CAO.A.035 Personnel requirements

(a) The CAO shall appoint an accountable manager, who shall have an authority for ensuring that all activities of the organisation can be financed so that those activities are carried out in accordance with the requirements of this Annex.

(b) The accountable manager shall nominate a person or group of persons who shall be responsible for ensuring that the CAO is always in compliance with the requirements of this Annex. Those person(s) shall ultimately be responsible to the accountable manager.

(c) All persons referred to in point (b) shall have the relevant knowledge, background and experience related to continuing airworthiness management or maintenance, as appropriate for their functions.

(d) The CAO shall have sufficient appropriately qualified staff for it to be able to carry out the planned work. The CAO shall be entitled to use temporarily subcontracted staff.

(e) The CAO shall assess and record the qualification of all personnel.

(f) Personnel who carry out specialised tasks, such as welding, or non-destructive testing (‘NDT’) inspection other than colour contrast inspections shall be qualified in accordance with an officially-recognised standard