Part 24AIR CREW MEMBER TRAINING AND CHECKING

CHAPTER 24 AIR CREW MEMBER TRAINING AND CHECKING

24.01 Application

(1) This Chapter applies in relation to the training and checking of an air crew member of the following operators:

(2) All air crew member training and checking must be conducted by an aerial work certificate holder to whom subregulation 138.125 (1) applies.

Note Under subregulation 138.550 (2), the training or checking of an air crew member must be done by an individual who meets the requirements of this Chapter. Through the combined effect of paragraph 138.125 (1) (c) of these Regulations, paragraph 4.02 (1) (c) of this MOS, and subsections 4.03 (7) and 4.04 (7) of this MOS, certain operators, who are, in effect, aerial work certificate holders, must have a formal training and checking system if they are conducting the training or checking of air crew members.

24.02 Training and proficiency checks, recurrent proficiency check requirements and general emergency competency

For subregulation 138.540 (3), sections 23.02, 23.03, 23.05 and 23.06 apply to the operator for an air crew member as if:

(a) references in those sections to an FCM were references to an air crew member; and

(b) paragraph 23.05 (3) (b) applies to operations conducted under the VFR and the IFR; and

(c) paragraph 23.05 (3) (c) does not apply.

24.03 Who is to conduct training and checking

(1) For paragraph 138.550 (2) (b), the training and checking undertaken by an air crew member for any of the following:

(a) an aerial work certificate holder’s aerial work operation;

(b) a limited aerial work operator;

must be conducted by an individual who meets the requirements set out in subsection (2).

Note See also subsection 24.01 (2).

(2) For subsection (1), the individual must:

(a) meet the minimum experience and entry control requirements for a training air crew member, a check air crew member, or a training and check air crew member (air crew trainer and/or checker, as the case may be) as set out in the operator’s operations manual or training and checking manual (as applicable); and

(b) complete the training program for an air crew trainer and/or checker, as the case may be, as set out in the operator’s operations manual or training and checking manual (as applicable); and

(c) meet the relevant recency or proficiency requirements for the aerial work operation that are required for the conduct of the training or check, as stated in the operator’s operations manual or training and checking manual (as applicable); and

(d) be nominated by the operator to be an air crew trainer and/or checker, as the case may be for the operator’s training and checking system (a nominated individual).