Aviation Australia CASA Part 66 - Training Materials (PDF)

The COA holder must give a notice of completion of training and assessment to the employee and to CASA as soon as the employee has successfully completed the training and assessment and has carried out maintenance services, including certification of maintenance, or issued CRSs for a period...

The COA holder must give a notice of completion of training and assessment to the employee and to CASA as soon as the employee has successfully completed the training and assessment and has carried out maintenance services, including certification of maintenance, or issued CRSs for a period of six months after commencement of the authorisation. Once a notice of completion of training and assessment is provided, CASA will consider removal of the relevant exclusion or rating from the individual’s licence, or issue of the relevant rating. © CASA Licence cover Category A Licence Training Syllabus, Training and Assessment An AMO may provide aircraft type-specific training and assessment for line maintenance of an aircraft to an employee holding a Category A licence for authorisation to perform maintenance certification and to issue a CRS. Details of the training syllabus and training and assessment procedures are set out in the AMO’s Exposition. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 130 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Flight Crew Maintenance Training Syllabus, Training and Assessment An AMO may provide training to a pilot or flight engineer to perform maintenance services in relation to the tasks set out in the CASR Part 42 MOS if details of the training syllabus are set out in the AMO’s Exposition. Svitlana/stock.adobe.com used with permission A pilot or flight engineer can perform some maintenance tasks defined in the CASR Part 42 MOS 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 131 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Equipment Tools and Material Introduction to Equipment Tools and Material An AMO must have tools, equipment and materials to enable it to provide maintenance services for which it has an approval rating. Where the maintenance data specifies a particular tool or equipment that must be used in the maintenance of the aircraft or aeronautical product, the AMO must use that tool or equipment unless the use of an alternative is approved. The tooling and equipment must be permanently available or, where a tool or equipment is infrequently used, a method of access to that tool or equipment must be described in the AMO’s Exposition. Sufficient aircraft access equipment and inspection platforms or docks must be provided to properly carry out the approved scope of maintenance. Photo by Cesar Carlevarino Aragon on Unsplash Equipment, tools and materials 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 132 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Calibration of Test Equipment An AMO must ensure that all tools, equipment and, particularly, test equipment that require calibration are controlled and calibrated at specified intervals to ensure serviceability and accuracy in accordance with: The tool or equipment manufacturer’s recommendations, or A nationally recognised standard, and The procedures set out in the AMO’s Exposition. © Fluke T6 Electrical Tester Specific tools require calibration before use 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 133 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Tool Calibration An AMO must ensure that, on the day of calibration, it or the organisation making the calibration makes and retains: Records of the calibrations of each item of equipment or tooling that requires calibration, and A record of the standard of calibration used. An AMO must have a procedure in its Exposition for managing an aircraft or aeronautical product released to service after maintenance has been performed using a tool or equipment that is subsequently found to have been outside of tolerances specified for the tool or equipment at the time the work was performed. © Aviation Australia Tool calibration decal / sticker 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 134 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Acceptance of Aeronautical Products An AMO must classify and segregate all aeronautical products for use or intended for use in the maintenance of aircraft or of aeronautical products. The AMO must keep copies of documents that establish that the aeronautical products meet the conformity and traceability requirements of Subpart 42.E. The AMO must keep the documents for two years after the aeronautical product has been used in, or fitted to, an aircraft or another aeronautical product. Authorised release certificate 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 135 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Fabrication in the Course of Maintenance (FITCOM) An AMO may fabricate an aeronautical product in accordance with the procedures in its Exposition if it is fabricated and used during maintenance by the AMO. The AMO must be able to comply with the design data for the product being fabricated, including: The dimensions, materials and processes The assembly, inspection and test procedures The identification and marking of the product. The AMO must have the necessary facilities, tools, equipment and employees for fabricating, inspecting and testing the product and, unless it is impractical to do so because of the product’s size, the product is: Marked with a part and serial number as required by the design data, and Marked to identify the AMO. Fabrication In the course of maintenance 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 136 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  An AMO must make and retain a record for each aeronautical product fabricated by it, including the following information: A description of the product The part number and serial number of the product The type of aircraft or aeronautical product the product will be fitted to or used in: The design data used for fabricating the product Identification of the parts and materials used to fabricate the product and the results of inspections and tests carried out on the product. The AMO must certify that the product has been fabricated in accordance with the design data for each of the following as applicable: Assembly Inspection Testing Marking. An AMO must keep the record for two years after the product has been permanently removed from service. