Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00025:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00025
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Character Range: 6035–8948

practical training during any training course does not exceed the ratio of students to each member of teaching staff, as set out in the MTO's exposition. The ratio of students to members of teaching staff is determined by the nature of the activity.
      (g) An MTO must provide office accommodation for instructors and assessors of a standard that will ensure that they can prepare for their duties without undue distraction or discomfort (including adequate heating and cooling and protection from loud noise).
      (h) An MTO must provide secure storage facilities for the storage of assessment papers, maintenance training course materials and training records. The storage facilities must be of a type that will ensure these documents remain in good condition for the retention period specified in section 147.A.125.
      (i) An MTO must provide a library that contains the reference material that is appropriate to the maintenance training and assessment provided by the MTO, including examples of maintenance documentation and technical information. In addition, the following conditions must be met:
1. the MTO must keep the reference material up-to-date and in a readily accessible form; and
2. each student and member of the teaching staff must have ready access to the reference material.

        147.A.105 Personnel requirements
      (a) An MTO must appoint a person as an accountable manager who has corporate authority for ensuring that the MTO:
1. can finance its maintenance training commitments; and
2. complies with its exposition and this MOS; and
3. has adequate resources available to enable the organisation to provide the maintenance training in accordance with its exposition.
      (b)  An MTO must name in its exposition the person, or group of persons, whose responsibilities include ensuring that the MTO complies with the requirements of this MOS and its exposition (known as the responsible manager). If the responsible manager is not the accountable manager, then the responsible manager must report to the accountable manager. The responsible manager may be the same person as the accountable manager.
      (c) An MTO must appoint a sufficient number of suitably qualified teaching staff to carry out maintenance training and assessment in accordance with the MTO's exposition. The MTO must only appoint a person as a member of the teaching staff if the person meets the selection criteria mentioned in paragraph (f).
      (d)  An MTO may use another organisation to provide practical training and assessments if it has procedures in its exposition detailing how this will occur.
      (e)  A person may carry out any combination of the roles of instructor and assessor, in accordance with the selection criteria and duty statements referred to in paragraph (f).
      (f)  An MTO must prepare selection criteria and duty statements for its teaching staff.
      (g)  An MTO