Aircraft maintenance staff must be qualified and trained appropriately. An approved Part 147 training organisation may provide the basic training or type training referred to in its approval, and a maintenance licence can be applied for based on this training. Traficom issues the approvals for Finnish Part 147 training organisations and oversees their operation.
Applying for Part 147 approval
You can apply for the maintenance training organisation (Part 147) approval from Traficom. The approval gives the rights to provide basic training and/or type training for the aircraft maintenance licence (Part 66).
For the processing of the matter, Traficom will nominate an inspector responsible for your organisation, who will be your contact person in matters related to the approval. If necessary, you can already contact Traficom before the official application.
Application
The processing of the approval begins by sending an application using the EASA Form 12, in which you describe the organisation’s contact details and the scope of the training that the approval is applied for.
Indicate the scope of the training that the approval is applied for by using the drop-down menu in the form below. If the required training is missing from the list, contact Traficom’s registry or switchboard.
Deliver the application signed by the accountable manager to Traficom’s registry.
Nominated post holders
The organisation must have an accountable manager who is ultimately responsible for the operation and for meeting the financial requirements.
In addition, the organisation must have the following nominated post holders:
- A person or a group of persons nominated with the responsibility of ensuring compliance with the training requirements (training manager)
- Examination manager
- A person nominated with responsibility for quality practices (quality manager)
Use the EASA Form 4 to apply for the approval of these persons (excl. accountable manager). Attach the required training and employment certificates to the application for the approval of a nominated post holder. The nominated post holders referred to in Form 4 must also acceptably complete the examination for nominated post holders and an interview (link in Finnish). (External link)
Appendices to the application
The training organisation's manual and any instructions, forms or methods related to it must be submitted for approval as appendices to the application. In addition, the training programmes for each course must be submitted for approval.
Processing of the application
At the initial stage of processing the application for approval, an initial meeting is organised between the organisation's nominated post holders and Traficom’s inspectors. In the initial meeting, you will go through in more detail how the approval process progresses and there will be a possibility to discuss matters related to the approval process and its timetable in more detail.
The inspector responsible for your organisation will go through the presented documents and if necessary, requests corrections to them.
Before issuing the approval, Traficom will conduct an approval audit of the organisation to ensure that the organisation meets all the requirements set for it. Before this, the organisation is expected to conduct an internal audit in which it examines and ensures its readiness for the activities referred to in the approval.
If any findings are made in Traficom's audit, they must be corrected before the approval can be issued.
Issuing the approval
When the documents related to the approval have been checked and the possible audit findings have been corrected, Traficom will issue an approval to the organisation and deliver it to the organisation in writing.
The approval is issued using the EASA Form 11. After the approval has been issued, an invoice will be sent to the organisation in accordance with the Decree on the Fees Charged by Traficom in force at the time.
Statutory basis
The requirements for maintenance training organisations are defined in Commission Regulation No 1321/2014 and its Annex IV (Part 147).
Where applicable, a Part 147 organisation must also take into account the requirements concerning aircraft maintenance licences, which have been defined in Commission Regulation No 1321/2014 and its Appendix III (Part 66).