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CASA EX39/07 - Exemption - ARFFS AFC Diploma

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What this does: This document temporarily relaxed training requirements for airport firefighting supervisors.

Normally: Aviation safety rules required every shift supervisor at an airport rescue and firefighting service to hold a specific qualification called the ARFFS Australian Fire Competencies (AFC) Diploma.

The exemption: Airservices Australia (the government provider of airport firefighting) was allowed to meet a lower standard — they only needed to ensure that at least one shift supervisor on the team held this diploma, rather than all of them.

Who it affected: Shift supervisors working at aerodromes where Airservices Australia provided firefighting services.

Key point: This was a short-term measure only, lasting from August 2007 until July 2009.

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CASA EX39/07 - Exemption - ARFFS AFC Diploma

View image in the official sourceInstrument number CASA EX39/07

I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed S. Carmody]

Shane Carmody
Acting Director of Aviation Safety and
Chief Executive Officer

15 August 2007

Exemption — ARFFS AFC Diploma

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 July 2009.

2 Application

This instrument applies to:

(a) Airservices Australia (AA), an approved Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (ARFFS) provider in providing firefighting services at aerodromes; and

(b) each shift supervisor at an aerodrome where AA provides ARFFS.

3 Exemption

AA is exempt from compliance with the provisions of subregulation 139.845 (1) of CASR 1998, to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1.

Note Paragraph 18.1.1.10 of Manual of Standards (MOS) Part 139H requires that all shift supervisors on staff of operational fire fighters hold an ARFFS Australian Fire Competencies (AFC) Diploma.

4 Conditions

The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Extent of exemption

The exemption extends only to the requirement to comply with paragraph 18.1.1.10 of MOS Part 139H.

Schedule 2 Conditions

AA must ensure that at least 1 shift supervisor, on a staff of operational fire fighters, holds an ARFFS AFC Diploma.

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1 CASA EX39/07 - Exemption - ARFFS AFC Diploma

Instrument number CASA EX39/07