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 137 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness Introduction to Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness It is intended that an AMO should hold any maintenance data applicable to specific aircraft or aeronautical products that it is approved to maintain, which are listed on the AMO’s Approval Certificate or in its Exposition Capability Statement. If a specific aircraft or aeronautical product is listed in the AMO’s Capability Statement as being approved for maintenance at a particular location, the data is expected to be held at that location. An AMO holds maintenance data if it has subscribed to an online provider of maintenance data, provided that the AMO Exposition specifies the source and details of the subscription and method of access, as well as methods of verifying that the data is both current and applicable to the aircraft or aeronautical product for which the AMO is approved. The AMO must hold and use the data for the entire duration of the performance of the maintenance, and a copy of all maintenance records must be retained. An AMO must ensure that all applicable Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness (ICA) are readily available for use when required by maintenance personnel. Maintenance Data Where an AMO is approved to maintain a class of aircraft or aeronautical product and specific aircraft or aeronautical products are not individually listed on the approval certificate, it is an acceptable means of compliance for the AMO’s Exposition to show how it accesses the maintenance data for a particular aircraft or aeronautical product when it is required to perform maintenance of the particular aircraft or aeronautical product. The Exposition procedure will show how the AMO ensures that the maintenance data it accesses is current. Sources of data access may be the Registered Operator (RO), vendors, subscription services or an aircraft owner. An AMO may generate maintenance data for its own use if: There is no existing maintenance data covering the particular maintenance, and The generation of new maintenance data does not involve the creation of wear limits. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 138 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  The generation of the maintenance data is made in accordance with a procedure specified in the AMO’s Exposition and: Includes a process for approval of the data by the AMOs quality manager or a person nominated by the quality manager after the new procedure has been assessed and found to result in a safe standard of maintenance. Ensures that the person responsible for continuing airworthiness of the aircraft or aeronautical product is notified and agrees, in writing, with the use of the generated maintenance data for the aircraft or aeronautical product. Includes a process for notification of the details of the new maintenance data to a manufacturer, TC holder, STC holder or holder of the design or repair approval where applicable. Includes the provision for a paper, or an electronic traceability of the complete process of the data generation. Ensures that the new maintenance data clearly identifies: The source of the data, and The approval process used for the data, and Currency or revision status of the data. The Exposition procedure describes the provision for retention and control of the maintenance data. An AMO must have procedures in its Exposition to ensure that if any procedure, practice, information or maintenance instruction for an aircraft or an aeronautical product (as contained in the ICA) for use by the AMO, is identified as, or is reasonably believed to be, inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous, then the relevant ICA content is not used for maintenance until it is corrected or clarified. An AMO may only alter maintenance data for its own use if: The maintenance can be carried out in a more practical or efficient manner, or The maintenance data cannot be complied with by following the existing maintenance instructions, or The alteration of the maintenance data is for the use of tools or equipment not specified in the data. The alteration of the maintenance data is made in accordance with a procedure specified in the AMO’s Exposition that includes a process for approval of the alteration by the AMO’s Quality Manager or a person nominated by the Quality Manager after assessment establishes that the alteration provides an equivalent or improved maintenance standard. The Exposition procedure describes the provision for retention and control of the altered data. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 139 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  An AMO must comply with the following requirements for the continuous airworthiness of aircraft: The AMO must have an appropriate means of recording maintenance tasks, for example, on worksheets, work cards or otherwise (maintenance records). If the AMO provides maintenance services to a Registered Operator (RO) who requires records of maintenance to be made on the RO’s own maintenance records, the AMO must ensure correct completion of the operator’s maintenance records. The AMO must ensure that maintenance data applicable to maintenance tasks is accurately recorded in the AMO’s maintenance records, or the maintenance records must provide precise reference to maintenance tasks detailed in the maintenance data. If the AMO’s maintenance records involve use of a system of computer-generated work cards or worksheets, the AMO must ensure that the system includes a back-up electronic database that is updated within 24 hours after any entry is made to the original electronic database. The AMO must ensure that complex maintenance tasks are divided into stages and that each stage of maintenance is recorded separately. Also, each stage must be covered by an appropriate maintenance certification, by the person who is competent