NEPALESECIVILAIRWORTHINESSREQUIREMENTS

SECTIOND

APPROVALPROCEDURES
CHAPTERD.4 ISSUE1
OCTOBER1982

TRAINING COURSES AND TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS

1. GENERAL

1.1 This chapter prescribes conditions for the grant, extension and renewal of
a Certificate of Approval to a training organization providing courses of
instruction for trainees requiring aircraft maintenance technician licences and/or
licence ratings.

1.2 The grant of a Certificate of Approval or Letter of Approval to a single course

intended for the instruction of licence holders or licence applicants is also covered
in this chapter.

1.3 Applicants for the issue of a basic licence without type rating may, in accordance
with Anex-1 to the Convention, have the required experience reduced from three
years to two years if they have completed and approved course of ab initio
training (see paragraph 3.1 of Chapter F.3 of these Requirements).

1.4 For the grant of licence ratings on the more complex types of aircraft and aircraft
components, it is mandatory that the applicant shall have successfully completed
an approved course.

2. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT OF APPROVAL FOR AB INITIO TRAINING

2.1 A training organization providing ab initio courses for aircraft maintenance

technicians/engineers shall provide the Director General, with written evidence
that:

a) There is a properly qualified and experienced Chief Instructor with authority

for the organization and control of all training and training staff to ensure that
training will be carried out in a satisfactory manner.
b) There are properly qualified and experienced instructors who have themselves
been trained in the subjects on which they will instruct.
c) There is adequate accommodation for the training to be given, including
suitable workshop facilities for practical training and administrative offices
with heating, lighting and noise insulation to acceptable standards. Suitable
arrangements must be made for cleaning and maintenance.
d) The full syllabus prescribed in Appendix-1 to Chapter F.3 of these
Requirements, as appropriate to the particular categories of licences, will be
covered during the ab initio training.

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 Note: This does not preclude additional material being included if the training
organization deems it necessary.
e) The course will not be less than two years in duration and a minimum of fifty
percent of the training time will be spent on practical training.
Note: The I.C.A.O. Training Manual, Part D-1, Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Type
II and Type I, should be used as a guideline by the training organization.
f) The instructors and trainee shall have access to a library containing sufficient
technical textbooks and manuals for study of the full curriculum of the course,
and shall be loaned or issued with textbooks, lecture notes, manuals and
diagrams covering the subject matter. Lecture notes, diagrams, manuals and
other training material supplied shall be accurate at the time they are loaned or
issue to the trainee. A nominated person shall be responsible for keeping the
training material in the library up to date.
g) There are sufficient teaching facilities, audio-visual training aids,
demonstration equipment and component specimens, to facilitate complete
comprehension of the instruction given.
h) Workshop shall be provided with basic equipment and tools appropriate to the
training being given. Instructional equipment, airframes, engines and
components sufficient to support the practical training specified in the
approved syllabus, shall be provided. Instructional equipment shall reasonably
up to date and appropriate to the licence category, and such as to enable the
experience requirements of Chapter F.3 to be met.
i) There shall be written examinations held at the conclusion of each section or
phase of the training. Examination papers in use shall cover the complete
syllabus or section of the syllabus concerned. The actual papers in the
particular examination shall be prepared by the person nominated to act as a
training supervisor, who must be other than the instructor of the subject, and
the examinations will be held under his direct supervision.

2.2 A training organization which has applied for approval of an ab initio course and
submitted the evidence required by 2.1, may be granted a Certificate of Approval
if it is inspected by an authorized person from the Airworthiness Division who
establishes that:

a) The premises are clean and suitable,

b) The facilities are adequate for training to the standard required by the syllabus.
c) The instructors know their subjects and are experienced and sufficiently skilled
in instructional technique.
d) The library is adequate and all manuals in it are fully amended up to date.

