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Providing technical advice and guidance on continuing airworthiness certification activities

URN: SEMAE3350
Business Sectors (Suites): Aeronautical Engineering Suite 3
Developed by: Enginuity
Approved on: 2021

Overview

This standard identifies the competences you need to advise and guide others on continuing airworthiness certification activities in accordance with approved procedures to ensure that the aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition,  any operational and emergency equipment fitted is correctly installed and serviceable or clearly identified as unserviceable, that the aircraft airworthiness certificate remains valid and the maintenance of the aircraft is performed in accordance with the approved maintenance programme.

You will be expected to provide technical advice and guidance to others involved activities, such as the accountable manager, continuous airworthiness manager, engineering manager, administration staff, the regulatory body, internal compliance personnel, contractors and customers.  

Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures when providing technical guidance, and to report any problems with these activities that you cannot personally resolve, or that are outside your permitted authority, to the relevant people. You will be expected to work with a minimum of supervision, taking personal responsibility for your own actions and for the quality and accuracy of the guidance you give.

Your underpinning knowledge will provide a good understanding of your work, and will provide an informed approach to the methods, techniques and procedures for providing technical advice and guidance covering continuing airworthiness certification activities. You will understand the regulatory requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification including the processes, procedures and terminology used and their applications, and will know about them in adequate depth to provide a sound basis for giving the technical advice or guidance provided.

You will understand the safety precautions required in the work area where you provide technical guidance. You will be required to demonstrate safe working practices throughout, and will understand the responsibility you owe to yourself and others in the work area.

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

1. work safely at all times, complying with health and safety legislation, regulations, directives and other relevant guidelines 2. understand the recipients requirements for technical advice or guidance on continuing airworthiness compliance activities 3. confirm that you have interpreted the requirements correctly and accurately 4. establish the timelines required to provide the technical advice and guidance 5. ensure that any data and information drawn upon for which advice and guidance is sought is up to date, valid, reliable and sufficient to meet the recipients requirements 6. ensure technical advice and guidance provided is in line with company policies, procedures and constraints  7. ensure that technical advice and guidance provided complies with any relevant legislation, standards, directives or codes of practice 8. provide appropriate technical advice and guidance to the recipient in the correct format and to agreed timescales 9. confirm the recipient understands the advice and guidance provided 10. provide any follow up advice and guidance where required 11. keep records of the advice and guidance provided

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the specific safety precautions to be taken in the work areas where technical guidance is being given
  2. the continuing airworthiness regulations, directives and guidelines that are relevant to the advice and guidance being provided
  3. the requirements and importance of understanding and applying human factors as defined by the regulatory requirements and the potential impact if these are not adhered to
  4. how to obtain up to date information on continuing airworthiness regulations, standards, directives and guidelines
  5. how to obtain and interpret maintenance plans and schedules for different aircraft types including, drawings, charts, specifications or other documents when giving technical advice and guidance as part of the continuing airworthiness activities
  6. the continuing airworthiness activities in which the technical advice and guidance is being given
  7. the importance of presenting and communicating advice and guidance clearly and accurately
  8. how to plan and prepare for providing technical guidance
  9. the importance of providing up to date, valid and reliable advice and guidance
  10. the implications if advice and guidance is not up to date, valid and reliable 
  11. the approach to be taken when there is a range of options/alternatives when responding to requests for advice and guidance
  12. the methods and techniques involved in providing advice and guidance
  13. the internal procedures to be followed when providing advice and guidance
  14. the relevant document that should be completed as part of the advice and guidance process
  15. how to ensure the recipient understands the advice and guidance provided
  16. how to gain feedback from the recipient confirming that the advice and guidance provided has met their requirements.
  17. how to review and adjust approaches to the provision of technical guidance, in the light of experience gained
  18. the importance of maintaining, where appropriate individual, customer or company confidentiality
  19. the extent of your own responsibility, and whom you should report to if you have problems that you cannot resolve

Scope/range

Scope Performance

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  1. Provide technical advice and guidance for three of the following groups of people:

    1. the accountable manager
    2. continuing airworthiness manager
    3. engineering manager
    4. internal compliance personnel
    5. airworthiness administrative personnel
    6. external regulatory body
    7. contractors
    8. client/customers
    9. other technical specialists

  2. Provide technical advice and guidance relating to one of the following types of aircraft as defined by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) current listing:

