Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 65.104
Section 65.104 or to a repairman certificate
(light-sport aircraft) under Section 65.107.

Subpart E - Repairmen

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Section 65.101 Eligibility requirements: General.
(a) To be eligible for a repairman certificate a person must - 
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Be specially qualified to perform
maintenance on aircraft or components
thereof, appropriate to the job for
which he is employed;
(3) Be employed for a specific job requiring those special qualifications by
a certificated repair station, or by a
certificated commercial operator or
certificated air carrier, that is required
by its operating certificate or approved
operations specifications to provide a
continuous airworthiness maintenance
program according to its maintenance
manuals;
(4) Be recommended for certification
by his employer, to the satisfaction of
the Administrator, as able to satisfactorily maintain aircraft or components, appropriate to the job for which
he is employed;
(5) Have either - 
(i) At least 18 months of practical experience in the procedures, practices,
inspection methods, materials, tools,
machine tools, and equipment generally used in the maintenance duties
of the specific job for which the person
is to be employed and certificated; or
(ii) Completed formal training that is
acceptable to the Administrator and is
specifically designed to qualify the applicant for the job on which the applicant is to be employed; and
(6) Be able to read, write, speak, and
understand the English language, or, in
the case of an applicant who does not
meet this requirement and who is employed outside the United States by a
certificated repair station, a certificated U.S. commercial operator, or a
certificated U.S. air carrier, described
in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, have
this certificate endorsed  - Valid only
outside the United States. - 
(b) This section does not apply to the
issuance of a repairman certificate (experimental aircraft builder) under

[Doc. No. 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, as
amended by Amdt. 65-11, 32 FR 13506, Sept.
27, 1967; Amdt. 65-24, 44 FR 46781, Aug. 9, 1979;
Amdt. 65-27, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982; Amdt.
65-45, 69 FR 44879, July 27, 2004; 72 FR 7739,
Feb. 20, 2007]

Section 65.103 Repairman certificate: Privileges and limitations.
(a) A certificated repairman may perform or supervise the maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alteration
of aircraft or aircraft components appropriate to the job for which the repairman was employed and certificated, but only in connection with duties for the certificate holder by whom
the repairman was employed and recommended.
(b) A certificated repairman may not
perform or supervise duties under the
repairman certificate unless the repairman understands the current instructions of the certificate holder by whom
the repairman is employed and the
manufacturer-s instructions for continued airworthiness relating to the specific operations concerned.
(c) This section does not apply to the
holder of a repairman certificate
(light-sport aircraft) while that repairman is performing work under that
certificate.
[Doc. No. 18241, 45 FR 46738, July 10, 1980, as
amended by Amdt. 65-45, 69 FR 44879, July 27,
2004]

Section 65.104 Repairman certificate - experimental aircraft builder - Eligibility,
privileges and limitations.
(a) To be eligible for a repairman certificate (experimental aircraft builder),
an individual must - 
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) Be the primary builder of the aircraft to which the privileges of the certificate are applicable;
(3) Show to the satisfaction of the
Administrator that the individual has
the requisite skill to determine whether the aircraft is in a condition for safe
operations; and
(4) Be a citizen of the United States
or an individual citizen of a foreign
country who has lawfully been admitted for permanent residence in the
United States.

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