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3. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT OF APPROVAL FOR SINGLE COURSES AND
TYPE COURSES

3.1 An organization proposing to conduct a course of instruction on a

particular aircraft type, aircraft system or aircraft component, may apply to the
Director General, for the course to be approved. The application should be
accompanied by:

a) The name, qualification and experience of the instructor nominated to conduct

the course.
b) A description of the accommodation provided for classrooms, demonstrations
areas and administrative offices with heading, lighting and noise insulation to
acceptable standards.
Note: Suitable arrangements must be provided for cleaning and maintenance.
c) A copy of the detailed course syllabus and lesson plan for the proposed course.
The syllabus must be compatible with the licence examination requirements for
the particular type of aircraft, aircraft system or aircraft component. The
lesson plan shall show details of both classroom training periods and visits to
relevant items of equipment for demonstration purposes.
d) A list of teaching and demonstration facilities, audio-visual training aids
maintained to a satisfactory standard, and other facilities to be used during the
course to facilitate complete comprehension of the instruction given.
e) A copy of the training notes or training manual with diagrams, charts and
graphs to be used for the training.
f) The duration of the course and the proposed starting and finishing dates.
g) Written progress examinations to be held at the conclusion of each section or
phase of training. Examination papers in use shall cover the complete syllabus
or section of the syllabus concerned. The actual paper of the final examination
at the conclusion of the training programme shall be prepared by the person
nominated to act as training supervisor, who must be other than the instructor
of the subject, and the examination should be held under his direct supervision.

3.2 The Director General will require that the course be monitored, in whole or in
part, by an authorized person from the Airworthiness Division. The grant of
approval will be dependent on a favourable report on the actual conduct of the
course.

4. GRANT OF APPROVAL

4.1 Approval of a training organization to conduct ab initio training or repetitive type

courses will be granted by issue of a Certificate of Approval and an associated
Schedule of Conditions.

4.2 Approval of a single course which will not necessarily be repeated will be signified
by issue of a Letter of Approval to the organization arranging the course.

4.3 Any organization conducting an approved course shall issue each successful
trainee with a certificate showing the following information:

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 a) the name of the organization issuing the certificate,
b) the title of the course,
c) the approval status of the course,
d) the commencement and finishing dates of the course,
e) the full name of the trainee,
f) the examination percentages obtained during progress and final examinations.

4.4 Where, a course certificate is issued it shall be in a format as shown in Form D.4.1
of Appendix 1 to this Chapter D.4.

4.5 A course certificate shall not be issued to any trainee who attended less than 80%
of the course. A daily attendance record shall be maintained for each trainee and
held available for inspection on request by an authorized person from the
Airworthiness Division.

4.6 A course certificate issued to any trainee who secures less than 70% of marks in
all progress examinations conducted during the training period will not be
recognized for licensing purposes. Trainees' examination papers shall be preserved
for six months following the conclusion of each course and shall be made available
for inspection on request by an authorized person from the Airworthiness
Division.

5. EXTENSION AND RENEWAL OF APPROVAL

5.1 An organization already approved to conduct certain courses may apply to

conduct additional courses and such approval may be granted when the Director
General is satisfied that the required conditions will be met.

5.2 A Certificate of Approval to a training organization will normally be valid for one
year but may be renewed if the Director General is satisfied that the required
conditions for grant of approval have been maintained. For this purpose any
changes in staff, syllabi or facilities shall be notified to the Director General.

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6. FOREIGN TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS

6.1 Training organizations outside Nepal or single courses of instruction conducted by

such organizations, may be approved by the Director General provided the
requirements for approval of such courses are met.

6.2 If approval of a course or training organizations outside Nepal is requested by a

Nepalese operator, all expenses incurred in granting such approval shall be borne
by that operator.

Civil Aviation AuthorityofNepal.

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FormD.4.1 Appendix
1

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL

(Name of the Training Organization)

"COURSE CERTIFICATE"

Mr

has successfully completed the approved

Course of Training covering

..
(Ab-initio Course or Aircraft Type//Aircraft Systems/ Aircraft Component Course)

from to

... .
Instructor Chief Instructor

Examination Mark %
Course S/N

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