for the stage. The AMO must ensure that tasks involving specialist maintenance, for which the competency required is held by more than one employee, are divided into separate stages, ensuring maintenance certification of each stage is carried out by the person who is competent for the stage. The AMO’s Exposition must set out procedures to ensure compliance with each of the requirements above. An AMO must have a procedure in its Exposition to ensure that ICAs it controls are kept up-to-date and for data provided by another person. Flight Safety Foundation Electronic aircraft maintenance manual 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 140 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Production Planning An AMO must have, at any time, sufficient employees to provide the maintenance services it is approved to provide, and a system of production planning detailed in its Exposition which is appropriate to the volume and complexity of maintenance services it provides. The production planning system must include: Forecasting of maintenance work to ensure availability of employees, tools, equipment, maintenance data and facilities to carry out the maintenance, and Consideration of human performance limitations when planning maintenance tasks and scheduling shifts or maintenance teams to ensure maintenance can be completed without undue haste and within the limitations of human performance, and Procedures for the communication of information to employees about the progress of maintenance when there is a shift changeover or change of individual employees performing a maintenance task. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 141 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Certification of Maintenance Certification of Maintenance for Aircraft An AMO must issue a CRS for an aircraft or aeronautical product for which it provides maintenance services in accordance with Part 42 of CASR 1998. The AMO must issue a CRS for an aircraft before flight at the completion of any maintenance. An AMO must, in writing, on the continuing airworthiness record, notify a person responsible for continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aeronautical product of: Any new defect identified during the carrying out of maintenance, and Particulars of any requested maintenance work that was not completed at the time the CRS for the maintenance was issued and the reasons why it was not completed. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 142 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Certification of Maintenance for Aeronautical Products An AMO must issue a CRS for an aeronautical product, following maintenance on the product, while the aeronautical product is not fitted to an aircraft: In the form approved by CASA, which is Form 1 Authorised Release Certificate, or in a form specified in the AMO’s Exposition for an approved in-house release document for the release and control of aeronautical products, if the aeronautical product is maintained for its own use. If an AMO is unable to complete all the maintenance of an aircraft requested by a registered operator at the time the CRS is issued for the maintenance, the CRS must only be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part 42. Compliance with Regulation 42.745 ensures that the person responsible for continuing airworthiness of the aircraft has been made aware of any: Maintenance that the AMO was unable to carry out, or Existing defects in the aircraft that have not been deferred. CASA Form 1 authorised release certificate 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 143 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Fitting Parts With No Authorised Release Certificate A part may be fitted to an aircraft if: The part is to be fitted by an individual carrying out maintenance on behalf of a Part 145 organisation. The aircraft is grounded at a location that is not the organisations main location. The aircraft is grounded because of a defect in the aircraft that cannot be rectified without fitting a part of that kind. A part of that kind in respect of which there is an authorised CRS is not available at that location. The part is accompanied by a document that: States that the part is serviceable Identifies the organisation that issued the document Includes details of the NAA under whose authority the document was issued. The person responsible for continuing airworthiness for the aircraft agrees to the fitting of the part to the aircraft. An entry is made in the aircrafts flight technical log that, within 36 flight hours after it is fitted: The person responsible for continuing airworthiness for the aircraft must obtain an authorised CRS for the part The part must be removed. Maintenance Records An AMO must record, in writing, details of maintenance that are sufficient to show that all requirements of this MOS, the AMO’s approval rating and the Exposition which pertain to the maintenance services provided have been complied with, including: Details of maintenance carried out on an aircraft or aeronautical product for which a certifying employee of the AMO has issued a CRS, and Details of calibrated tooling or test equipment used for the maintenance to provide traceability. An AMO must provide the maintenance record of that maintenance to the person responsible for continuing airworthiness of any aircraft for which the AMO has provided maintenance services. The AMO must keep a copy of all aircraft maintenance records for two years. If the records are kept in electronic form, a back-up electronic record of the information must be kept in a location separate from the original. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 144 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  The AMO must keep a copy of all CRSs issued: For aircraft, for one year For aeronautical products for two years. If an AMO ceases to be an AMO, the organisation must dispose of the records in accordance with a procedure in its Exposition or in a manner approved by CASA. Note: Specific procedures are required in the Exposition where the AMO uses a registered operator’s work card or worksheet system. Page from an aircraft technical log Occurrence and Major Defect Reporting An AMO must have an internal occurrence reporting, investigation and feedback system set out in its Exposition. The system must utilise just culture reporting principles (ensuring that employees are not inappropriately punished for reporting or co-operating with occurrence investigations) and be followed up for reporting and tracking maintenance and safety issues that are found during the carrying out of maintenance on an aircraft or aeronautical product. