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Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020
Part 7OPERATIONS MANUAL
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CHAPTER 7 OPERATIONS MANUAL
7.01 Application
This Chapter applies only to an aerial work certificate holder (the operator).
7.02 Minimum distance from an object
(1) For subregulation 138.210 (3), if the distances mentioned in subsection (2) are not mentioned in the AFM, then, the distances are the appropriate substitute distances that the operator includes in the operations manual for this purpose.
(2) For subsection (1), the distances are the minimum distances a rotorcraft must be from an object during the take-off, take-off and initial climb, approach and landing, and baulked landing climb, phases of flight.
7.03 Requirements for prescribed single-engine aeroplane (PSEA)
(1) Subject to subsection (2), for regulation 138.020, aerial work operations may be conducted in a PSEA of a kind prescribed by paragraph 8.03 (b) of the Part 135 MOS.
> Note Under paragraph 8.03 (b) of the Part 135 MOS, the aeroplane’s type acceptance certificate must state the relevant eligibility to be a PSEA.
(2) The following aerial work operations may be conducted in a PSEA only if the operator’s operations manual includes the procedures for PSEA operations that are specified in Chapter 8 of the Part 135 MOS for the purposes of subregulation 135.240 (3) of CASR:
(a) an operation for the carriage of 4 or more aerial work passengers mentioned in, and in accordance with, paragraph 11.02 (1) (b) of this MOS;
(b) an operation for the carriage of 4 or more aerial work passengers mentioned in, and in accordance with, paragraph 11.04 (1) (b) of this MOS.