Section 135.503

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

functions specified in paragraph (a) of
this section.
Section 135.503 Hazardous materials training: General.
(a) Each certificate holder must establish and implement a hazardous materials training program that:
(1) Satisfies the requirements of Appendix O of part 121 of this part;
(2) Ensures that each person performing or directly supervising any of
the job functions specified in Section 135.501(a)
is trained to comply with all applicable
parts of 49 CFR parts 171 through 180
and the requirements of this subpart;
and
(3) Enables the trained person to recognize items that contain, or may contain, hazardous materials regulated by
49 CFR parts 171 through 180.
(b) Each certificate holder must provide initial hazardous materials training and recurrent hazardous materials
training to each crewmember and person performing or directly supervising
any of the job functions specified in
Section 135.501(a).
(c) Each certificate holder-s hazardous materials training program
must be approved by the FAA prior to
implementation.
Section 135.505 Hazardous materials training
required.
(a) Training requirement. Except as
provided in paragraphs (b), (c) and (f) of
this section, no certificate holder may
use any crewmember or person to perform any of the job functions or direct
supervisory responsibilities, and no
person may perform any of the job
functions or direct supervisory responsibilities, specified in Section 135.501(a) unless
that person has satisfactorily completed the certificate holder-s FAA-approved initial or recurrent hazardous
materials training program within the
past 24 months.
(b) New hire or new job function. A person who is a new hire and has not yet
satisfactorily completed the required
initial hazardous materials training, or
a person who is changing job functions
and has not received initial or recurrent training for a job function involving storage incidental to transport, or
loading of items for transport on an
aircraft, may perform those job func-

tions for not more than 30 days from
the date of hire or a change in job function, if the person is under the direct
visual supervision of a person who is
authorized by the certificate holder to
supervise that person and who has successfully completed the certificate
holder-s FAA-approved initial or recurrent training program within the past
24 months.
(c) Persons who work for more than one
certificate holder. A certificate holder
that uses or assigns a person to perform or directly supervise a job function specified in Section 135.501(a), when that
person also performs or directly supervises the same job function for another
certificate holder, need only train that
person in its own policies and procedures regarding those job functions, if
all of the following are met:
(1) The certificate holder using this
exception receives written verification
from the person designated to hold the
training records representing the other
certificate holder that the person has
satisfactorily completed hazardous materials training for the specific job
function under the other certificate
holder-s FAA approved hazardous material training program under appendix
O of part 121 of this chapter; and
(2) The certificate holder who trained
the person has the same operations
specifications regarding the acceptance, handling, and transport of hazardous materials as the certificate
holder using this exception.
(d) Recurrent hazardous materials
training - Completion date. A person who
satisfactorily completes recurrent hazardous materials training in the calendar month before, or the calendar
month after, the month in which the
recurrent training is due, is considered
to have taken that training during the
month in which it is due. If the person
completes this training earlier than
the month before it is due, the month
of the completion date becomes his or
her new anniversary month.
(e) Repair stations. A certificate holder must ensure that each repair station
performing work for, or on the certificate holder-s behalf is notified in writing of the certificate holder-s policies
and operations specification authorization permitting or prohibition against
the acceptance, rejection, handling,

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