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 145 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  The procedures must include: Collecting and evaluating individual maintenance difficulty and safety reports, and Identifying any adverse trends in all of the AMO’s occurrence reports Identifying systemic deficiencies Taking corrective action to address systemic deficiencies Following up and monitoring corrective action to ensure maintenance and safety issues have been adequately addressed Distributing information about the occurrence reports, their evaluation and follow-up action. A person must immediately report a major defect to the AMO by which they are employed. An AMO may use the internal occurrence reporting system to identify and report any major defect of an aircraft or aeronautical product maintained by the AMO. The acceptable internal reporting process will be closed loop, ensuring that actions are taken internally to address maintenance errors and safety hazards. Feedback to reporters, both on an individual and more general basis, ensures their continued support for the scheme. An AMO must submit major defect reports within two days of identifying the condition to which the report relates in accordance with CASR Part 42. CASA defect report 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 146 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  AMO Exposition Requirements Safety and Quality Policies As Safety Management Systems (SMS) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) share many commonalities, there may be a tendency to assume that an organisation that has established and operates a QMS does not need, or already has, an SMS. However, although SMSs and QMSs share commonalities, there are also important differences between them, as well as shortcomings in the effectiveness of a QMS to achieve by itself the overarching objective of managing the safety risks or the consequences of hazards the organisation must confront during the activities related to the delivery of services. An AMO’s Exposition must contain safety and quality policies which: Show safety as the overriding consideration at all times, and Encourage employees to report maintenance-related incidents and errors to the AMO. The policies must also require all employees to: Comply with quality and safety standards and procedures, and Co-operate with requests from independent quality auditors relating to maintenance services the employees provide. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 147 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Maintenance Procedures An AMO must have procedures in its Exposition that ensure good maintenance practices and compliance with the MOS, which include: Taking into account human factors principles and human performance limitations, and Maintaining documents and forms that ensure aircraft and aeronautical products are released to service in accordance with the regulations, and Ensuring the facility is compliant with the regulations, and Covering all aspects of the provision of maintenance services, and Setting out the standards, including process standards and employee competency standards to which the AMO will work, and Ensuring that any employee does not perform any work in relation to maintenance of an aircraft or aeronautical product if that employee’s capacity to perform the work is significantly impaired, and Ensuring that any damage outside the SRM limits is assessed and modifications and repairs are carried out using a design approval. For aircraft maintenance, procedures must include: Capturing maintenance errors, and Ensuring that maintenance is appropriately allocated to employees to avoid one employee simultaneously performing similar tasks on more than one system on the same aircraft, and Where the requirements mentioned in the previous point cannot be met because only one individual is available, ensuring an additional inspection stage by the individual after they have completed the maintenance. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 148 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Quality Management System An AMO must have in its Exposition, and comply with, a written Quality Management System (QMS) that includes the requirement for independent surveillance and quality audits to be conducted at intervals of not more than every 12 months after the issue of a Part 145 approval under the control of an individual who is not a responsible manager of the AMO, to ensure that: All aspects of regulatory compliance are checked, and Required aircraft or aeronautical product maintenance standards are met, and The AMO’s procedures are adequate to meet the requirement of aircraft or aeronautical product maintenance standards. In addition, the QMS must include a system of remedial corrective and preventative action and feedback that: Communicates audit findings to individuals and to the Accountable Manager, and Ensures timely corrective action is taken in response to reports resulting from the independent audits, and Control processes for identification, legibility, storage, protection, archiving, retrieval and retention of all records associated with the requirements of the MOS, and A system for regular review of the Quality Management System to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness, including assessment of opportunities for improvement and the need for changes to the system, Further, if an AMO uses a Maintenance Services subcontractor, the AMO’s quality system, or subcontract control procedures, also includes: Procedures for performance of pre-contract auditing of the Maintenance Services subcontractor’s work to determine whether the subcontractor is able to provide services to a standard that will enable the AMO to meet its obligations under the MOS. Performance and recording of sample audits of services provided by the subcontractor for the AMO and a record of when the subcontractor is used. A corrective action follow-up plan that includes termination of the arrangements with the subcontractor if services provided by the subcontractor do not meet the AMO’s standards. