SECTION A — TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Annex IV (Part-147) · Continuing Airworthiness · Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 · 147.A.05 – 147.A.305
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147.A.05 Scope
This section establishes the requirements to be met by organisations seeking approval to conduct training and examination as specified in Annex III…
147.A.10 General
A training organisation shall be an organisation or part of an organisation registered as a legal entity.
GM to 147.A.10 General
Such an organisation may conduct business from more than one address and may hold more than one Part approval.
147.A.15 Application
An application for an approval or for the change of an existing approval shall be made on a form and in a manner established by the competent authority.
147.A.100 Facility requirements
The size and structure of facilities shall ensure protection from the prevailing weather elements and proper operation of all planned training and…
GM1 147.A.100 Facility requirements
147.A.105 Personnel requirements
147.A.105 Personnel requirements
147.A.105(a) Accountable manager
The organisation shall appoint an accountable manager who has corporate authority for ensuring that all training commitments can be financed and carried…
147.A.105(b) Nominated person(s)
A person or group of persons, whose responsibilities include ensuring that the maintenance training organisation is in compliance the requirements of…
147.A.105(c) Contracted staff
The maintenance training organisation shall contract with sufficient staff to plan/perform theoretical and practical training, conduct knowledge…
147.A.105(d) Staff from other organisation
By derogation to point (c), when another organisation is used to provide practical training and assessments, such other organisation's staff may be…
147.A.105(e) Combination of the roles of instructor, examiner and assessor
Any person may carry out any combination of the roles of instructor, examiner and assessor, subject to compliance with point (f).
147.A.105(f) Experience and qualifications of instructors, examiners and assessors
The experience and qualifications of instructors, knowledge examiners and practical assessors shall be established in accordance with criteria published…
147.A.105(g) Acceptance of examiners and assessors
The knowledge examiners and practical assessors shall be specified in the organisation exposition for the acceptance of such staff.
147.A.105(h) Updating training for instructors and knowledge examiners
Instructors and knowledge examiners shall undergo updating training at least every 24 months relevant to current technology, practical skills, human…
GM to 147.A.105(c) Personnel requirements
The maintenance training organisation should have a nucleus of permanently employed staff to undertake the minimum amount of maintenance training…
GM to 147.A.105(g) Personnel requirements
Examiners should demonstrate a clear understanding of the examination standard required by Part-66 and have a responsible attitude to the conduct of…
GM to 147.A.105(h) Personnel requirements
Records should show for each instructor/examiner when the updating training was scheduled and when it took place.
147.A.110 Records of instructors, examiners and assessors
The organisation shall maintain a record of all instructors, knowledge examiners and practical assessors.
AMC 147.A.110 Records of instructors, examiners and assessors
GM to 147.A.110 Records of instructors, examiners and assessors
Instructors, knowledge examiners and practical assessors should be provided with a copy of their terms of reference.
147.A.115 Instructional equipment
Each classroom shall have appropriate presentation equipment of a standard that ensures that students can easily read presentation text, drawings…
AMC1 147.A.115(a) Instructional equipment
147.A.120 Maintenance training material
Maintenance training course material shall be provided to the student and cover as applicable:
147.A.125 Records
The organisation shall keep all student training, examination and assessment records for an unlimited period.
147.A.130 Training procedures and quality system
The organisation shall establish procedures acceptable to the competent authority to ensure proper training standards and compliance with all relevant…
GM to 147.A.130(b) Training procedures and quality system
The primary objective of the quality system is to enable the training organisation to satisfy itself that it can deliver properly trained students and…
147.A.135 Examinations
The examination staff shall ensure the security of all questions.
GM to 147.A.135 Examinations
The competent authority will determine when or if the disqualified examiner may be reinstated.
147.A.140 Maintenance training organisation exposition
The organisation shall provide an exposition for use by the organisation describing the organisation and its procedures and containing the following…
147.A.145 Privileges of the maintenance training organisation
The maintenance training organisation may carry out the following as permitted by and in accordance with the maintenance training organisation exposition:
AMC1 147.A.145(c) Distance learning via uniform resource locator (URL) addresses
AMC 147.A.145(d) Privileges of the maintenance training organisation
GM 147.A.145(d) Privileges of the maintenance training organisation
GM 147.A.145(d) 3 Privileges of the maintenance training organisation
AMC 147.A.145(f) Privileges of the maintenance training organisation
147.A.150 Changes to the maintenance training organisation
The maintenance training organisation shall notify the competent authority of any proposed changes to the organisation that affect the approval before…
147.A.155 Continued validity
An approval shall be issued for an unlimited duration. It shall remain valid subject to:
147.A.160 Findings
A level 1 finding is one or more of the following: any significant non-compliance with the examination process which would invalidate the examination(s)…
147.A.200 The approved basic training course
The approved basic training course shall consist of knowledge training, knowledge examination, practical training and a practical assessment.
AMC 147.A.200(b) The approved basic training course
AMC 147.A.200(d) The approved basic training course
147.A.205 Basic knowledge examinations
Basic knowledge examinations shall: be in accordance with the standard defined in Annex III (Part-66).
147.A.210 Basic practical assessment
Basic practical assessments shall be carried out during the basic maintenance training course by the nominated practical assessors at the completion of…
147.A.300 Aircraft type/task training
A maintenance training organisation shall be approved to carry out Annex III (Part-66) aircraft type and/or task training subject to compliance with the…
147.A.305 Aircraft type evaluation and task assessment
A maintenance training organisation approved in accordance with point 147.A.300 to conduct aircraft type training shall conduct the aircraft type…
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