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KC & AMROBA scathing of CASA's reg reform of Part 66/147 - 

Via AMROBA: https://amroba.org.au/category/breaking-news/


 Part 66 Implementation Failure

This is an object case study in how to fail when implementing regulatory change.
CASR Part 66/147 was introduced in 2010 based on 17 European regulated maintenance personnel training modules that CASA never attained vocational government support to implement.

Employers are supposed to employ aircraft maintenance engineers (AME) qualified with the applicable trade modules plus module 10 for AME licences without type ratings...

...Implementing part 66 is an inter-governmental issue and the responsibility is on CASA to obtain other government departments and agencies, like the Department of Education, to support for the implementation of CASA regulatory standards.

The biggest drawback was when CASA regulatory adopted parts of a foreign system but not crucial regulatory provisions like listing predicated regulatory course hours and theoretical and practical split as aviation regulatory standards. Until the EASA course duration is promulgated by CASA, the appropriate government funding will not be allocated in Australia. 18 years after implementing, CASA still haven’t promulgated the EASR Part 147 course hours...

...EASA has made considerable changes to EASR Part 66/147 to address the shortfall of their regulatory standards and licencing for general aviation. Without doubt, CASA should fully adopt these standards, including the amended Course Duration to cover GA licencing.

This enables CASA to meet their obligations under the Civil Aviation Act to promulgate clear and concise aviation standards...

...The current training packages are not providing aviation businesses with the standard for skills or qualifications to meet what is required in the maintenance repair overall (MRO) system. They are not compatible with the skills required by legislation and they are not being packaged in the legislative required modular system based on international standards.

From an employer and employee point of view, CASA and government have not implemented the VET training requirements that they introduced in 2010.

How can CASA and government continue to back a system that they introduced without the support of the VET system, comparable to Europe, needed to properly implement it?...

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