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 149 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Exposition Requirements An AMO must have an Exposition that includes all of the following: The duties and responsibilities of individuals nominated as Responsible Managers, including matters for which they may deal directly with CASA An organisation chart showing chains of responsibility of managers A procedure to show when and who can deputise for any Responsible Manager in the case of a lengthy absence of that Responsible Manager A list of certifying employees A description of available human resources The address of each location that is a main location and a description of the facilities at the location A description of maintenance on an aircraft that is line or base maintenance for the AMO A statement of the capability of the AMO to perform a maintenance service for which it is approved under Appendix I and the main and other locations at which it can perform those services The AMO’s procedure for seeking CASA approval of significant changes to the AMO The AMO’s procedure for making changes to the Exposition The AMO’s quality and safety management systems and procedures established to meet all the requirements of this MOS Names of registered operators of passenger transport aircraft to which the AMO will provide maintenance services Addresses and descriptions of line maintenance stations Names of contracted organisations Procedures for how the AMO will comply with any requirement in this MOS that is not set out above. An AMO must ensure its Exposition is amended and remains up-to-date. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 150 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  CASR Part 145 Exposition Privileges of an AMO Privileges of an AMO include: Providing maintenance services for an aircraft or an aeronautical product for which the AMO is approved at a location described in its Exposition, and For an aircraft or an aeronautical product mentioned above, issuing a CRS for completion of maintenance. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 151 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Additional Privileges of an AMO In addition, an AMO may do the following: Arrange for maintenance services to be carried out on behalf of the AMO by a Maintenance Services Subcontractor. Arrange for the maintenance services to be carried out by a Maintenance Services Subcontractor that is not approved under the control of the quality system of the AMO. This is provided that the Subcontractor’s facilities, personnel and procedures meet the relevant requirements of Part 145 and the Part 145 MOS for the contracted work. The arrangement must also be in accordance with procedures set out in the AMO’s Exposition designed to ensure that: The AMO confirms that the Maintenance Services Subcontractor meets the necessary standards for the maintenance. Any maintenance is carried out in accordance with Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness. The AMO’s procedures apply to the Maintenance Services Subcontractor. Any limitations on the kind of work that the Maintenance Services Subcontractor may perform are complied with. The procedures must also ensure that the maintenance services provided by the subcontractor do not include: A base maintenance check, or A complete workshop maintenance check or overhaul of an engine, engine module or propeller. Gas turbine maintenance 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 152 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  An AMO may also provide maintenance services at a location, other than a line station described in the AMO’s Exposition, provide maintenance services for an aircraft that is unserviceable or requires line maintenance, but only if: The maintenance services are services for which the AMO is approved, and The location is capable of supporting the required maintenance, and The location has been identified and approved by the AMO as an appropriate temporary location for the maintenance in accordance with procedures set out in the AMO’s Exposition. The AMO’s Exposition both authorises the activity and lists the location. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 153 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Appendix I Organisations Approval Class and Ratings System Part 145 AMOs are categorised into four category ratings for the aircraft maintenance they are approved to carry out: Category A Category B Category C Category D. Category A The Category A rating means that the AMO may carry out aircraft maintenance, as specified in its approval certificate, in accordance with maintenance data for the aircraft. An A rating also permits the AMO to provide maintenance services for specialist maintenance that is covered by the Category A rating if the specialist maintenance is carried out in accordance with the relevant procedures set out in the AMO’s Exposition. Category A class ratings are subdivided into base or line maintenance, and the AMO may be approved for either base or line maintenance or both. QANTAS A380 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 154 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Category B The Category B rating means that the Part 145 AMO may provide maintenance services, as specified in its approval certificate, which involve carrying out maintenance on an uninstalled engine or an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU). The maintenance must be in accordance with maintenance data for that engine and the APU. A Category B rating also permits the AMO to provide maintenance services for specialist maintenance that is covered by its Category B rating and the specialist maintenance is carried out in accordance with the relevant procedures in the AMO’s Exposition. © Aviation Australia Engine