L 135/84
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
23.5.2023
6.4 Requirements for mentors and assessors Mentors and assessors are maintenance staff with the following qualifications: (i) Mentors: — hold a valid aircraft maintenance licence (AML) issued in accordance with this Annex or a valid and fully compliant with ICAO Annex 1 AML in accordance with Appendix IV to Annex II (Part-145), which is acceptable to the competent authority; — have been holding, for at least 1 year, an AML in the same category, when compared to the one for which the OJT is being mentored, that is endorsed with a type rating appropriate to exercise the privileges on the related aircraft; — have the necessary release or sign-off privileges in the maintenance organisation where the OJT is performed; — have experience in training other people (such as being apprenticeship instructors, instructors in accordance with Annex IV (Part-147), having received train-the-trainer courses or having any other comparable national qualification, or having a training to do so that is acceptable to the competent authority).
(ii) Assessors of the final assessment: — hold a valid AML issued in accordance with this Annex or a valid and fully compliant with ICAO Annex 1 AML in accordance with Appendix IV to Annex II (Part-145), which is acceptable to the competent authority; — have been holding, for at least 3 years, an AML in the same category, when compared to the one for which the OJT is being assessed, endorsed with the same or similar aircraft type rating; — have experience and/or have received training in assessing others (such as being apprenticeship instructors, examiners in accordance with Annex IV (Part-147), having received train-thetrainer courses, or having any other comparable national qualification, or having a training to do so that is acceptable to the competent authority); — shall not have been involved as a mentor of the applicant in the OJT; when the assessor has taken part in the OJT performance, then an independent observer shall be present during the OJT assessment.
6.5 OJT documentation and records The satisfactory accomplishment of the OJT shall be attested to the applicant with the final assessment report and the OJT logbook.
The OJT documentation shall be provided to the competent authority to support the application for the issue or change of the licence as laid down in Section B, Subpart B, of this Annex.
Records of the OJT documentation shall be kept by the maintenance organisation where the OJT is conducted, in accordance with the procedures agreed with the competent authority of the maintenance organisation.’; (22) Appendix IV is replaced by the following: ‘Appendix IV
Experience and basic knowledge modules or partial modules required for extending an aircraft maintenance licence under Annex III (Part-66) A.
Experience requirements Table A below shows the experience requirements, in months, for adding a new category or subcategory to a licence granted in accordance with Annex III (Part-66).
The experience requirements can be reduced by 50 % if the applicant has completed an approved Part-147 basic training course relevant to a particular subcategory.