MED.D.030 Validity of AME certificates

REFRESHER TRAINING

(a)It is the responsibility of the AME to continuously maintain and improve their competencies.

(b)During the period of validity of the AME certificate, an AME should attend a minimum of 20 hours of refresher training.

(c)An AME exercising class 1 privileges should attend at least 10 hours of refresher training per year.

(d)A proportionate number of refresher training hours should be provided by, or conducted under the direct supervision of, the competent authority or the medical assessor.

(e)The curricula of refresher training hours referred to in (c) should be decided by the competent authority following a risk-based assessment.

(f)Attendance at scientific meetings and congresses, and flight deck experience may be credited by the competent authority for a specified number of hours against the training obligations of the AME, provided the competent authority has assessed it in advance as being relevant for crediting purposes.

(g)In case of renewal of an AME certificate, the practical training should include at least 10 aero-medical assessments, in accordance with the type of the requested AME certificate.

REFRESHER TRAINING

(a)The curricula for the refresher training hours that should be provided by, or conducted under the direct supervision of, the competent authority or the medical assessor may include but are not limited to subjects such as:

(1)Psychiatry

(i)Relation to aviation, risk of incapacitation;

(ii)Psychiatric examination;

(iii)Psychiatric disorders: neurosis, personality disorders, psychosis, organic mental illness;

(iv)Alcohol and other psychoactive substance(s) use; and

(v)Treatment, rehabilitation and assessment.

(2)Psychology

(i)Introduction to psychology in aviation as a supplement to psychiatric assessment;

(ii)Methods of psychological examination;

(iii)Behaviour and personality;

(iv)Workload management and situational awareness;

(v)Flight motivation and suitability;

(vi)Group social factors;

(vii)Psychological stress, stress coping, fatigue;

(viii)Psychomotor functions and age; and

(ix)Mental fitness and training.

(3)Communication and interview techniques

(b)Scientific meetings, congresses or flight deck experience that may be credited by the competent authority:

Flight crew compartment experience (a maximum of 5 hours credit per 3 years):

(i)Jump seat 5 sectors — 1 hour credit

(ii)Simulator 4 hours — 1 hour credit

(iii)Aircraft piloting 4 hours — 1 hour credit

(c)An AME exercising class 1 revalidation/renewal privileges should attend international aviation medicine scientific meetings or congresses at regular intervals.

(d)Aero-medical examinations of military pilots may be considered as equivalent in accordance with MED.D.030(a)(3), subject to approval by the medical assessor of the competent authority.

AME PEER SUPPORT GROUPS

(a)The competent authority should promote better performance of AMEs by supporting the establishment of AME peer support groups that could provide both professional support and educational enhancement.

(b)Attendance to AME peer support group meetings may be credited by the competent authority as refresher training. The competent authority should determine a maximum of hours that can be credited as refresher training during the period of authorisation.

(c)AME peer support groups may be established as part of, or complementary to, national associations of aerospace medicine.