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Identifying and Interpreting the requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification activities

URN: SEMAE3351
Business Sectors (Suites): Aeronautical Engineering Suite 3
Developed by: Enginuity
Approved on: 2018

Overview

This standard identifies the competences you need to be able to identify and interpret the requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification activities, in accordance with approved procedures. You will be required to interpret the relevant continuing airworthiness regulations, directives and guidelines to determine the requirements for specific aircraft covering areas such as accountabilities and responsibilities, aircraft maintenance programme and data, aircraft defects, modifications, record keeping repairs, organisational, management and personnel requirements and types of certification.  

Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures for ensuring that the requirements for determining continuing airworthiness certification requirements are completed successfully and to report any problems that you cannot personally resolve to the relevant authority. 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 work you produce.

Your underpinning knowledge will provide a good understanding of your work, and will provide an informed approach to the methods, techniques and procedures for identifying and interpreting the requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification activities. You will understand the regulatory requirements including relevant directives and guidelines 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 identifying and interpreting the requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification activities.

You will be fully aware of any health, safety and environmental requirements, and the appropriate legislative and regulatory frameworks applicable to your work area. You will be required to ensure that safe working practices are maintained throughout, and will understand the responsibility you owe to yourself and others in the workplace.

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. obtain accurate data and relevant information relating to the specific aircraft requiring continuing airworthiness certification
  3. review and interpret the regulations, directives and guidelines relevant for the aircraft requiring continuing airworthiness certification
  4. clarify with the relevant people any aspects of the regulations, directives and guidelines that are unclear or require further information
  5. identify the specific requirements to enable the aircraft to be compliant with the continuing airworthiness regulations, directives and guidelines
  6. set out an outline plan and schedule in order for the aircraft to gain airworthiness certification
  7. ensure that the requirements will comply with all relevant regulations, directives and guidelines
  8. record the continuing airworthiness requirements in the appropriate format and information systems
  9. communicate the requirements to the relevant people

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the specific safety precautions to be taken in the work areas is being undertaken
  2. 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
  3. how to obtain and interpret company policy and procedures
  4. the importance of using the company information and documentation systems
  5. the information systems that are in use within your organisation, and how to record data to the system
  6. the company reporting procedures, documentation and their application
  7. how to access information required for the relevant aircraft
  8. how to access information on continuing airworthiness regulations, standards, directives and guidelines

  9. the general requirements set out in the current EASA Regulations for Continuing Airworthiness including

    • the scope of the regulations

    • accountability

    • continuing airworthiness

    • maintenance standards

    • components

    • maintenance organisation

    • continuing airworthiness management organisation

    • certificate of release to service

    • airworthiness review certificate

    • controlled and uncontrolled environments

  10. the specific details and principles and requirements set out in EASA Regulations for Continuing Airworthiness

    • responsibilities of the approved organisations

    • requirement of the maintenance programme

    • maintenance planning

    • documentation requirements including Scheduled Maintenance Input (SMI) Certificate of Release to Service (CRS), log books, technical records, storage and retrieval, back up, interface contract requirements/works orders

    • airworthiness review certification including controlled and uncontrolled environments, annual review, triennial review and aircraft survey

    • permit to fly

    • import and export of aircraft

    • maintenance check flights

  11. the requirements EASA Regulations for Continuing Airworthiness with regards to the scope of approval for Part 145 organisations, EASA Form 1, foreign parts release certification, requirements for certifying staff

