AMC3 CAMO.A.305(g) Personnel requirements    

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1

SAFETY TRAINING (INCLUDING HUMAN FACTORS)

(a) With respect to the understanding of the application of safety management principles (including HF), all organisation personnel should be assessed for the need to receive initial safety training.

Personnel involved in the delivery of the basic continuing airworthiness management services of the organisation should receive both initial and recurrent safety training, appropriate for their responsibilities.

This should include at least the following staff members:

— nominated persons, line managers;

— persons involved in any compliance monitoring and/or safety management related processes and tasks, including application of HF principles, internal investigations and safety training;

— airworthiness review staff;

— technical support personnel such as, planners, engineers, and technical record staff;

— personnel involved in developing and amending/reviewing the AMP, in assessing its effectiveness and/or working on reliability programme; and

— contract staff in the above categories.

The generic term ‘line managers’ refers to departmental head or person responsible for operational departments or functional units directly involved in the delivery of the basic continuing airworthiness management services of the organisation.

(b) Initial safety  training  should  cover  all  the  topics  of  the  training  syllabus  specified  in GM2 CAMO.A.305(g) either as a dedicated course or else integrated within other training. The syllabus may be adjusted to reflect the particular nature of the organisation. The syllabus may also be adjusted to suit the particular nature of work for each function within the organisation.

Initial safety training compliant with the organisation’s training standards should be provided to personnel identified in accordance with point (a) of this AMC within 6 months of joining the organisation, but temporary staff may need to be trained shortly after joining the organisation to cope with the duration of employment. Personnel being recruited from another organisation, and temporary staff should be assessed for the need to receive any additional safety training.

(c) The purpose of recurrent safety training is primarily to ensure that staff remain current in terms of SMS principles and HF, and also to collect feedback on safety and HF issues. Consideration should be given to involving compliance monitoring staff and key safety management personnel in this training to provide a consistent presence and facilitate feedback. There should be a procedure to ensure that feedback is formally reported by the trainers through the internal safety reporting scheme to initiate action where necessary.

Recurrent safety training should be delivered either as a dedicated course or else integrated within other training. It should be of an appropriate duration in each 2-year period, in relation to the relevant compliance monitoring audit findings and other internal/external sources of information available to the organisation on safety and HF issues.

(d) Safety training may be conducted by the organisation itself, independent trainers, or any training organisations acceptable to the CAA.