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Producing, maintaining and controlling continuing airworthiness documentation

URN: SEMAE3358
Business Sectors (Suites): Aeronautical Engineering Suite 3
Developed by: Enginuity
Approved on: 2021

Overview

This standard identifies the competences you need to produce, maintain and control continuing airworthiness documentation, update log books/computer records on completion of the maintenance activities, provide relevant information to the maintenance repair organisation (MRO) and where applicable produce maintenance forecasting statements in accordance with approved procedures.

You will be required to interpret the relevant continuing airworthiness regulations, directives and guidelines in order to produce the required documentation to the required standard. You will need to produce the continuing airworthiness documentation in the correct format, store the documentation in the correct location and distribute them on to the appropriate people, within agreed timescales. You must also ensure that the activities within your control, and the documentation provided conforms to both organisational and relevant continuing airworthiness regulations, directives and guidelines.

Your responsibilities will require you to comply with organisational policy and procedures for producing, controlling and maintaining the continuing airworthiness documentation, and to report any problems 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 work that you carry out.

Your underpinning knowledge will provide a good understanding of your work, and will provide an informed approach to gathering appropriate information, determining the technical information required, and presenting the required information in the relevant documentation formats.

You will be aware of any health, safety and environmental requirements applicable to your area of responsibility. You will be required to demonstrate safe working practices 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 information relating to the specific aircraft requiring continuing airworthiness documentation
  3. review and interpret the regulations, directives and guidelines relevant for the aircraft requiring continuing airworthiness documentation
  4. monitor the systems and procedures in place for producing and storing continuing airworthiness documentation ensuring they are suitable for the purpose, making efficient use of resources and adheres to security protocols, guidance and directives.
  5. produce documentation that contains all the relevant and necessary data for the continuing airworthiness activity to be carried out
  6. produce maintenance forecasting statements as required for out of phase components and/or inspections
  7. present the information in the appropriate formats

  8. make sure that any terminology, codes and other technical references used in the documentation follows agreed procedures, conventions, regulations, directives and other relevant guidelines

  9. distribute the documentation to the appropriate people within agreed timescales

  10. ensure that stored documentation is only available to those individuals and/or organisations that should have access to it
  11. make changes and amendments to the documentation within agreed control procedures
  12. archive the documentation safely and securely in the correct location in accordance with organisational requirements
  13. follow the organisational procedure when problems have been identified with any continuing airworthiness documentation

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the specific safety precautions to be adhered to in the areas the work 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 on producing and maintaining continuing airworthiness documentation systems
  4. the importance of using the correct company information and documentation systems and what the implications are if they are not adhered to correctly
  5. the information systems that are in use within your organisation, and how to produce and store documentations to the system
  6. the implications of not taking account and adhering to regulations, directives and guidelines when producing continuing airworthiness documentation
  7. how to access information required for the relevant aircraft
  8. how to access information on continuing airworthiness regulations, standards, directives and guidelines
  9. how to extract and interpret information from drawings, documents and related specifications, regulations, directives and guidelines in relation to the continuing airworthiness documentation being produced
  10. the different types and formats of documentation required for continuing airworthiness certification
  11. the data and information that should be included continuing airworthiness documentation
  12. the process used in your organisation to validate and check that the continuing airworthiness documentation has been produced correctly
  13. the control procedure for ensuring that the continuing airworthiness documentation is maintained up to date
  14. the procedures for changing/amending continuing airworthiness documentation, and why control procedures are used
  15. the importance of maintaining documentation; what needs to be recorded and where and how documentation is stored
  16. the importance of providing the right information at the right time
  17. problems that can occur with continuing airworthiness documentation requirements, and how they can be minimised
  18. the security issues around the development, storage and retrieval of continuing airworthiness documentation and how risks are minimised

  19. the principles and importance of maintaining client confidentiality when developing, storing and distributing continuing airworthiness documentation

