ATCO.OR.C.005 Contracted activities

(a)Training organisations may decide to contract certain parts of their activities to external organisations.

(b)A written agreement should exist between the training organisation and the contracted organisation clearly defining the contracted activities and the applicable requirements.

(c)The contracted safety-related activities relevant to the agreement should be included in the training organisation’s compliance monitoring programme.

(d)Training organisations should ensure that the contracted organisation has the necessary authorisation or approval when required, and commands the resources and competence to undertake the task.

RESPONSIBILITY WHEN CONTRACTING ACTIVITIES

(a)Regardless of the approval status of the contracted organisation, the contracting organisation is responsible to ensure that all contracted activities are subject to hazard identification and risk management as required by ATCO.OR.C.001(c) and to compliance monitoring as required by ATCO.OR.C.001(f).

(b)When the contracted organisation is itself certified to carry out the contracted activities, the organisation’s compliance monitoring should at least check that the approval effectively covers the contracted activities and that it is still valid.