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procedures, and that the task specialist is competent to carry out them out.
       (2) The training and checking procedures for ensuring task specialist competency must be:
(a) appropriate to:
           (i) the nature, size and complexity of the aircraft and the operation; and
           (ii) the nature and complexity of the relevant duties; and
(b) for an aerial work certificate holder — set out in the holder's operations manual or training and checking manual (as applicable); and
(c) for a limited aerial work operator — communicated by the pilot in command in a pre-flight briefing.
       (3) In this section:
unsupervised means not supervised by a person who meets the requirements mentioned in section 25.03 or 25.04, as applicable.

25.03 Conduct of training and checking by an aerial work certificate holder
       (1) For subregulation 138.580 (3), this section applies to an aerial work certificate holder whether or not subregulation 138.125 (1) applies to the holder.
Note   Under subregulation 138.125 (1), and sections 4.02, 4.03 and 4.04 of this MOS, certain aerial work certificate holders must have, or may have elected to have, or may have adopted, a formal training and checking system.
       (2) For paragraph 138.590 (2) (b), the training and checking undertaken by a task specialist for an aerial work operation must be conducted by an individual who meets the requirements set out in subsection (3).
       (3) For subsection (2), the individual must have met the minimum experience and entry control requirements for a task specialist trainer, or a task specialist checker, or a task specialist trainer and checker, as set out in the operator's operations manual or training and checking manual (as applicable).

25.04 Conduct of training and checking by a limited aerial work operator
       (1) This section applies to a limited aerial work operator.
       (2) For paragraph 138.590 (2) (b), the training and checking undertaken by a task specialist for a limited aerial work operation must be such as to satisfy the pilot in command of the aircraft for the operation that, when combined with a pre‑flight briefing by the pilot, the task specialist is competent to carry out all relevant procedures for the flight.

Note to Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020
The Part 138 Manual of Standards 2020 (in force under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901) as shown in this compilation comprises the Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Manual of Standards and Amendments
Year and                                                                                                        Date of registration on FRL  Date of                     Application, saving or
number                                                                                                                                       commencement                transitional provisions
Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020                                                      3 November 2019              2 December 2021             —