ATCO.AR.E.001 Application and certification procedure for training organisations

[applicable until 3 August 2024 - ED Decision 2015/010/R]

AMC1 ATCO.AR.E.001(a);(b) Certification procedure for training organisations and issue of certificates [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

(a)The competent authority should verify the applicant’s compliance through an audit of the organisation, including interviews of personnel and inspections carried out at the organisation’s facilities.

(b)The competent authority should only conduct such audit after being satisfied that the application for a certificate complies with the applicable requirements.

(c)The audit should include but should not be limited to the following areas:

(1)detailed management structure, including names and qualifications of personnel required by ATCO.OR.C.010, adequacy of the organisation and management structure;

(2)adequacy of number and qualifications of personnel;

(3)safety management and compliance monitoring with applicable requirements;

(4)adequacy of the facilities with regard to the organisation’s scope of training;

(5)documentation on the basis of which the certificate shall be granted (organisation documentation as required by Annex III (Part ATCO.OR), including manuals, training plans and course documentation). [applicable until 3 August 2024 - ED Decision 2015/010/R]

(c)The audit should include but should not be limited to the following areas:

(1)detailed management structure, including names and qualifications of personnel required by point ATCO.OR.C.010, adequacy of the organisation and management structure;

(2)adequacy of number and qualifications of personnel;

(3)safety management and compliance monitoring with applicable requirements;

(4)adequacy of the facilities with regard to the organisation’s scope of training;

(5)documentation on the basis of which the certificate shall be granted (organisation documentation as required by Annex III (Part ATCO.OR), including manuals, training plans and course documentation). [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

(d)In case of non-compliance, the applicant should be informed in writing of the corrections required.

ISSUE OF A CERTIFICATE

(a)The attachment to the air traffic controller training organisation’s certificate should specify the privileges that the air traffic controller training organisation has obtained to provide and conduct the corresponding training.

(b)The certificate should not be issued where a level 1 finding remains open. In exceptional circumstances, finding(s), other than level 1, should be assessed and mitigated as necessary by the air traffic controller training organisation and a corrective action plan for closing the finding(s) should be approved by the competent authority prior to the issue of the certificate. [applicable until 3 August 2024 - ED Decision 2015/015/R]

REMARKS TO THE CERTIFICATE Remarks in the attachment to the ATCO training organisation certificates may, as appropriate, be related to:

(a)sites where the initial training is to be provided, if different from the principal place of the operation;

(b)provision of information reasonably required for the verification of the continuous compliance with the applicable requirements;

(c)contracts, agreements or other arrangements concluded between the training organisation and a third party, and which concern the training to be provided;

(d)any possible (legal) conditions, which are not specific to the training to be provided, etc. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]