AMC1 ORO.AOC.135(a)(4) Personnel requirements

NOMINATED PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION OF THE CONTRACT WITH A CAMO PURSUANT TO POINT M.A.201(ea)

If the operator concludes a contract with a CAMO pursuant to point M.A.201(ea) of Annex I (Part-M) to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, the person nominated by the operator in accordance with point ORO.AOC.135(a)(4) is responsible for the management and supervision of the continuing airworthiness management contract that is required by Appendix I to Part-M. This person should not be employed by the contracted CAMO to avoid conflict of interest. In addition, this person should have the following:

(a)     practical experience and expertise in the application of aviation safety standards and safe operating practices;

(b)     comprehensive knowledge of:

(i)      the relevant parts of operational requirements and procedures;

(ii)      the air operator certificate (AOC) holder’s operations specifications;

(iii)     the relevant parts of the AOC holder’s operations manual; and

(iv)     the relevant parts of the continuing airworthiness management exposition (CAME) of the contracted CAMO;

(c)      knowledge of:

(i)      human factors (HF) principles; and

(ii)      safety management system (SMS) based on the EU management system requirements (including compliance monitoring) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 19;

(d)     5 years of relevant work experience, of which at least 2 years in an appropriate position in the aeronautical industry;

(e)     a relevant engineering or technical degree, or an aircraft maintenance technician qualification with additional education that is acceptable to the competent authority; this condition may be replaced by 3 years of experience in addition to those specified in point (d); those 3 years should include an appropriate combination of experience in tasks related to aircraft maintenance and/or continuing airworthiness management and/or surveillance of such tasks;

(f)      thorough knowledge of:

(i)      the continuing airworthiness management contract;

(ii)      the organisation’s management systems’ interfaces; and

(iii)     the way of achieving harmonisation of those management systems;

(g)     knowledge of a relevant sample of the type(s) of aircraft operated by the organisation, which is gained through a formalised training course; such a course should be at least at a level equivalent to Part-66 (Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014), Appendix III, Level 1 ‘General Familiarisation’ and may be provided by a Part-147 (Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014) organisation, by the manufacturer, by the CAMO, or by any other organisation that is accepted by the competent authority; ‘relevant sample’ means that the related course should cover typical aircraft and aircraft systems that are operated by the organisation; and

(h)     knowledge of Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014.