(a)The 12-month period mentioned in ORO.TC.135(a) should be counted from the last day of the month when the first checking was made. Further training should be undertaken within the last 3 calendar months of that period. The new 12-month period should be counted from the original expiry date.
(b)The recurrent practical training should include every year:
(1)emergency procedures, including early identification of pilot incapacitation;
(2)evacuation procedures;
(3)touch-drills by each technical crew member for opening normal and emergency exits for (passenger) evacuation;
(4)the location and handling of emergency equipment and the donning by each technical crew member of life jackets and protective breathing equipment (PBE), when applicable;
(5)first aid and the contents of the first-aid kit(s);
(6)stowage of articles in the cabin;
(7)use of dangerous goods, if applicable;
(8)incident and accident review; and
(9)crew resource management: all topics of the initial CRM training should be covered over a period not exceeding 3 years.
(c)Recurrent training should include every 3 years:
(1)practical training in operating and opening all normal and emergency exits for passenger evacuation in an aircraft or representative training device and demonstration of the operation of all other exits;
(2)practical training in the use of all firefighting equipment as well as protective clothing representative of that carried in the aircraft. Each technical crew member should:
(i)extinguish a fire characteristic of an aircraft interior fire except that, in the case of Halon extinguishers, an alternative extinguishing agent may be used;
(ii)practise the donning and use of protective breathing equipment (if fitted) in an enclosed, simulated smoke-filled environment; and
(iii)manage a fire of a battery mounted on a VCA, where applicable;
(3)use of pyrotechnics (actual or representative devices); and
(4)demonstration of the use of the life raft, if fitted.