Safety Oversight Inspectors (Airworthiness)

You will gain an understanding of the fundamental principles underlying the safety oversight measures relating to airworthiness engineering and maintenance required of a State’s aviation regulatory body and their importance, in accordance with ICAO’s requirements.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the role and responsibilities of an airworthiness inspector
  • Understand the ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices and other national civil aviation regulations on safety oversight relating to airworthiness
  • Review and update your organisation's safety oversight mechanisms relating to airworthiness

What is Covered

General

  • Safety oversight inspector: Role and responsibilities
  • Design organisations, production organisations and designees: Approval and surveillance
  • ICAO Annex 8 (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Standards: Mandatory airworthiness requirements and reporting
  • Variations to mandatory airworthiness requirements
  • Reliability-centred maintenance
  • Approval of aircraft maintenance schedules, programmes and amendments
  • Procedures for type certificate, supplemental type certificate, repair and modification or change approval
  • Simplifying stressing
  • Structures and aging aircraft programmes
  • Suspect unapproved parts

Engineering

  • Overview of the Federal aviation regulations and European regulations (e.g. Joint Aviation Requirements and European Aviation Safety Agency Rules)
  • Rulemaking: Notice of Proposed Amendment/Notice of Proposed Rule Making Procedures
  • Technical principles
  • Aging aircraft maintenance
  • Widespread fatigue damage
  • Damage removal during structural repairs
  • Systems and equipment
  • Aircraft wiring
  • Propulsion
  • Cabin safety

Maintenance

  • Aircraft registration
  • Aircraft certificate of airworthiness: Issuance and renewal
  • Approval of Operator Maintenance Systems: Air operator certification issuance and monitoring
  • Maintenance personnel: Licensing and skills training
  • Maintenance related regulations training
  • Human factors in aircraft maintenance

Learning Activities

  • Case Studies: Overview of Joint Aviation Requirements/European Aviation Safety Agency Part 145

Who Should Attend

This course is recommended if you are responsible for the safety oversight of aircraft operations and maintenance such as airworthiness inspectors, safety managers and auditors from civil aviation administrations.

Fees

S$6,420
Fees subject to change. Participants will be notified of the actual course fees in the course placement letter.   

Application

To secure your seat, please submit your course applications at least 12 weeks before the course start date. Applications may close earlier once the maximum class size is reached. You will be updated on the status of your application via email. To apply for this course, please click on the Apply Now link below.

 

 

Course Runs

03 Mar 2025 to 13 Mar 2025

Duration: 2 weeks
Mode of Delivery: In-person
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