15Enhanced fatigue management obligations

15 Enhanced fatigue management obligations

15.1 This subsection applies to an AOC holder to whom 1 or more of Appendices 2, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 5A and 6 of this CAO applies in accordance with subsection 10.

Operations manual procedures for hazards, multiple Appendices etc.

15.2 The AOC holder must set out the following in the operations manual:

(a) procedures for identifying any reasonably foreseeable hazard that may compromise an FCM’s alertness during an FDP;

(b) procedures for determining the limits and requirements mentioned in subparagraph 14.3 (c) which take into account the identified hazards;

(c) procedures for the continuous monitoring and evaluation of the AOC holder’s policies, limits, practices and relevant organisational experiences, taking into account the hazards identified by the procedures mentioned in subparagraph (a), with a view to continuous improvement of fatigue management, and fatigue risk management;

(d) where the AOC holder undertakes operations under multiple Appendices — procedures to ensure that transitions between the different limits of the Appendices:

(i) are undertaken in accordance with subsections 13 and 13A; and

(ii) do not adversely affect aviation safety;

(e) details of the training and assessment required by paragraph 15.3.

Note The procedures mentioned in this paragraph may be met, at least in part, by existing procedures such as those for an SMS.

Training

15.3 Subject to subsection 15A, the AOC holder must, as a minimum:

(a) make available, and require each FCM to undertake, initial and recurrent fatigue-related risk training relevant to the FCM’s duties in operations under the AOC; and

(b) at the end of the initial training, and at the end of each occasion of recurrent training — assess the FCM’s knowledge and learning from the training.

Note The training required by this paragraph may be incorporated into existing training programs such as an AOC holder’s human factors and non-technical skills training program.

15.4 Initial training under paragraph 15.3:

(a) for an FCM who becomes an AOC holder’s employee after this CAO takes effect for the holder — must occur within 6 months of the person commencing the employment; and

(b) for an FCM who was the AOC holder’s employee on the date this CAO takes effect for the holder — must occur within 6 months of the CAO taking effect.

15.5 Initial training under paragraph 15.3 must:

(a) be in accordance with a syllabus; and

(b) deliver a thorough knowledge and understanding of the following: