This document outlines the regulations for Aircraft Maintenance Training Organizations (AMTOs) under CASR Part 147. It discusses that no organization can operate as an AMTO without an aircraft maintenance training certificate. It describes the approval requirements for basic and type training, operating rules, instructor requirements, facilities needs, and that the minimum training hours for basic programs are 3000 hours. It also discusses advertising limitations for AMTOs and that certificates must be displayed in an accessible public location.
3. Why do we need AMTO?
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No person may operate as an approved
aircraft maintenance training organization
without, or in violation of, an aircraft
maintenance training organization certificate
issued under this part.
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6. How long the Duration of Certificates ?
a) An aircraft maintenance training
organization certificate shall remain in
force as determined by the Director
General forthwith.
b) The holder of a certificate that is
surrendered, suspended, or revoked, shall
return it to the Director General.
7. How the Application and
Issue for certificate must
be complied ?
a) An application for a certificate and rating, or for an
additional rating, is made on a form and in a manner
prescribed by the Director General.
b) An applicant who meets the requirements of this
part is entitled to an aircraft maintenance training
organization certificate and associated ratings
prescribing operating specifications and limitations.
8. How the Requirements for establishing an AMTO
Part 21’s Subpart B : APPROVAL
REQUIREMENTS – GENERAL
For establishing AMTO, the institution needs
this approval that consist at least :
• Training Procedures Manual
• Facilities -- General
• Instructor requirements
• Quality control system requirements
• Reference Material
• Class Size
• Serviceability of aircraft
9. How much the amount of student meets the
AMTO Requirement?
When carrying out practical tasks in the work area a
ratio of not less than one instructor or qualified
supervisor for each six students shall be utilized.
10. How to get the Experience credit
An experience credit of one month for each 100 hours of training
time will be credited towards the total experience requirement for the
issue of an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license for graduates of the
basic aircraft maintenance and the basic avionics maintenance
programs.
11. When – the attendance for students to get
the AMTO approval
a) Except as provided in (b), the training schedule shall ensure that students do not
exceed eight hours of training, or combined duty / training in any one day, or more
than six days or forty hours of duty / training time in any seven day period.
b) An exception to (a) may be made where the unavailability of equipment such as a
simulator or aircraft would otherwise cause a student to miss a portion of the
curriculum.
c) The training organization shall accurately document the student’s attendance,
ensuring that each student’s presence is recorded and controlled for each class, shop
or laboratory.
d) Students who miss more than 5% of the course curriculum through absence shall not
qualify for any experience credit.
e) Students who graduate from a basic training course but who have missed more than 5
% of the course curriculum through absence can still qualify as meeting the
requirement for an acceptable course, but without experience credit.
12. How long the training hours for Basic Training ?
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The minimum basic training
requirement is 3000 hours for
the basic aircraft maintenance
and 3000 hours for the basic
avionics maintenance programs.
13. Where – the facilities of
AMTO location Change
• The holder of an aircraft maintenance training
organization certificate may not make any change in
the location of the facility unless the change is
approved in advance by the Director General.
• Notification of change of location shall be made to
the Director General, in writing, at least 30 days
before the planned relocation date.
• Unapproved relocation will result in suspension of
the certificate.
14. Who is required for Maintenance Instructor ?
• Each approved aircraft maintenance training
organization shall, following initial approval or
approval of an addition of a rating, continue to
provide the number of instructors holding
appropriate Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
licenses and ratings that the Director General
determines necessary to provide adequate
instruction to the students.
• The organization may continue to provide
specialist instructors who are not licensed
Aircraft Maintenance Engineers to teach
mathematics, physics, drafting, basic
electricity, basic hydraulics, and similar
subjects.
15. Where to Display The AMTO Certificate.
Each holder of an aircraft maintenance training organization
certificate and ratings shall display the certificate and ratings
at a place that is normally accessible to the public and is not
obscured. The certificate must be available for inspection by
the Director General.