5Excluded system employees – removal of exclusion from a type rating – conditions for COA training and assessment

5 Excluded system employees – removal of exclusion from a type rating – conditions for COA training and assessment

5.1A COA holder may issue a certification authorisation to an excluded system employee (the employee) for carrying out maintenance on an excluded system, on an aircraft for which the employee holds a type rating, mentioned in Appendix 1 in accordance with this subsection.

5.2A certification authorisation may only be issued once for the employee, and only for a period of 6 months.

5.3Before issuing the certification authorisation, the COA holder must provide, and the employee must successfully complete, training and assessment in the excluded system for the aircraft type.

5.4The training and assessment mentioned in paragraph 5.3 must be in accordance with the COA holder’s quality control manual, as approved in writing by CASA for training and assessment in the excluded system.

5.5Before issuing a certification authorisation to an excluded system employee, the COA holder must be, in respect of maintenance on the excluded system to be performed by the employee:

(a) a CASA delegate for subregulation 42ZC (6) of CAR 1988, who may authorise a person for the purposes of paragraph 42ZC (3) (d) or 42ZC (4) (e) (as the case requires); or

(b) an authorised person for subregulation 42ZC (7), who may authorise a person for the purposes of paragraph 42ZC (3) (d).

5.6If it appears to a COA holder that an employee has, after successfully completing the training and assessment in the excluded system, in accordance with paragraphs 5.3 and 5.4, successfully carried out maintenance under a certification authorisation issued under paragraph 5.1, the COA holder may, after at least 5 months of the authorisation period have elapsed, provide CASA and the employee with a provisional notice in the approved form of satisfactory completion of training and assessment.

5.7If, not earlier than 3 days before the authorisation period lapses, the COA holder wishes to confirm that the employee has satisfactorily completed their training and assessment, the COA holder must provide CASA and the employee with a confirmation notice in the approved form of satisfactory completion of training.

5.8A notice referred to in clause 5.7 may be provided by electronic transmission to an address provided by CASA for that purpose.

5.9An authorisation period of 6 months cannot be extended.

5.10The purpose of paragraphs 5.6 to 5.8 (inclusive) is to allow CASA to update an employee’s licence to allow him or her to commence carrying out maintenance as soon as practicable after the completion of the 6 month duration of the authorisation issued under paragraph 5.1. Issue of a provisional notice does not mean that a person to whom it is issued is entitled to a confirmation notice of successful completion.