    1. commercial/military passenger ( over 5700kg)
    2. commercial/military passenger ( under 5700kg)
    3. commercial/military freight ( over 5700kg)
    4. commercial/military freight ( under 5700kg)
    5. rotary craft
    6. private large aircraft
    7. private small aircraft

  3. Provide technical advice and guidance relating to all of the following areas of continuing airworthiness regulations, directives and guidelines:

Accountability (must complete both of the following)

1.  responsibilities
2.  mandatory and internal occurrence reporting

Continuing Airworthiness (must complete five of the following)
3. continuing airworthiness tasks
4. aircraft maintenance programme
5. airworthiness directives
6. data for modifications and repairs
7. aircraft continuing airworthiness record system
8. technical log system
9. transfer of aircraft continuing airworthiness records
10. exemptions and variations 
11. aircraft continuing airworthiness monitoring
12. revocation, suspension and limitation

Maintenance Standards (must complete two of the following)
13. maintenance data
14. performance of maintenance
15. aircraft defects

Components (must complete two of the following)
16. component installation
17. component maintenance
18. service life limited components
19. control of unserviceable components

Maintenance Organisation (must complete eight of the following)
20. extent of approval
21. maintenance organisation manual
22. facilities
23. personnel requirements
24. certifying staff
25. components, equipment and tools
26. maintenance data
27. maintenance work orders
28. maintenance standards
29. aircraft certificate of release to service
30. component certificate of release to service
31. maintenance records
32. privileges of the organisation
33. organisational review
34. changes to the approved maintenance organisation
35. continued validity of approval

Continuing Airworthiness Management (must complete six of the following)
36. extent of approval
37. continuing airworthiness management exposition
38. facilities
39. personnel requirements
40. airworthiness review staff
41. continuing airworthiness management
42. documentation
43. airworthiness review
44. privileges of the organisation
45. quality system
46. changes to the approved continuing airworthiness organisation
47. record-keeping
48. continued validity of approval

Certificate of Release to Service (must complete three of the following)
49. aircraft certificate of release to service
50. component certificate of release to service
51. defect release to service
52. pilot-owner authorisation
53. maintenance statement

Airworthiness Review Certificate (must complete three of the following)
54. aircraft airworthiness review of records
55. aircraft airworthiness review physical survey of aircraft
56. validity of the airworthiness review certificate
57. extension and issue and recommendation of airworthiness review certificate
58. transfer of aircraft registration within the EU
59. airworthiness review of aircraft imported into the EU from non EU (third) countries
60. airworthiness review of aircraft exported to non EU (National Aviation Authority)

  1. Provide advice and guidance resulting from five of the following:

    1. reported problems found during normal operating conditions/activities
    2. recorded deviations from agreed plans and schedules
    3. customer requests or complaints
    4. outcome from audit or inspection
    5. annual utilisation
    6. annual review
    7. preparing the maintenance programme
    8. preparing, producing and closing the work pack
    9. updating airworthiness activities
    10. results from reliability reports

  2. Provide technical advice and guidance by the following method:

    1. specific company documentation

Plus by two other methods from the following:
2. verbally supported by specific and auditable documentation
3. computer generated report
4. electronic mail
5. computer based presentation
6. other appropriate media

  1. Ensure that the technical advice and guidance complies with all of the following:

    1. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)/ regulations, guidelines or directives 
    2. organisational guidelines and codes of practice    
    3. customer standards and requirements
    4. aircraft/component manufacturer's operating specification/range including warranty considerations
    5. service bulletins/modifications
    6. airworthiness directives
    7. service information leaflets
    8. foreign (third country) airworthiness directives and service bulletins
    9. bi-weekly reports

Scope Knowledge

Values

Behaviours

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You will be able to apply the appropriate behaviours required in the workplace to meet the job profile and overall company objectives, such as:

  • strong work ethic
  • positive attitude
  • team player
  • dependability
  • responsibility
  • honesty
  • integrity
  • motivation
  • commitment

Skills

Glossary

Links To Other NOS

External Links

Version Number

2

Indicative Review Date

2024

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Enginuity

Original URN

SEMAE3350

Relevant Occupations

Engineer, Engineering, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Engineering Technicians

SOC Code

5234

Keywords

engineering; continuing; airworthiness; aircraft; information; advice; guidance; certification; customer; providing; technical