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(a) An applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must employ, contract, or otherwise engage:
(1) a senior person identified as the chief executive who has the authority within the applicant’s organisation to ensure that every training course and assessment conducted by the organisation can be financed and carried out in accordance with the requirements and standards prescribed by this Part:
(2) a senior person or persons ultimately responsible to the chief executive who are responsible for—
(i) ensuring that the applicant’s organisation complies with the requirements of this Part; and
(ii) the system for safety management; and
(3) sufficient personnel to plan, conduct, and supervise the training courses and assessments listed in the applicant’s exposition.
(aa) The senior person required by paragraph (a)(2)(ii) must be able to demonstrate competency and experience relevant to the management of safety systems and the activities of the certificate holder.
(b) The applicant must establish a procedure for initially assessing, and a procedure for maintaining, the competence of those personnel conducting the training courses and assessments listed in the applicant’s exposition.
Each applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must provide facilities and resources appropriate to the training courses and assessments listed in the applicant’s exposition.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must hold current copies of all relevant technical standards and practices and any other documentation that is necessary for the provision of the training courses and assessments listed in the applicant’s exposition.
(b) The applicant must establish procedures to control the documentation required by paragraph (a). The procedures must ensure that—
(1) all documentation is reviewed and authorised by appropriate personnel before issue; and
(2) current issues of relevant documentation are available to personnel for the provision of training courses and assessments listed in their exposition; and
(3) all obsolete documentation is promptly removed from all points of issue or use; and
(4) changes to documentation are reviewed and approved by appropriate personnel.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must establish procedures for conducting the training courses and assessments listed in the applicant’s exposition.
(b) The procedures must ensure that—
(1) training courses meet the applicable syllabus requirements of the Civil Aviation Rules; and
(2) assessments meet the applicable syllabus requirements of the Civil Aviation Rules, and are conducted without any compromise of the integrity of the assessments; and
(3) each person conducting aviation training or assessments that are required by Civil Aviation Rules to be conducted by an organisation certificated under this Part, has a combination of qualifications and experience greater than the level of qualification being taught or assessed.
(a) An applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must establish procedures for identifying, collecting, indexing, storing, and maintaining the records that are necessary for the training courses and assessments listed in the applicant’s exposition.
(b) The procedures required by paragraph (a) must provide for a record to be maintained for the following—
(1) every person who conducts a training course or assessment; and
(2) every person who undertakes a training course or an assessment; and
(3) every internal quality assurance audit or review.
(c) The records required by paragraph (b)(1) must include the person’s name and details of the person’s experience, qualifications, training, and competency assessments.
(d) The records required by paragraph (b)(2) must include the following details:
(1) the person’s name and date of birth:
(2) the method used to identify the person:
(3) details of any aviation document held by the person:
(4) details of the person’s enrolment, course attendance, and subjects:
(5) details as applicable of the person’s ground training and flight training, instructor comments, internal assessments:
(6) details of any external examination, and any associated knowledge deficiency report, that is undertaken by the person as part of the person’s enrolment with the applicant’s organisation:
(7) details of, and the result of, any aviation assessment undertaken by the person as part of the person’s enrolment with the applicant’s organisation, to meet a rule requirement.
(e) The records required by paragraph (b) must be—
(1) accurate, legible and of a permanent nature; and
(2) retained for a period of 3 years from the date of the last entry.
An applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must establish, implement, and maintain a system for safety management in accordance with rule 100.3.
(a) An applicant for the grant of a standard aviation training organisation certificate must provide the Director with an exposition which must contain—
(1) a statement signed by the chief executive on behalf of the applicant’s organisation confirming that the exposition and any included manuals—
(i) define the organisation and demonstrate its means and methods for ensuring ongoing compliance with this Part; and
(ii) are to be complied with at all times; and
(1A) the documentation required by rule 100.3(b) to establish and maintain the system for safety management; and
(1B) if a DAMP is required (see rule 99.5 and section 114 of the Act) a DAMP meeting the requirements of Part 99 and of the Act; and
(2) the titles and names of the senior person or persons required by rules 141.51(a)(1) and (2); and
(3) the duties and responsibilities of the senior person or persons required by rules 141.51(a)(1) and (2), including—
(i) matters for which they have responsibility to deal directly with the Director or the Authority on behalf of the organisation; and
(ii) responsibilities for safety management; and
(4) an organisation chart showing lines of responsibility of the senior person or persons referred to in paragraph (a)(2); and
(4A) information identifying the lines of safety responsibility within the organisation; and
(5) a list of the training courses and assessments to be covered by the certificate; and
(6) the locations at which each training course or assessment will be conducted; and
(7) the course outline and the curriculum for each of the training courses and assessments to be conducted by the organisation; and
(8) details of the applicant’s procedures required by—
(i) rule 141.51(b) regarding the competence of personnel; and
(ii) rule 141.55(b) regarding the control of documentation; and
(iii) rule 141.57(b) regarding training courses and assessments; and
(iv) rule 141.59(b) regarding records; and
(9) procedures for controlling, amending and distributing the exposition.
(b) The applicant’s exposition must be acceptable to the Director.
