Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015C00263:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015C00263
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 8683–11759

Man-hour plan
       (d)An AMO must have a maintenance man-hour plan in its exposition, showing how the AMO has sufficient employees to plan, perform, supervise, inspect and certify for maintenance and audit the AMO for compliance in accordance with the quality system required by paragraph 145.A.65 (c) of this MOS. The plan must include a procedure to reassess work intended to be carried out when actual employee availability is less than the planned staffing level for any particular work shift or period.

Employee qualifications
       (e)An AMO must specify standards (including, but not limited to, qualifications and experience) in its exposition for the competence of individuals involved in any maintenance, management or quality audit task and must ensure these individuals meet the standards for a task that they are authorised to perform. The AMO must also ensure these individuals have an understanding of the application of human factors and human performance issues appropriate to that individual's function in the AMO.

Requirements for Certifying Employees
       (f)An AMO may authorise employees under section 145.A.35 for specialist maintenance tasks or processes if the AMO's exposition includes standards and procedures for:
1. qualifying the employee within a specialist field; and
2. training and authorisation of the employee in accordance with the requirements of this MOS; and
3. the maintenance is 1 or more of the following:
 (i) non-destructive testing;
 (ii) welding;
 (iii) borescope inspections;
 (iv) composite repairs;
           (v) in-flight entertainment equipment that requires specialist software management;
 (vi) other maintenance approved by CASA as specialist maintenance.
Note   If the individual holds a B1 licence, he or she may carry out non-destructive penetrant tests using portable equipment in accordance with approved maintenance data.
       (g)Except where stated otherwise in paragraph 145.A.30 (l), an AMO must have for line maintenance:
1. a sufficient number of employees appropriately type rated and licensed, in accordance with paragraph 145.A.30 (k), as Category B licence holders, and authorised by the AMO under section 145.A.35 to perform maintenance certifications and issue certificates of release to service for aircraft maintenance; and
2. where applicable, a sufficient number of aircraft certifying employees qualified, in accordance with paragraph 145.A.30 (k), as Category A licence holders who must be trained for line maintenance of a specific aircraft type, and authorised by the AMO for that line maintenance and aircraft type under section 145.A.35 to:
 (i) carry out minor scheduled line maintenance and simple defect rectification in accordance with Appendix II to this MOS; and
 (ii) to perform maintenance certification and issue certificates of release to service under the scope of the approval; and
3. where applicable, a sufficient number of specialist maintenance employees qualified in accordance with paragraph 145.A.30 (f) as specialist maintenance employees and authorised by the AMO