Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 147.41

Section 147.36 Maintenance of instructor requirements.
Each certificated aviation maintenance technician school shall, after
certification or addition of a rating,
continue to provide the number of instructors holding appropriate mechanic
certificates and ratings that the Administrator determines necessary to
provide adequate instruction to the
students, including at least one such
instructor for each 25 students in each
shop class. The school may continue to
provide specialized instructors who are
not certificated mechanics to teach
mathematics, physics, drawing, basic
electricity, basic hydraulics, and similar subjects.
[Amdt. 147-5, 57 FR 28959, June 29, 1992]

Section 147.37 Maintenance
of
facilities,
equipment, and material.
(a) Each certificated aviation maintenance technician school shall provide
facilities, equipment, and material
equal to the standards currently required for the issue of the certificate
and rating that it holds.
(b) A school may not make a substantial change in facilities, equipment, or
material that have been approved for a
particular curriculum, unless that
change is approved in advance.
Section 147.38 Maintenance of curriculum requirements.
(a) Each certificated aviation maintenance technician school shall adhere
to its approved curriculum. With FAA
approval, curriculum subjects may be
taught at levels exceeding those shown
in appendix A of this part.
(b) A school may not change its approved curriculum unless the change is
approved in advance.
[Amdt. 147-2, 35 FR 5534, Apr. 3, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 147-5, 57 FR 28960, June
29, 1992]

Section 147.38a Quality of instruction.
Each certificated aviation maintenance technician school shall provide
instruction of such quality that, of its
graduates of a curriculum for each rating who apply for a mechanic certificate or additional rating within 60 days
after they are graduated, the percentage of those passing the applicable

FAA written tests on their first attempt during any period of 24 calendar
months is at least the percentage figured as follows:
(a) For a school graduating fewer
than 51 students during that period - 
the national passing norm minus the
number 20.
(b) For a school graduating at least
51, but fewer than 201, students during
that period - the national passing norm
minus the number 15.
(c) For a school graduating more
than 200 students during that period - 
the national passing norm minus the
number 10.
As used in this section,  - national passing norm -  is the number representing
the percentage of all graduates (of a
curriculum for a particular rating) of
all certificated aviation maintenance
technician schools who apply for a mechanic certificate or additional rating
within 60 days after they are graduated
and pass the applicable FAA written
tests on their first attempt during the
period of 24 calendar months described
in this section.
[Amdt. 147-2, 35 FR 5534, Apr. 3, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 147-3, 41 FR 47230, Oct. 28,
1976]

Section 147.39

Display of certificate.

Each holder of an aviation maintenance technician school certificate and
ratings shall display them at a place in
the school that is normally accessible
to the public and is not obscured. The
certificate must be available for inspection by the Administrator.
Section 147.41

Change of location.

The holder of an aviation maintenance technician school certificate
may not make any change in the
school-s location unless the change is
approved in advance. If the holder desires to change the location he shall
notify the Administrator, in writing,
at least 30 days before the date the
change is contemplated. If he changes
its location without approval, the certificate is revoked.

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