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Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020

(as amended)

made under regulations 138.020 and 201.025 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, and section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
This compilation was prepared on 10 April 2024 taking into account amendments up to Part 133, Part 135 and Part 138 Manuals of Standards – Miscellaneous Minor Matters – Amendment Instrument 2024. It is a compilation of Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020 as amended and in force on 10 April 2024.

Prepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Compilation No. 4
Contents
Note   This Table of Contents is for guidance only. It is not a formal part of the Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020. See subsection 1.01 (4).

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CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIONS
Division 1 Preliminary
1.01 Name of instrument
1.02 Commencement
1.03 Application
1.03A References to instruments and documents
1.03B References to ICAO documents
1.03C References to AS/NZS standards, TSOs, ETSOs, (E)TSOs
Division 2 Definitions — general
1.04 Definitions etc.
Division 3 Definitions — AWZ
1.05 Aerial work zone (AWZ)
Division 4 Definition of suitable forced landing area
1.06 Suitable forced landing area
Division 5 Definition of SAR, search, and rescue
1.07 SAR, search and rescue
CHAPTER 2 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CLASSES OF EXTERNAL LOAD AND CLASSES OF AERIAL WORK PASSENGERS
2.01 Classes of external loads
2.02 Aerial work passengers — classes of persons
CHAPTER 3 OTHER PRESCRIBED BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS
INCLUDED IN, OR EXCLUDED FROM, DEFINITIONS FOR
PART 138 OF CASR
3.01 Other operations excluded from definition of aerial work operation
3.02 Task specialists included in definition
3.03 Authorities for emergency service operations
CHAPTER 4 TRAINING AND CHECKING SYSTEM
4.01 Application
4.02 Training and checking system
4.03 Voluntary extension of a mandatory training and checking system
4.04 Voluntary adoption of a training and checking system for nominated operations
CHAPTER 5 SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
5.01 Application
5.02 Safety management systems
CHAPTER 6 PERSONNEL FATIGUE MANAGEMENT
6.01 Application
6.02 Personnel fatigue management
CHAPTER 7 OPERATIONS MANUAL
7.01 Application
7.02 Minimum distance from an object
7.03 Requirements for prescribed single-engine aeroplane (PSEA)
CHAPTER 8 OPERATIONAL DOCUMENTS
8.01 Application
8.02 Compliance with the aircraft flight manual (AFM)
8.03 Avoid area of the HV curve chart of a rotorcraft AFM
CHAPTER 9 FLIGHT RULES — MINIMUM HEIGHT
Division 1 Preliminary
9.01 Application
9.02 Minimum height rules
Division 2 Close proximity to an object in an area that is not a populous area or a public gathering
9.03 Requirements for aircraft flight in close proximity to an object in an
area that is not a populous area or a public gathering
Division