1.Recurrent training is a two-way process to ensure that certifying staff and support staff remain current in terms of the necessary technical knowledge, procedures, and safety management (including human factors), and that the organisation receives feedback on the adequacy of its procedures and maintenance instructions. Due to the interactive nature of this training, consideration should be given to involving the compliance monitoring staff and the key safety management personnel in this training to provide a consistent presence and facilitate feedback. There should be a procedure to ensure that feedback is formally reported by the trainers through the internal safety reporting scheme to initiate action where necessary.
2.Recurrent training should cover changes made to the modification standard of the products being maintained, to the relevant requirements such as Part-145, to the organisation’s procedures, safety policy and objectives, as well as human factors and safety issues identified from internal or external analysis of incidents and compliance monitoring results. It should also address instances in which staff failed to follow the procedures, and the reasons why particular procedures were not always followed. In many cases, the recurrent training will reinforce the need to follow the procedures and will ensure that incomplete or incorrect procedures are identified to the company so that they can be corrected. It may be necessary to carry out an audit of these procedures.
3.Recurrent training should be of sufficient duration in each 2-year period to meet the intent of point 145.A.35(d) and may be split into a number of separate elements. Point 145.A.35(d) requires such a training to keep certifying staff and support staff updated in terms of relevant technology, procedures, safety management and human factors issues which means it is one part of ensuring compliance. Therefore, sufficient duration should be related to relevant audit findings and other internal / external sources of information available to the organisation on human errors and safety issues in maintenance. This means that in the case of an organisation that maintains aircraft with limited relevant audit findings, hazards and related safety risks identified, recurrent training could be limited to days rather than weeks, whereas in the case of a similar organisation with a number of relevant audit findings, hazards and related safety risks identified, such a training may take several weeks. For an organisation that maintains aircraft components, the duration of recurrent training would follow the same philosophy but should be scaled down to reflect the more limited nature of the activity. For example, certifying staff who release hydraulic pumps may only require a few hours of recurrent training, whereas those who release turbine engines may only require a few days of such a training. The content of recurrent training should be related to relevant audit findings, hazards and related safety risks identified. It is recommended that such training is reviewed at least once in every 24-month period.
4.The method of training is intended to be a flexible process, and this training could, for example, be provided by a Part-147 organisation, an aeronautical college, the Part-145 organisation, or another training or maintenance organisation. The elements, general content and length of such training should be specified in the MOE.