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AMROBA comes out swinging on CASA's normalised deviance to ICAO Part 66 SARPS?? - 

Courtesy amroba.org, via the AP emails...

Those of us that were qualified under pre–CAA Department’s AME training standards that were listed in DCA Publication 35, were qualified to ICAO standards from the Convention’s Annex 1, Chapter 4. The standards in Pub35 were a direct copy of ICAO standards for the Airframe, Engine, Electrical, Instrument & Radio training streams.

ICAO training standards still prescribes theoretical subjects, practical skills and classroom hours associated with each licence category.  i.e. global standards.

ICAO also supports the skills and knowledge to be provided under competency based training method.

When the CAA was formed and HO moved to Canberra, new management cancelled DCA publication 35 then partially adopted EASR Part 66/147.

• [font='Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif]EASA implemented the ICAO training standards into their Part 66 licences training standards which CASA partially adopted in 2007 less the training course standards.[/font]
  
• [font='Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif]Government Education Department has confirmed they would fund such courses if CASA promulgated the EASR course standards.[/font]
  

So why doesn’t CASA adopt these EASA course standards into the Part 66 MoS that only includes the subject matter (knowledge) for each licence to comply with ICAO?

AMROBA has met and submitted this change to CEOs of CASA, but it never happens even though some CEOs have agreed in the past.

• [font='Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif]They don’t stay there long enough to implement.[/font]
  

It appears to AMROBA that CASA are prolonging the shortage of AME/LAMEs. The attach paper, now on AMROBA’s Training website, adds specific details.

By not adopting EASR Part 66/147 training course allocated training hours specific to each licence and the transition between licences, the trade training responsibilities of government has not provided the EASA based training pathways to Australian aircraft maintenance staff.

2007 until now and only the B1.1 and B2 licences have NVET courses. 

No NVET EASR based courses exist for the B1.2, B1.3 or B1.4 licences because there are no applicable regulations.

When will government fix this lack of regulations that are in the EASA regulatory system?

18 years without NVET courses being promulgated because of a lack of regulations.

WHY does CASA approve Part 147 training organisation when they don’t approve basic training?

Part 147 should be restricted to aircraft type courses to remove government duplication between ASQA and CASA.
Carmody was the last CASA CEO that agreed to adopt the missing EASRs associated with Part 66 licences and training.
Ken Cannane
Executive Director
AMROBA
Phone: (02) 97592715
Mobile: 0408029329
www.amroba.org.au
Safety All Around.

MTF...P2