To focus on the regulatory compliance we shall ignore the aspects of marketing and other critical business elements.
The requirements to achieve a successful GCAA / Part 147 are very specific and success within the process is probably somewhat easier to measure than with other regulatory approvals.
The Training Manager (who may be the Accountable Manager) assumes the role of Post Holder and is responsible for the organization to comply with all regulatory requirements (This in fact is QC).
Considering the primary challenges to delivering an effective organization.
a) Managing and maintaining an adequate facility which must include appropriate facilities for the use of training staff.
i) there are sufficient storage facilities, tools, equipment, materials and publications available to perform the planned practical tasks;
ii) secure facilities are available for the storage of assessment papers prior to the assessment and for the storage of completed students answer papers;
b) Maintaining the Training Material and Question Bank
i) All necessary Airworthiness data published by relevant National Airworthiness Authorities and aircraft manufacturers as appropriate must be current and available
c) Maintain and Manage an Archive
d) Ensuring sufficient staff with appropriate qualifications are selected, trained and developed to plan, perform, supervise, examine and assess students as required
i) Qualifying the instructors (both knowledge & practical)
ii) Qualifying the examiners
iii) Qualifying the practical assessors
e) Managing competence on a continuous basis
i) knowledge examiners, instructors and assessors should be fully trained and assessed regularly for competence and that all records pertaining to these personnel are kept up to date.
ii) The management of Subcontract Staff to ensure consistency with the regulatory and organisational requirements.
f) The implementation of a Quality Control / Quality Assurance environment with the QA element providing an independent assessment of the compliance of all regulatory requirements.
The Quality Manager is responsible for the implementation of a quality audit programme to verify compliance with all Maintenance Training Organization Exposition (MTOE) and organizational training procedures.
As well as auditing of processes and procedures, together with any other management system requirements, for example Auditing of the Safety Management System (SMS ) emphasis should be placed on the auditing of competence control processes.
In addition, any identified non-compliances or poor standards (Subjective) are brought to the attention of the responsible person.
Note – where, for reasons of organisational efficiency, it is necessary to utilise training staff, it would then become necessary for a second member of staff to be nominated to audit those functions performed by the Quality Manager.
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EASA, Part 147, Post Holder, Accountable Manager, GCAA, Quality Control, Regulatory Compliance
