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Licensing of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers

Licensing of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. KC Man Senior Airworthiness Officer. Content. Introduction Categories and Privileges Knowledge Experience Type Rating Roles in Maintenance Reference Material Transition Interest of Stakeholders. Introduction.

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Licensing of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers

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  1. Licensing of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers KC Man Senior Airworthiness Officer

  2. Content • Introduction • Categories and Privileges • Knowledge • Experience • Type Rating • Roles in Maintenance • Reference Material • Transition • Interest of Stakeholders

  3. Introduction

  4. InternationalCivil Aviation Organisation • Annex 1: Personnel Licensing • Chapter 4: Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP) for aircraft maintenance engineer’s licence including age, knowledge, experience and skill

  5. Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995 • Article 11 - Certificate of Release to Service • Article 12 - Licensing of maintenance engineer

  6. HKAR-145Approved Maintenance Organisation • HKAR 145.1 General – Aircraft maintenance • HKAR 145.5 – Definition of Certifying staff • HKAR 145.30 (g) –Certifying staff qualified in HKAR-66 Licence Category A, B and C • HKAR 145.50 Certification of maintenance - CRS

  7. HKAR-66Aircraft Maintenance Licence • Applicable to those certifying staff responsible for issuing Certificate of Release to Service for aeroplanes and helicopters • Minimum 21 years of age, able to read, write and communicate • Basic and Type Rating

  8. Categories and Privileges

  9. Licence Categories • Category A: Line Maintenance certifying mechanic • Category B1: Line Maintenance certifying engineer - mechanical • Category B2: Line Maintenance certifying engineer - avionics • Category B3: Simple Light Aeroplane Maintenance certifying engineer • Category C: Base Maintenance certifying engineer

  10. Sub-categories A and B1 • A1 and B1.1 – Aeroplanes Turbine • A2 and B1.2 – Aeroplanes Piston • A3 and B1.3 – Helicopters Turbine • A4 and B1.4 – Helicopters Piston

  11. Privileges of AML • No certification privilege unless specified on the licence • Work under HKAR-145 approval for the issue of CRS using the HKAR-145 Certification Authorisation

  12. HKAR-66 AML Basic Category: Knowledge requirement Experience requirement Type Rating Endorsement: Type training approved by CAD

  13. Privileges of Category A • Category A certifying staff authorisation - issue CRS following minor scheduled line maintenance and simple defect rectification - The certification privileges are restricted to work that the authorisation holder has personally performed - No aircraft type rating endorsed

  14. Privileges of Category B1 • Category B1 certifying staff authorisation - issue CRS following line maintenance, including aircraft structure, power-plants, mechanical and electrical systems plus replacement of avionic line replaceable units

  15. Privileges of Category B2 • Category B2 certifying staff authorisation - issue CRS following line maintenance on avionics and electrical systems

  16. Privileges of Category C • Category C authorisation - - certification of scheduled base maintenance by the issue of a single CRS for the complete aircraft after the completion of all such maintenance - ensure that all required maintenance has been called up and signed off by the category B1 and B2 staff before the issue of CRS

  17. Knowledge

  18. Knowledge Requirements • Examinations • Modular subjects: 1-17 • Levels of knowledge: 1, 2 & 3

  19. Examination Matrix

  20. Experience

  21. Experience Requirements Note: Must include 3 years as a Category B certifying staff or 3 years in civil aircraft base maintenance environment for holder of an academic degree.

  22. Alternative qualification for Category C • University degree in an appropriate discipline acceptable to the CAD • Three years experience in civil aircraft including six months in base maintenance

  23. Type Rating

  24. Type Rated HKAR-66 Licence • normally does not confer any certification privileges on the holder in their own right unless stated on the licence • must be used in conjunction with a HKAR-145 certification authorisation

  25. Type Rating • Cat A - Completion of aircraft task training in an approved HKAR-145 or an HKAR-147 organisation • Cat B - Completion of relevant aircraft type training approved by the CAD or in an approved HKAR-147 AMTO • Cat C - Completion of relevant aircraft type training approved by the CAD or in an approved HKAR-147 AMTO

  26. Category A • No type endorsement on the licence • Category A certifying staff are required to hold an appropriate HKAR-66 licence prior to the grant of a HKAR-145 certification authorisation on a specific aircraft type

  27. Categories B and C • Aircraft type endorsement on the licence • Aircraft types listed on HKAR-2, Chapter 22, Appendix 2 • Certifying staff are required to hold aircraft type endorsement prior to the grant of a HKAR-145 certification authorisation on a specific aircraft type

  28. Sample of Type rating on the Licence DATEB1.1 Aeroplanes Turbine 12/04/2002See Limitations 1 & 2Boeing 747 - 200/300 (RR RB211) 12/04/2002See Limitations 1 & 2 A330 (RR Trent) 12/06/2003See Limitations 1 & 2B2 Avionics 12/09/2003Boeing 747 - 400 (RR RB211)12/05/2004See Limitations 15C Category C1/11/2004Boeing 747 - 200/300 (RR RB211) 1/11/2004

  29. Conversion from Foreign Licence to HKAR-66 Basic Licence Conversion exam available for: JAA/EASA UK FAA Australia New Zealand Mainland China

  30. Acceptance of Aircraft Type Licences, Authorisations and Trainings Obtained from Foreign Country • Competence test • 20 m.c. questions for each aircraft type • Pass mark is 75% • Aircraft types will be endorsed on HKAR-66 licence

  31. Roles in Maintenance

  32. Route for B1 or B2 AML Applicant Written examination by CAD Experience assessment and HKAR-66 AML in Basic Category issued by CAD HKAR-147 Approved / CAD Approved Type Course 4 months experience on type / 2 weeks for aircraft of similar technology HKAR-66 AML Type Rating endorsement by CAD HKAR-145 organisation procedure and currency experience on type HKAR-145 Certification Authorisation after QA assessment

  33. Line Maintenance

  34. Base Maintenance

  35. Reference material • ICAO Annex 1 Chapter 4 • AN(HK)O - Part III • HKAN • HKAR- 66 • HKAR-145 • HKAR-147 • HKAR-2 Ch 22,23,24 • CAD website: http://www.cad.gov.hk/english/publications_press_release.html

  36. Transition • Kick-off in 1999 • Effective from 1 Jan 2002 • Full Implementation on 1 Jan 2004 • 12 Consultation Meetings in 5 years • Close liaison with industry including operators, maintenance organisations and unions, etc

  37. Interest of Stakeholders • Grandfather rights • Examination arrangement • Impact on HKAR-AMEL licence holders who do not plan to sit the conversion examination or cannot pass the conversion examination before the implementation date of HKAR-66, ie, 1 Jan 2004. • Impact on existing company authorisations. • Acceptance of foreign type licence and type training. • Scope of exemptions from HKAR-66 examination for foreign licence holders.

  38. Thank You!!!

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