Stephanie Bassewitz

The relationship between an Approved Training Organization ATO, National Training Organization NTO and Non-Approved Training Provider N-ATP  One of the most frequent questions asked concerns the relationship between EASA approved training organization ATO Part 147 and National Training Organization NTO. Typically, this relates to the fundamental misunderstanding regarding the role of an EASA Part 147 […]

Duties and Responsibilities of a Maintenance Manager subject to assess competent staff  He/she is responsible for ensuring the competence of all personnel engaged in maintenance. He shall control the competence assessment program EASA Part 145.A.30(e) described via MOE and accepted by the national authority. Such a program is related to signed Job functions and assessed […]

MRO needs to assess competence of the qualified staff The organization must be able to demonstrate qualified competent staff to support the entire scope of approval. The qualified competent staff is separated per Job Function described by EASA Part 145.A.30(e). The competence assessment program shall be described by the MOE. The defined staff shall be […]

Keep Authorized Staff qualified. Subject to aviation organization   To keep authorized staff qualified by oversensing all needed expiring qualifications you shall take support by using a digitalized training and qualification software. All staff related to any aviation organization shall be qualified and competent in relation to their Job Function, Category and/or scope of work. Those […]

Duties and Responsibilities of a Quality Manager MRO subject to authorization    He/she is responsible for issue /renewal/revoking of an EASA Part-145 C/S -S/S individual authorization. Authorizations are based on qualifications provided by proof of evidence. Such as papers, documents, certificates or documented OJT performance. Previous qualifications are able to accept by equivalence assessment by […]

Why MRO and CAMO need a list of Certifying Staff, support staff and airworthiness review staff   Each MRO, approved by the national authority shall have a list of Certifying Staff (C/S) and Support Staff (S/S). It shall be a list of categories A, B1, B2 and C certifying staff and support staff. Different categories […]

Demonstrating the Human Factors Training Procedure?  The human factors training procedure is described by EASA Part 145.A.30(e), AMC2 145.A.30(e), GM1 145.A.30(e) and separated in Initial and continuation training. The Human factors training could be adjusted to reflect the particular nature of the organization (size, scope of work). Human factors continuation training shall be of an […]

MRO demonstrating qualified competent manpower resources.  The organization must be able to demonstrate that they have adequate manpower resources to support the entire scope of approval. The organization shall not declare a percentage of staff used but shall indicate the number of staff needed to comply with Part 145 requirements. The organization shall provide a […]

Responsibilities to ensure the competence of all MRO personal incl. Management   The Accountable Manager is responsible for ensuring the competence of all personnel including management personnel has been assessed.  The responsibility of a Nominated person cannot be delegated to other Manager(s), unless such Manager(s) is/are identified as “Deputy Nominated Person” for the related function (e.g. […]