27Parachuting training organisations

27 Parachuting training organisations

(1) It is an aviation administration function to administer a person (a parachuting training organisation) that conducts: (a) parachuting training; or (b) jump pilot training.

Note: Pilot training requirements for the purposes of subregulation 105.080(3) of CASR are prescribed in Division 2 of Chapter 3 of the Part 105 Manual of Standards. See also section 5.23 of the Part 105 Manual of Standards, which contains standards for the training of a pilot for the issue of a jump pilot authorisation to operate an aircraft in a parachute training operation.

(2) The function includes: (a) assessing a person’s organisation, and its procedures, practices, personnel and facilities to determine whether the person is capable of conducting the training; and (b) if satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (a), issuing an authorisation to the person to conduct the training specified in the authorisation; and (c) assessing whether a person to whom it has issued an authorisation to conduct the training continues to be capable of providing the training covered by the authorisation. (3) Under this function, the ASAO may authorise a person to be a parachuting training organisation that does any of the following: (a) conduct parachuting training; (b) conduct jump pilot training; (c) assess candidates undertaking parachuting training, or jump pilot training, against the competency standards developed by the ASAO for the training. (4) A parachuting training organisation conducts parachuting training in relation to a parachute descent if the parachuting training is conducted on the organisation’s behalf by an individual who holds an authorisation issued by the ASAO, under the function in section 23, that covers the parachuting training. (5) A parachuting training organisation conducts jump pilot training in relation to a parachute descent if the jump pilot training is conducted on the organisation’s behalf by an individual who holds an authorisation issued by the ASAO, under the function in section 26, that covers the jump pilot training.

Note: See section 1.04 of the Part 105 Manual of Standards for the definition of parachuting training. See paragraph 26(2)(a) of this instrument for the definition of jump pilot training.