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5.44  Parachuting training organisation—chief parachuting instructor

Part 105 ASAO exposition requirements
 (1) A Part 105 ASAO that administers a parachuting training organisation under an approved function must set out, in its exposition:
 (a) procedures that must be complied with by the parachuting training organisation, for the appointment of a person to be the chief parachuting instructor of the organisation; and
 (b) the experience and qualifications required for the appointment.
Note: See section 1.04 for the definition of parachuting training organisation. Parachuting training organisations are administered by a Part 105 ASAO under an approved function mentioned in section 27 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards.

Appointment of chief parachuting instructor
 (2) A parachuting training organisation must appoint a person to be the chief parachuting instructor for the parachuting training organisation.

Responsibilities of chief parachuting instructor
 (3) A chief parachuting instructor is responsible for:
 (a) managing parachute descents undertaken by trainee parachutists, or tandem parachutists, who are receiving training from the parachuting training organisation; and
 (b) ensuring that a safety management system that complies with subsections 5.43(1) and (2) is documented and implemented; and
 (c) ensuring that parachutist instructors employed or engaged by the organisation, and any persons receiving parachuting training undertaken by the organisation:
 (i) conduct themselves in accordance with the organisation's safety management system; and
 (ii) comply with any relevant procedures of the ASAO's exposition and of the organisation; and
 (iii) comply with the civil aviation legislation; and
 (d) for each parachute descent in which the parachuting training organisation provides training:
 (i) approving a person who holds an authorisation mentioned in subparagraph 5.27(2)(a)(i) to act as the drop zone safety officer for the descent; and
 (ii) a requirement imposed on the chief parachuting instructor under subsection 5.51(4).
Note: Under subparagraph 5.27(2)(a)(i) an authorisation to act as drop zone safety officer for a parachute descent by a trainee or tandem parachutist must be issued as an endorsement on a person's parachutist's instructor authorisation.

Chief parachuting instructor must have been approved by ASAO, etc.
 (4) A person must not act as the chief parachuting instructor of a parachuting training organisation if:
 (a) the person has not been appointed by the parachuting training organisation in accordance with this section; and
 (b) the appointment has not been approved by the ASAO that administers the organisation.

5.45  Parachute training operations
 (1) A parachutist instructor who supervises a parachute descent undertaken by a trainee parachutist must, while on board an aircraft that is facilitating the descent, wear a parachute for the duration of the flight.
 (2) A parachuting training organisation must not provide training in parachute descents, or in supervising a parachute descent, if a chief parachuting instructor has not been appointed for the