  20. the extent of your own authority, and whom you should report to in the event of problems that you cannot resolve

  21. the sources of technical expertise if you have problems you cannot resolve

Scope/range

Scope Performance

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  1. Produce, maintain and control continuing airworthiness documentation 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. Produce, maintain and control the issuing of continuing airworthiness works orders taking into account all the following:

    1. the scope of the work
    2. aircraft utilisation and maintenance input in accordance with the maintenance programme
    3. maintenance contracts (supply/supplier interface management (CAME))
    4. planning requirements
    5. supplier evaluation (including the list of approved suppliers)
    6. aircraft type
    7. planned input date
    8. planned completion date

  3. Produce, issue and maintain and control continuing airworthiness work packs and task cards to include all of the following:

    1. identify check cycle package (work schedule)
    2. component change sheets
    3. incoming defects (such as acceptable deferred defects (ADDs, cabin defects, dent and buckle)
    4. independent inspections
    5. critical tasks
    6. complex tasks
    7. ground run sheets, pre and post input
    8. applicable airworthiness directives (ADs) and service bulletins (SBs) and modifications
    9. document control sheets

plus six more from the following:
10. handover log
11. certificate of release to service (CRS) for work performed
12. scheduled maintenance input certificate of release to service (SMI CRS) release from base maintenance input
13. independent maintenance
14. compass swings
15. mandatory markings
16. tool control
17. panel charts
18. lubrication
19. structural significant item (SSI) inspections
20. corrosion prevention and control programme (CPCP) requirements
21. specialised tooling and test equipment
22. cleaning (pre and post input) 
23. list of signatories
24. out of phase maintenance
25. human performance

  1. Review the completed work pack to include all of the following :

    1. identify check cycle package (work schedule)
    2. component change sheets
    3. incoming defects ( such as acceptable deferred defects (ADDs), cabin defects, dent and buckle)
    4. independent inspections
    5. critical tasks
    6. complex tasks
    7. ground run sheets, pre and post input
    8. applicable airworthiness directives (ADs) and service bulletins (SBs) and modifications
    9. document control sheets  

plus six more from the following:            
10. handover log
11. certificate of release to service (CRS) for work performed
12. scheduled maintenance input certificate of release to service (SMI CRS) release from base maintenance input
13. component release forms (such as EASA Form 1 or FAA 8130)
14. certificate of conformity (C of Cs)
15. general release notes and batch numbers
16. independent maintenance
17. compass swings
18. mandatory markings
19. tool control 
20. panel charts
21. lubrication
22. structurally significant item (SSI) inspections
23. corrosion prevention and control programme (CPCP) requirements
24. specialised tooling and test equipment
25. cleaning (pre and post input) 
26. list of signatories
27. out of phase maintenance
28. human performance

  1. Update records for components, part and serial numbers, time cycles, airworthiness directives (ADs) service bulletins (SBs) and modifications to include three of the following:

    1.  engine log book/computer record
    2. airframe log book/computer record
    3. propeller log book/computer record
    4. modification log book/computer record
    5. company computer system ensuring compliance with aircraft maintenance plan
    6. original equipment manufacturer (OEM) log book/computer record (where applicable)

  2. Produce maintenance forecasting statements as required for out of phase components and/or inspections to include three of the following  (where applicable)

    1. corrosion prevention and control programme (CPCP)
    2. life limited parts (LLP)
    3. cycles, hours, calendar
    4. manufacturer returns
    5. repetitive airworthiness directives
    6. service bulletins (SBs)

  3. Ensure that the continuing airworthiness documentation is produced, controlled and stored in accordance 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    

  4. Maintain and control continuing airworthiness documentation in both the following formats:

    1. hard copy
    2. soft copy

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

SEMAE3358

Relevant Occupations

Engineer, Engineering, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Engineering Technicians

SOC Code

5234

Keywords

engineering; maintenance; works order; continuing; airworthiness; documentation; aircraft; type; records; scope; producing