Section 145.159

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

(b) A certificated repair station located outside the United States must
ensure each person authorized to approve an article for return to service
under the repair station certificate and
operations specifications is - 
(1) Trained in or has 18 months practical experience with the methods,
techniques, practices, aids, equipment,
and tools used to perform the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations; and
(2) Thoroughly familiar with the applicable regulations in this chapter and
proficient in the use of the various inspection methods, techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and tools appropriate for the work being performed
and approved for return to service.
(c) A certificated repair station must
ensure each person authorized to approve an article for return to service
understands, reads, and writes English.
[Doc. No. FAA-1999-5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6,
2001, as amended by Amdt. 145-30, 79 FR
46985, Aug. 12, 2014]

Section 145.159 Recommendation of a person
for certification as a repairman.
A certificated repair station that
chooses to use repairmen to meet the
applicable personnel requirements of
this part must certify in a format acceptable to the FAA that each person
recommended for certification as a repairman - 
(a) Is employed by the repair station,
and
(b) Meets the eligibility requirements
of Section 65.101.
Section 145.160 Employment of former FAA
employees.
(a) Except as specified in paragraph
(c) of this section, no holder of a repair
station certificate may knowingly employ or make a contractual arrangement which permits an individual to
act as an agent or representative of the
certificate holder in any matter before
the Federal Aviation Administration if
the individual, in the preceding 2
years - 
(1) Served as, or was directly responsible for the oversight of, a Flight
Standards Service aviation safety inspector; and

(2) Had direct responsibility to inspect, or oversee the inspection of, the
operations of the certificate holder.
(b) For the purpose of this section, an
individual shall be considered to be
acting as an agent or representative of
a certificate holder in a matter before
the agency if the individual makes any
written or oral communication on behalf of the certificate holder to the
agency (or any of its officers or employees) in connection with a particular matter, whether or not involving a specific party and without regard
to whether the individual has participated in, or had responsibility for, the
particular matter while serving as a
Flight Standards Service aviation safety inspector.
(c) The provisions of this section do
not prohibit a holder of a repair station
certificate from knowingly employing
or making a contractual arrangement
which permits an individual to act as
an agent or representative of the certificate holder in any matter before the
Federal Aviation Administration if the
individual was employed by the certificate holder before October 21, 2011.
[Doc. No. FAA-2008-1154, 76 FR 52237, Aug. 22,
2011]

Section 145.161 Records of management, supervisory, and inspection personnel.
(a) A certificated repair station must
maintain and make available in a format acceptable to the FAA the following:
(1) A roster of management and supervisory personnel that includes the
names of the repair station officials
who are responsible for its management and the names of its supervisors
who oversee maintenance functions.
(2) A roster with the names of all inspection personnel.
(3) A roster of personnel authorized
to sign a maintenance release for approving a maintained or altered article
for return to service.
(4) A summary of the employment of
each individual whose name is on the
personnel rosters required by paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section. The summary must contain
enough information on each individual
listed on the roster to show compliance
with the experience requirements of

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