maintenance 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 155 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Category C The Category C rating means that the Part 145 AMO may provide maintenance services as specified in its approval certificate on an aeronautical product other than an engine and an APU. The maintenance must be in accordance with the maintenance data for the aeronautical product. A Category C rating also permits the AMO to provide maintenance services for specialist maintenance, for an aeronautical product for which it is approved under the category C rating, if the specialist maintenance is carried out in accordance with the relevant procedures set out in the AMO’s Exposition. Aviation Australia Landing gear maintenance 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 156 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Category D The Category D rating means that the Part 145 AMO may provide maintenance services for specialist maintenance on an aircraft or an aeronautical product. A Category D rated organisation may carry out maintenance without holding a Category A rating for aircraft maintenance or a Category B or C rating for aeronautical product maintenance, but only if the maintenance services are specified in the AMO’s approval certificate for the Category D rating. Photo by Rob Lambert on Unsplash Aircraft welding 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 157 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Appendix II Category A Licence Tasks This appendix outlines the scope of authorisations that a Part 145 AMO may issue to employees qualified under Part 66 as Category A licence holders to perform maintenance certification and issue CRSs. Minor scheduled line maintenance, including a scheduled inspection or check, up to and including a weekly check. Minor maintenance, including a pre-flight, transit or overnight check, ground handling, and APU running. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 158 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Typical examples of minor scheduled line maintenance or simple defect rectification tasks: Replacement of wheel assemblies Replacement of wheel brake units Replacement of emergency equipment Replacement of ovens, boilers and beverage makers Replacement of internal and external lights, filaments and flash tubes Replacement of windscreen wiper blades Replacement of passenger or cabin crew seats, seat belts and harnesses Closing of cowlings and refitting of quick-access inspection panels Replacement of toilet system components, other than gate valves Simple repair and replacement of internal compartment doors and placards, other than doors forming part of a pressure structure Simple repair and replacement of overhead stowage compartment doors and cabin furnishing items Replacement of static wicks Replacement of aircraft main and APU batteries Replacement of in-flight entertainment system components, other than public address system components Routine lubrication and replenishment of system fluids and gases Implementation of a registered operators MEL, including deactivation of subsystems and aircraft components as permitted by the MEL, if the MEL application is one that CASA approves as a simple task Any other line maintenance task for an aircraft type, if the task is: Specified in Appendix IV of this MOS as being a simple task Listed in the AMO’s Exposition as a simple task, and approved as such by CASA at the time CASA approves the Exposition. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 159 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  In addition, for a helicopter only, it may include removal or installation of the following: Simple medical equipment carried inside a helicopter used for emergency medical services External cargo provisions (for example, external hooks, mirrors), excluding the hoist Quick-release external cameras and search lights Emergency float bags, excluding the bottles External doors fitted with quick-release attachments Snow pads, skid-wear shoes or slump-protection pads Removal, inspection and re-installation of chip detectors, including on-inspection go-or-no-go decision on chip or fuzz or swarf Folding or deploying rotor blades if: Handling instructions permit folding for storage Ground support equipment is available Visual inspection or tap test of rotor blades Minor repairs, including stop drilling and bonding, to acrylic or Perspex windscreens. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 160 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Appendix III Conditions for Employees Not Qualified for Part 66 of CASR 1998 Certifying employees complying with the following conditions will meet the requirements of CASR Part 145: The individual must hold a licence or a certifying employee authorisation issued under the country’s national regulations in compliance with the ICAO Annex 1 Aircraft Maintenance Licence. The scope of work of the individual must not exceed the scope of work defined by the national licence/certifying employee authorisation. The individual must have received training on human factors and airworthiness regulations equivalent to that detailed in Part 66 of CASR 1998. Aircraft maintenance licence The individual must demonstrate five years’ maintenance experience for a line maintenance certifying employee and eight years for a base maintenance certifying employee. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 161 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  However, an individual whose authorised tasks do not exceed those of a Part 66 Category A certifying employee need only demonstrate three years’ maintenance experience. Maintenance certifying employees must receive type training at a level corresponding to Part 66, Appendix III, for every aircraft on which they are authorised to make certification. However, those individuals whose authorised tasks do not exceed those of a Part 66 Category A certifying employee may receive task training in lieu of complete type training. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 162 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Air Operations (10.4) Learning Objectives 10.4.1 Recall the purpose and importance of Air Operators' Certificates for certain classifications of operation (Level 1). 