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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 145.157 

with part 43. The following documents 
and data must be current and acces-
sible when the relevant work is being 
done: 

(1) Airworthiness directives, 
(2) Instructions for continued air-

worthiness, 

(3) Maintenance manuals, 
(4) Overhaul manuals, 
(5) Standard practice manuals, 
(6) Service bulletins, and 
(7) Other applicable data acceptable 

to or approved by the FAA. 

Subpart D—Personnel 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 

41117, Aug. 6, 2001, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 145.151

Personnel requirements. 

Each certificated repair station 

must— 

(a) Designate a repair station em-

ployee as the accountable manager; 

(b) Provide qualified personnel to 

plan, supervise, perform, and approve 
for return to service the maintenance, 
preventive maintenance, or alterations 
performed under the repair station cer-
tificate and operations specifications; 

(c) Ensure it has a sufficient number 

of employees with the training or 
knowledge and experience in the per-
formance of maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations authorized 
by the repair station certificate and 
operations specifications to ensure all 
work is performed in accordance with 
part 43; and 

(d) Determine the abilities of its non-

certificated employees performing 
maintenance functions based on train-
ing, knowledge, experience, or prac-
tical tests. 

§ 145.153

Supervisory personnel re-

quirements. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

ensure it has a sufficient number of su-
pervisors to direct the work performed 
under the repair station certificate and 
operations specifications. The super-
visors must oversee the work per-
formed by any individuals who are un-
familiar with the methods, techniques, 
practices, aids, equipment, and tools 
used to perform the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations. 

(b) Each supervisor must— 

(1) If employed by a repair station lo-

cated inside the United States, be ap-
propriately certificated as a mechanic 
or repairman under part 65 of this 
chapter for the work being supervised. 

(2) If employed by a repair station lo-

cated outside the United States— 

(i) Have a minimum of 18 months of 

practical experience in the work being 
performed; or 

(ii) Be trained in or thoroughly fa-

miliar with the methods, techniques, 
practices, aids, equipment, and tools 
used to perform the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations. 

(c) A certificated repair station must 

ensure its supervisors understand, 
read, and write English. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 
2001, as amended by Amdt. 145–30, 79 FR 
46984, Aug. 12, 2014] 

§ 145.155

Inspection personnel require-

ments. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

ensure that persons performing inspec-
tions under the repair station certifi-
cate and operations specifications 
are— 

(1) Thoroughly familiar with the ap-

plicable regulations in this chapter and 
with the inspection methods, tech-
niques, practices, aids, equipment, and 
tools used to determine the airworthi-
ness of the article on which mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations are being performed; and 

(2) Proficient in using the various 

types of inspection equipment and vis-
ual inspection aids appropriate for the 
article being inspected. 

(b) A certificated repair station must 

ensure its inspectors understand, read, 
and write English. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 
2001, as amended by Amdt. 145–30, 79 FR 
46985, Aug. 12, 2014] 

§ 145.157

Personnel authorized to ap-

prove an article for return to serv-
ice. 

(a) A certificated repair station lo-

cated inside the United States must en-
sure each person authorized to approve 
an article for return to service under 
the repair station certificate and oper-
ations specifications is appropriately 
certificated as a mechanic or repair-
man under part 65. 

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