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Part AR - ANNEX II - Authority Requirements - Aerodromes

(ii) Administrative issues of the inspection:
(A) aerodrome inspector’s credentials, rights, and obligations;
(B) aerodrome access procedures;
(C) safety and security airside procedures; and
(D) aerodrome inspector’s toolkit (fluorescent vest, checklists,
clinometer, distance measurement devices, digital camera, GPS,
etc.).
(iii) Audit/Inspection:
(A) introduction — opening meeting;
(B) on-site activities (audit/inspection according to the area of
expertise of the trainee);
(C) findings (identification, categorisation, evidencing, reporting);and
(D) corrective actions — enforcement.
(iv) Closing meeting — debriefing on the audit/inspection conclusions
(v) Preparation, completion, and delivery of the audit/inspection report
(vi) Human factors elements:
(A) cultural aspects;
(B) resolution of disagreements and/or conflicts; and
(C) auditee stress.
(vii) Team leading if required
(viii) Post-audit/inspection procedures, such as monitoring the status of open
audit findings, follow-up audits/inspections, and closing the findings after
appropriate action has been taken by the aerodrome operator.
(b) Assessment of trainee aerodrome inspectors
The assessment of the trainee should be done by the aerodrome inspector providing the
training. A trainee should be considered to have successfully completed the onthejob
training only after demonstrating to the aerodrome inspector providing the training that
he/she possesses the professional competence, knowledge, judgement, and ability to
perform aerodrome inspections in an operational environment, in accordance with the
applicable requirements.
(c) Aerodrome inspectors appointed to provide training and assessing trainees
The aerodrome inspectors providing the training, and assessing trainee aerodrome
inspectors, should be appointed by the CAA and should meet the qualification criteria
established by that CAA.
These criteria should require that the appointee has been a qualified aerodrome inspector
(see GM6 ADR.AR.B.005(a)(2), for the last three years prior to his/her appointment.
Additional factors to be considered when nominating aerodrome inspectors to provide
training, and assess trainee aerodrome inspectors include: knowledge of training
techniques, professionalism, maturity, judgment, integrity, safety awareness,
communication skills, and personal standards of performance.
ADR.AR.B.005(a)(2) AMC3 Management system
QUALIFICATION OF AERODROME INSPECTORS AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
TRAINING
(a) Upon the successful completion of the initial training (initial theoretical training, practical
training, and on-the-job training) the CAA should issue a formal qualification statement for
each qualified aerodrome inspector listing their privileges. Credentials should also be
issued for the aerodrome inspectors, to facilitate their work.
(b) The background knowledge and/or working experience of the aerodrome inspectors
determines their privileges (the scope of their inspection; what they are entitled to inspect).
The CAA should determine what the inspector is entitled to inspect taking into account the
following considerations:
(1) background knowledge; and
(2) working experience.
(c) The inspecting authority should put in place a system that will ensure that their aerodrome
inspectors meet at all times the qualification criteria with regard to the eligibility, training,
and recent experience.
ADR.AR.B.005(a)(2) GM1 Management system
SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL
(a) This Guidance Material for the determination of the required personnel is limited to the
performance of certification and oversight tasks, excluding personnel required to perform
tasks subject to any national regulatory requirements.
(b) The elements to be considered when determining required personnel and planning their
availability, may be divided into quantitative and qualitative elements:
(1) Quantitative elements:
(i) the number of initial certificates to be issued;
(ii) the number of aerodromes and aerodrome operators certified by the CAA;
(iii) the number of providers of apron management services having declared their
activity to the CAA;
(iv) the number of planned aerodrome audits and inspections; and
(v) the number of expected changes to the aerodrome infrastructure.
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