Icon Aerospace Training Program Quiz

Icon Aerospace, LLC Training Program Overview

• Icon Aerospace, LLC's training program includes a training needs assessment to identify overall and individual employee needs.
• The program covers defining areas of study, identifying training sources, documenting qualifications, and measuring effectiveness.
• The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with the training program, and the Accountable Manager has overall authority.
• Maintenance, inspections, preventive maintenance, and alteration tasks must be performed by trained personnel in accordance with FAA-approved procedures.
• The training program includes indoctrination, specialized, and remedial training for all employees, with separate areas of study for different staffing categories.
• There are minimum training standards for job positions and methods to assess an individual’s skill level to determine training requirements.
• The training program is designed to meet the company’s needs and comply with regulatory requirements.
• The needs assessment process determines overall training requirements and individual employee training requirements.
• The Quality Assurance Manager and the Accountable Manager review various factors to determine overall training requirements, resulting in knowledge and skill standards for each job position or function.
• Icon Aerospace, LLC continuously evaluates its overall repair station training needs, and revises the program when identifying additional training needs or changes to its work scope.
• Additional training needs can be identified through various means, such as FAA oversight findings, quality assurance audits, and employee feedback.
• When planning changes to facilities, equipment, or work scope, Icon Aerospace, LLC conducts a review of its current training program and assesses the need for additional training based on the new work to be performed and employee capability.

Quality Assurance Manager Responsibilities for Training Manual Revisions

• Quality Assurance Manager coordinates all revisions to the manual with the local Flight Standards District Office, sending a copy of changes 30 days before the issuance date for comment.
• Revisions are recorded on the list of effective pages with the revision date and shaded gray until the next revision.
• If comments are received, they are directed for proper disposition in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs).
• Distribution to the FAA is by first class mail, return receipt requested, hand-delivered, or electronic mail unless otherwise directed in writing by the local Flight Standards District Office.
• Any changes required by the FAA to submitted revisions of the manual must be accomplished within ten working days of written notification.
• A list of effective pages is issued with each revision to keep the manual current.
• The training manual includes sections on training needs assessment, course definition, training methods and sources, training documentation, and measurement of training effectiveness.
• The manual also covers work performed for Part 121, 125, 129, and Part 135 operators, work performed by interim maintenance employees, and the training plan and needs assessment.
• The training program manual contains the policies and procedures used by Icon Aerospace, LLC to determine its training requirements and develop its training program.
• The manual ensures that repair station employees have the knowledge and skills to perform assigned maintenance tasks and that the training program is responsive to employees' changing training needs.
• Icon Aerospace, LLC controls the document in accordance with the procedures for document control described in its Repair Station Manual (RSM) and provides a copy of the document and all revisions to its certificate-holding district office (CHDO).
• The company uses a closed-loop system to ensure that training requirements are identified, standards are established, training is provided, and the program is revised as necessary.