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). (3) For paragraph (2) (d), the nomination must: (a) be in the operator’s training and checking manual; and (b) state that the individual meets the requirements set out in paragraphs (2) (a), (b) and (c). 24.04 CASA may test nominated individuals (1) This section is for paragraph 24.03 (2) (d). (2) CASA may, at any reasonable time, test a nominated individual in order to be satisfied of the individual’s competency to perform the role of a relevant air crew trainer and/or checker, as the case may be (the nominated role). (3) For subsection (2), CASA must give the nominated individual a written notice if CASA requires that the individual must undertake a test of knowledge, skill or competence relevant to the nominated role. > Note If CASA conducts an assessment of an individual and determines that the individual should not be permitted to conduct training or checks, then CASA has the ability under Subpart 11.G of CASR to direct an individual to undertake further training before commencing or continuing in the training or checking role. (4) The time and location of the test specified in a notice under subsection (3) must be reasonable in the circumstances. (5) CASA must give the nominated individual a copy of the record of any test, including the testing officer’s assessment of individual’s competence during the test.