Overview

The aim of this unit is to equip students with a broad and coherent body of knowledge about the aviation regulatory and legal environment with focus on specific areas related to aviation operations.

Requisites

Equivalent units
AVA10005 Aviation Regulation and Operations
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Review and understand the need for regulation and the history and process of creating it
  • Describe processes by which an organisation ensures that it achieves and maintains all dimensions of compliance and governance
  • Explain how an organsiation manages its internal business processes
  • Demonstrate appropriate conduct and business etiquette in an aviation environment
  • Interpret the intent of a contract to make informed business decisions
  • Translate essential aviation legal and regulatory language into plain English

Teaching methods

HKU SPACE

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
On-campus
Class		1.00 12 weeks 12
TOTAL150

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Class		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 20 - 40% 1,2,3,4,5 
PresentationGroup 10 - 20% 1,2,3,5,6 
QuizzesIndividual 10 - 20% 1,3,4,5 
ReportGroup 20 - 40% 1,2,3,4,5,6 

Content

Aero-political Framework

  • Historical context of the aero-political environment
  • Contemporary political and economic issues facing the aviation industry such as carbon/environmental trading schemes, skills shortages and alternate fuels
  • Future political and economic challenges which will shape the industry
  • Introduction to Aviation Insurance

International Regulatory Environment

  • Key international conventions applicable to aviation
  • Key international bodies and their role in the aviation industry

Australian Domestic Aviation Regulatory Environment

  • Overview of key domestic legislation and regulations
  • Air Operators certificate
  • Aircraft Certification
  • Introduction to Quality Management Systems
  • Introduction to Risk Management
  • Introduction to Safety Management Systems

Aviation issues

  • Security
  • Extended Diversion Time Operations (EDTO)
  • Aviation Fuel
  • Simulation
  • Aircraft Evaluation and Selection

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.