Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107:body:0:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107
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Character Range: 36306–39148

descent by a trainee parachutist or tandem parachutist (or both).
Note: A trainee parachutist includes a person who holds a student parachutist certificate that authorises the person to conduct a solo parachute descent under the supervision of a parachutist instructor. The holder of a parachutist certificate who is receiving parachutist training for another parachutist authorisation is also a trainee parachutist.

3.03  Jump pilot training requirements—parachute descents by trainee or tandem parachutists
  The pilot in command of an aircraft operated to facilitate a parachute descent by a trainee parachutist or tandem parachutist:
 (a) must have successfully completed the training, and met the standards:
 (i) required, by the Part 105 ASAO that administers the operation of the aircraft to facilitate the parachute descent, for the issue of an authorisation to a person to act as pilot in command of the aircraft in a parachute training operation (a jump pilot authorisation); and
 (ii) that meet the requirements in section 5.23; and
 (b) must have been issued, and holds, a jump pilot authorisation by the ASAO.
Note 1: It is an offence under regulation 105.065 of CASR if a person undertakes a parachuting activity and does not hold an authorisation from a Part 105 ASAO to undertake the activity. See regulation 105.010 for the definition of parachuting activity.
Note 2: Pilot training for the issue of a jump pilot authorisation is administered under the aviation administration function mentioned in section 26 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards. A parachuting training organisation that conducts the training is administered by a Part 105 ASAO under the function mentioned in section 27 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards.

3.04  Requirements for competency reviews
 (1) In this instrument:
competency review, in relation to a pilot and an aircraft operated to facilitate a parachute descent, means an assessment of the competency of the pilot to perform an activity authorised by the pilot's jump pilot authorisation.
 (2) A competency review mentioned in section 3.05 or 3.06 must:
 (a) be conducted by a person who holds an authorisation that:
 (i) is issued by the Part 105 ASAO that administers the operation of the aircraft to facilitate parachute descents; and
 (ii) authorises the holder to assess the ongoing competency of the holder of a jump pilot authorisation; and
 (b) be recorded by the person in the personal logbook (required under regulation 61.345 of CASR) of the pilot being assessed.

3.05  Recency requirements for jump pilots—6-month competency reviews

Application
 (1) If the aircraft being operated to facilitate a parachute descent by a trainee parachutist or tandem parachutist:
 (a) is equipped to carry 11 or more persons; or
 (b) has 2 or more engines;
the pilot in command must have a valid