  12. the requirements of European Operations requirements (EU OPS) with regards to extended range twin operations (ETOPS), all weather operations, flight crew maintenance interface, pre departure inspections(PDIs) and daily checks, de-icing/hold over times, reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) maintenance requirements, aircraft weight and balance the requirements of EASA Part 21 with regards to the maintenance planning document, maintenance manual, certification specifications electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS), enhanced zonal analysis procedures (EZAP) as applicable to the aircraft type, type certificates, restricted type certificates, supplemental type certificates (STCs), modifications, Airworthiness Directives (ADs) Service Bulletins (SBs) Service Information Leaflets (SILs)permit to fly, noise certificates, certificate of airworthiness, release of components (EASA form1)  
  13. European Technical Standard Orders (ETSOs) including auxiliary power units (APUs), major and minor modifications and major and minor repairs, the categories of aircraft and equipment not included in certification specifications (CSs) including ELA 1 and 2, balloons and airships, sail planes and powered sail planes, European parts approval (EPA)
  14. the aircraft requirements for  military, police, coastguard, royal flight (where applicable)
  15. the basic principles of the role of the National Aviation Authority (NAA) with regards to non EASA aircraft
  16. the requirements for foreign parts release certification (such as the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) 8130-3, Transport Canada TCA form 1; 24-0078 and Brazil SEGVOO003) and any other non EASA aircraft
  17. the requirement of Foreign Type Certificates/Supplemental Type Certificates/Technical Standing Orders
  18. how aircraft are utilised for different operations (such as low utilisation, long sectors with few landing/take off/pressurisation cycles, short legs with frequent landing/take off/pressurisation cycles etc.) and the importance this has when planning maintenance schedules and other airworthiness certifications activities.
  19. the regulatory requirements for radio transmission and reception
  20. how to interpret drawings, charts, specifications, information, data, reports, manuals and other documents needed to understand the requirements of the continuing airworthiness activities
  21. the methods and techniques used for assessing and clarifying aspects of  continuing airworthiness activities that could be unclear
  22. how to identify and interpret changes to continuing airworthiness requirements 
  23. whom to contact for clarification of the continuing airworthiness or engineering requirements
  24. who should authorise any changes to activities you are undertaking
  25. how to predict and resolve potential problems with the continuing airworthiness activities being undertaken
  26. how to communicate the outcomes of determining the requirements for continuing airworthiness activities to others
  27. whom to inform of actions taken, and by what means
  28. the extent of your own responsibility and to whom you should report if you have problems that you cannot resolve

Scope/range

Scope Performance

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  1. Identify and interpret the requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification activities for 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

  2. Identify and interpret the requirements for continuing airworthiness certification for all of the following categories:

Accountability to include both the following:

1.  responsibilities
2.  occurrence reporting

Continuing Airworthiness to include all 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. operator's technical log system
9. transfer of aircraft continuing airworthiness records
10. exemptions
11. aircraft continuing airworthiness monitoring
12. revocation, suspension and limitation

Maintenance Standards to include all the following:
13. maintenance data
14. performance of maintenance
15. aircraft defects

Components to include all the following:
16. component installation
17. component maintenance (where applicable)
18. service life limited components
19. control of unserviceable components

Maintenance Organisation to include all the following:
20. extent of approval
21. maintenance organisation manual
22. facilities
23. personnel requirements/manpower planning  
24. certifying staff
25. components, equipment and tools (preload information)
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 to include all 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 to include all the following:
49. aircraft certificate of release to service
50. component certificate of release to service
51. pilot-owner authorisation

Airworthiness Review Certificate to include all the following:
52. aircraft airworthiness review
53. validity of the airworthiness review certificate
54. transfer of aircraft registration within the EU
55. airworthiness review of aircraft imported into the EU

Relationship with Competent Authorities to include both the following:
56. the relevant competent authority
57. mutual exchange of information

  1. Obtain accurate details of the requirements for providing continuing airworthiness certification activities from all the following sources:

    1. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
    2. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
    3. documented and approved regulations, directives and guidelines
    4. aircraft manufactures manuals and related specifications

plus two more from the following:
5. the client/customer
6. component manufactures manuals and related specifications
7. colleagues
8. technical specialists
9. EASA approved contractors
10. material/component suppliers
11. other (to be specified)                 

  1. Ensure that the requirements comply 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

  2. Record and communicate the requirements to the appropriate people, using:

    1. specific company documentation

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

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

2021

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Semta

Original URN

SEMAE3351

Relevant Occupations

Engineer, Engineering, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Engineering Technicians

SOC Code

5234

Keywords

engineering; determining; requirements; continuing; airworthiness; aircraft; certification; maintenance; quality; client; accountabilities; competent