR
- Two years of aircraft maintenance training at a regulator-approved Maintenance training organisation
Computing
- Desktop or Laptop computer with webcam and speaker, and modern web browser, PDF viewer, and standards-compatible office suite software
- Reliable broadband internet connection
- An active email address
- Intermediate computing skills, including knowledge of how to use internet to access information.
Residency
- Students must not be on an Australian 500 class student visa, and subject to its terms.
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