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ANNEX I - Continuing Airworthiness Requirements

management, planning, technical records or quality staff, can carry out their designated tasks in a
manner that contributes to good standards. In the smaller CAMO, the CAA may agree to these tasks
being conducted from one office subject to being satisfied that there is sufficient space and that each
task can be carried out without undue disturbance. Office accommodation should also include an
adequate technical library and room for document consultation.
M.A.706 Personnel requirements
(a) The organisation shall appoint an accountable manager, who has corporate authority for
ensuring that all continuing airworthiness management activities can be financed and
carried out in accordance with this Annex (Part-M) and Annex Vb (Part-ML), as applicable.
(b) For licenced air carriers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 the
accountable manager referred to in point (a) shall be the person who also has corporate
authority for ensuring that all the operations of the operator can be financed and carried
out to the standard required for the issue of an air operator's certificate.
(c) A person or group of persons shall be nominated with the responsibility of ensuring that
the organisation always complies with the applicable continuing airworthiness
management, airworthiness review and permit to fly requirements of this Annex (Part-M)
and Annex Vb (Part-ML). Such person(s) shall be ultimately responsible to the
accountable manager.
(d) For licenced air carriers in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, the
accountable manager shall designate a nominated post holder. This person shall be
responsible for the management and supervision of continuing airworthiness activities,
pursuant to point (c).
(e) The nominated post holder referred to in point (d) shall not be employed by a Part-145
approved organisation under contract to the operator, unless specifically agreed by the
CAA.
(f) The organisation shall have sufficient appropriately qualified staff for the expected work.
(g) All point (c) and (d) persons shall be able to show relevant knowledge, background and
appropriate experience related to aircraft continuing airworthiness.
(h) The qualification of all personnel involved in continuing airworthiness management shall
be recorded.
(i) For organisations extending airworthiness review certificates in accordance with points
M.A.711(a)(4) and M.A.901 of this Annex (Part-M) or point ML.A.901(c) of Annex Vb (Part-
ML) as applicable, the organisation shall nominate persons authorised to do so, subject to
approval by the CAA.
(j) The organisation shall define and keep updated in the continuing airworthiness
management exposition the title(s) and name(s) of person(s) referred to in points
M.A.706(a), M.A.706(c), M.A.706(d) and M.A.706(i).
(k) For complex motor-powered aircraft and for aircraft used by licenced air carriers in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, the organisation shall establish and
control the competence of personnel involved in the continuing airworthiness
management, airworthiness review and/or quality audits in accordance with a procedure
and to a standard agreed by the CAA.
M.A.706 AMC Personnel requirements
1. The person or group of persons should represent the continuing airworthiness
management structure of the organisation and be responsible for all continuing
airworthiness functions. Dependent on the size of the operation and the organisational
set-up, the continuing airworthiness functions may be divided under individual managers
or combined in nearly any number of ways. However, if a quality system is in place it
should be independent from the other functions.
2. The actual number of persons to be employed and their necessary qualifications is
dependent upon the tasks to be performed and thus dependent on the size and
complexity of the organisation (general aviation aircraft, corporate aircraft, number of
aircraft and the aircraft types, complexity of the aircraft and their age and for commercial
air transport, route network, line or charter, ETOPS) and the amount and complexity of
maintenance contracting. Consequently, the number of persons needed, and their
qualifications may differ greatly from one organisation to another and a simple formula
covering the whole range of possibilities is not feasible.
3. To enable the CAA to accept the number of persons and their qualifications, an
organisation should make an analysis of the tasks to be performed, the way in which it
intends to divide and/or combine these tasks, indicate how it intends to assign
responsibilities and establish the number of man/hours and the qualifications needed to
perform the tasks. With significant changes in the aspects relevant to the number and
qualifications of persons needed, this analysis should be updated.
4. Nominated person or group of persons should have:
4.1. practical experience and expertise in the application of aviation safety standards
and safe operating practices;
4.2. a comprehensive knowledge of:
(a) relevant parts of operational requirements and procedures;
(b) the AOC holder's operations specifications when applicable;
(c) the need for, and content of, the relevant parts of the AOC holder's operations
manual when applicable;
4.3. knowledge of quality systems;
4.4. five years relevant work experience of which at least two years should be from the
aeronautical industry in an appropriate position;
4.5. a relevant engineering degree or an aircraft maintenance technician qualification
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