10.4.2 State the operators' responsibilities, in particular regarding continuing airworthiness and maintenance (Level 1). 10.4.3 State the requirements and responsibilities of an aircraft maintenance program (Level 1). 10.4.4 Define the purpose of an MEL and CDL (Level 1). 10.4.5 Recall the documents that regulations state must be carried on board an aircraft (Level 1). 10.4.6 Recall mandatory aircraft placards, markings and other identification required on aircraft (Level 1). 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 163 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Air Operator’s Certificates Introduction to Air Operator’s Certificates An Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) is a permission granted by CASA to conduct commercial activities under the following regulations: Sec 27 of the Civil Aviation Act CAR (1988) 206 CASR (1998) Part 21. Consequently, operating these commercial activities without an AOC is illegal and is punishable by law. All AOCs are issued for a specified term. An AOC is required if you intend to conduct any of the following commercial purposes: Aerial work Flying training Charter Regular Public Transport (RPT). Aviation Australia Sample Air Operator's Certificate issued by CASA 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 164 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Aerial Work Aerial work purposes are defined in CAR 206 as follows: Aerial surveying Aerial spotting Agricultural operations Aerial photography Aerial advertising Ambulance functions. It includes carriage, for trading purposes, of goods owned by the pilot, owner or hirer of the aircraft on schedules that are not fixed schedules to and from fixed terminals. Further, it includes any other purpose that is substantially similar to any of those specified and for which the aircraft is not available to persons generally. Photo by Stefan Krause via Wikipedia Commons Licence Agricultural aircraft Flying Training An AOC is needed for flying training other than conversion training or training carried out under an experimental certificate issued under CASR Part 21. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 165 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Charter Charter is defined as the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire or reward, to or from any place, other than carriage in accordance with fixed schedules to and from fixed terminals or under a Special Flight Permit. An AOC is needed for the carriage, in accordance with fixed schedules to and from fixed terminals, of passengers or cargo or passengers and cargo in circumstances in which the accommodation in the aircraft is not available to persons generally. Photo by Chris Leipelt on Unsplash Charter aircraft 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 166 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Regular Public Transport Regular Public Transport (RPT) is the transportation of persons, or transportation of cargo for persons, for hire or reward in accordance with fixed schedules to and from fixed terminals over specific routes with or without intermediate stopping places between terminals. Example of a Regular Public Transport (RPT) aircraft. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 167 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Air Operator’s Certificates Requirement Introduction to Air Operator’s Certificates Requirement Section 27 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 (the Act) provides, among other things, that an AOC is required for commercial operations prescribed by CAR 206 by: Aircraft flying into, or out of, Australian Territory Aircraft flying in Australian Territory Australian aircraft flying outside Australian Territory. However, the Act does permit commercial operations without an AOC in the following two cases: Limited Category aircraft (e.g. conducting joy flights) Experimental aircraft (practice in flying the aircraft). Application for an AOC To be issued an AOC, the operator will need to complete an AOC Application Form (Form 1049). Form 1049 consists of nine parts (A to I). The operator must complete the parts that are applicable to the operation. The form provides the guidelines necessary to complete each part. There are three parts that are mandatory for all applications: Part A—details of the applicant(s) Part F—details of the main and ancillary base(s) of operations and facilities Part G—details of organisational structure and personnel. 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 168 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  Australia and New Zealand Mutual Recognition of AOCs Australia and New Zealand mutually recognise AOCs for aircraft with more than 30 seats or weighing more than 15 000 kg. Mutual recognition enables Australian and New Zealand operators to operate to, from and within either country on the basis of their home certification. Australian operators must first apply to CASA to request operations under the Australian New Zealand Agreement (ANZA). CASA must be satisfied that the AOC holder will operate only high- capacity aircraft registered in Australia or New Zealand. In accordance with the Civil Aviation Act 1988, CASA must receive advice from the Secretary of the Department that the applicant is eligible for consideration for an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges. Australian/New Zealand mutual recognition of AOC 2024-10-01 B-10c Aviation Legislation Page 169 of 328 CASA Part 66 - Training Materials Only  The Operator’s Responsibilities Registered Operator Responsibilities The Registered Operator (RO) must comply with the regulatory requirements that relate to safety. The RO is to ensure employees and flight crews are familiar with local laws and regulations. A Compliance Statement is used in the evaluation of an applicant’s Operations Manual and, where applicable, a Maintenance Control Manual. AOC holders are required to have a current Certificate of Compliance from CASA, which serves as proof of holding satisfactory passenger liability insurance. 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