Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R87) 2004 - Civil Aviation Order 100.91 - Administration and Procedure - Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licences - Category Airframes (12/12/2004) (Cth)

Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R87) 2004

I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, issue the following Civil Aviation Order under regulation 31 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Bruce Byron]

Bruce Byron Director of Aviation Safety and Chief Executive Officer

12 December 2004

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1 Name of Order This Order is the Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R87) 2004. 2 Commencement This Order commences on gazettal. 3 Replacement of section 100.91 of the Civil Aviation Orders Section 100.91 of the Civil Aviation Orders is omitted and a new section substituted as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Substitution of section 100.91 of the Civil Aviation Orders

SECTION 100.91

ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE — AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER LICENCES — CATEGORY AIRFRAMES 1 APPLICATION 1.1 Except where otherwise approved or directed by CASA, this section of the CAOs applies to the requirements for the grant of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence in category airframes and for the grant of additional ratings to a licence in this category. 1.2 This section of the CAOs is to be read in conjunction with the current issue of CAO section 100.92 and AAC 9-91. 2 DEFINITIONS Terms and abbreviations used in this section are detailed in CAO section 100.90. 3 RATINGS Category airframes is classified into the following ratings:

Group 1 Aeroplane systems not classified in Group 2 to 20 inclusive. Group 2 Helicopters not fitted with flight control hydraulic boosting. Group 3 Wooden airframe structures. Group 4 Fabric covering of airframe structures. Group 5 Power driven fluid systems other than Groups 2, 19 or 20. Group 6 Airconditioning systems. Group 7 Aircraft of fibre reinforced plastic composite construction as specified by CASA and listed in AAC 9-91. Group 10 Pressurisation systems. Group 19 Helicopters with hydraulically powered flight controls, not classified in Group 20. Group 20 Aeroplanes, powered by turbojet/turbofan engines, or pressurised and of MTOW greater than 8 000 kg as listed in AAC 9-91; and Helicopters of MTOW greater than 3 500 kg fitted with flight controls powered from more than 1 hydraulic source as listed in AAC 9-91; and Aircraft listed in AAC 9-91 deemed by CASA to be of an unusual design requiring specialised maintenance techniques. 4 LICENCE RATINGS AND FORM OF ENDORSEMENT 4.1 Ratings specifying the groups of airframe systems and/or the specific aircraft type for which the privileges of the licence may be exercised, must be endorsed on the licence. 4.2 Applicants who comply with the experience and examination requirements of subsections 5 and 6 of this section may be granted the appropriate rating, subject to the conditions specified at paragraphs 4.3 to 4.5 inclusive. 4.3 Applicants for a Group 3, 4, 5 or 10 rating must hold a Group 1 rating. 4.4 Applicants for a Group 6 rating must hold a Group 1, 2 or 19 rating. 4.5 A separate rating in Group 20 is required for each aircraft listed in AAC 9-91. 4.6 Endorsement of ratings shall take the following form: