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Practical aviation fuel training — instruction, guided practice, practical assessment, competence decisions and certificates, with every module traceable to its source procedure.
Complete the monthly and quarterly fuel farm examination of equipment, tanks, meters and containment.
Ready — nothing is outstanding on this version.
Position, PPE and equipment, manual handling, risk assessment and safety awareness
Why The preparation decides how safely everything that follows can be done.
Expected Correct position, correct PPE, equipment present, hazards identified.
If it fails Correct the position or fetch the missing equipment before continuing.
Source: procedure 12, line 10 — “CORRECT PPE FOR TASK, REQUIRED EQUIPMENT”
Select the fuel farm
Capsule expiry dates checked
If it fails Remove out-of-date capsules from service and replace them.
Source: procedure 12, line 14 — “EXPIRY DATE”
Capsule function and quantity confirmed
Source: procedure 12, line 15 — “FUNCTION AND QUANTITY”
Analogue differential pressure gauge: full and free piston movement
Source: procedure 12, line 17 — “ANALOG DP FULL AND FREE PISTON MOVEMENT”
Gauge returns to zero
Source: procedure 12, line 18 — “DP RETURN TO ZERO”
Locating lugs, faces and function of the coupling sound
Source: procedure 12, line 20 — “CONDITION OF LOCATING LUGS, FACES AND FUNCTION”
Meter seals intact
Why A broken seal means the meter may have been adjusted.
Source: procedure 12, line 22 — “METER SEALS”
Meter calibration date within its interval
If it fails A meter out of calibration must not be used for custody transfer.
Source: procedure 12, line 23 — “CALIBRATION DATE”
Reel hose inspected relaxed and pressurised
Source: procedure 12, line 25 — “RELAXED/PRESSURISED”
General condition, damage, weaknesses and slippage checked
If it fails Take the hose out of service and raise a defect report.
Source: procedure 12, line 26 — “GENERAL CONDITION, DAMAGES, WEAKNESSES AND SLIPPAGE”
Grooved pipe and flexible joints: no leaks, cracks or damage
Source: procedure 12, line 28 — “LEAKS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES”
No loose bolts or abnormal condition
Source: procedure 12, line 29 — “LOOSE BOLTS/ABNORMAL CONDITION”
Condition of fittings
Source: procedure 12, line 31 — “CONDTION OF FITTINGS”
Condition of the mesh
Source: procedure 12, line 32 — “CONDITION OF MESH”
Quantity and type of contaminants identified and recorded
Why What is in the strainer tells you what is happening upstream.
Source: procedure 12, line 33 — “QUANTITY AND TYPE OF CONTAMINANTS”
Jiggle wire function tested
Source: procedure 12, line 35 — “JIGGLE WIRE FUNCTION AND TEST”
Visual integrity inspection of the tanks
Source: procedure 12, line 36 — “VISUAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION”
Bonding wire between the tanks and the earthing sound
Source: procedure 12, line 37 — “BONDING WIRE BETWEEN TANKS AND EARTHING”
Product recovery tank internally inspected and cleaned
Source: procedure 12, line 38 — “PRT INTERNAL INSPECTION AND CLEANING”
Bund inspected for dirt, draining and integrity
Why The bund is the last containment before the ground.
If it fails Report a damaged or full bund before the next delivery.
Source: procedure 12, line 39 — “BUND INSPECTION (DIRT, DRAINING AND INTEGRITY)”
Extinguisher pressure in the correct band
Source: procedure 12, line 41 — “PRESSURE”
Tag in place
Source: procedure 12, line 42 — “TAG IN PLACE”
General condition sound
Source: procedure 12, line 43 — “GENERAL CONDITION”
Dry powder extinguisher inverted and shaken
Source: procedure 12, line 44 — “DRY POWDER INVERTED AND SHAKEN”
Emergency stops function
Source: procedure 12, line 47 — “FUNCTION”
Emergency stops visible and unobstructed
Source: procedure 12, line 48 — “VISIBLE”
Monthly and quarterly checks recorded in the maintenance logbook
Source: procedure 12, line 50 — “COMPLETE DAILY DEPO CHECKS FORM IN LOGBOOK”
You find a meter seal broken during the monthly check. What do you do?
Comments and praise
Trainer observation
Trainee acknowledgement
Assessor competence decision