Part-66 AML aircraft maintenance technicians

Basic experience acquired abroad can count, if you can show copies of the AMLs from your supervisor who has endorsed your logbook. With regard to certificates of basic experience, since the maintenance organisation is not supervised by the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate, you must demonstrate that the person who signed on behalf of the company has the authority to do so.

The theoretical training and practical training shall have been started and completed within the 3 years preceding the application for a type rating endorsement The OJT shall have been started and completed within the 3 years preceding the application for a type rating endorsement.

Please find the guidelines for a compliance report on how a compliance report demonstrates how the OJT meets the standard required by section 6 Appendix III to Part-66.

Please note: this guideline is valid until 12 June 2024. For OJT’s which has been completed after 12 June 2024 the compliance report has to demonstrate that the OJT has been performed in accordance with the approved OJT procedure for performing the final assessment.

Module exam certificates and experience must not be older than ten years prior to application. Exceptions to this are the basic knowledge certificates that were issued before 1 August 2012 (before EU regulation 1149/2011), which are valid until 31 July 2022. After this date, the exemptions will expire once they have been granted. Upon expiry, you can request new exemptions.

Due to the new regulation (EU) 2023/989 exams and basic training course of part thereof commenced before 12 June 2024 (including any relating examinations) shall be finished before 12 June 2026.

Yes, if the following conditions are satisfied, it is possible to participate with different companies in relation to on-the-job training (OJT).

Maintenance organisations appropriately approved according to Regulation 1321/2014 for the maintenance of that aircraft type’ means Part-145 or Part-CAO approved maintenance organisations (AMO) that hold an ‘A’ rating for such aircraft. The OJT may be split in several parts and carried out at different AMOs, also combining line and base facilities from the same or different organisations. The organisation at which the final assessment is carried out, should control and coordinate the OJT activities and have the responsibility for the entire OJT programme. The procedures for the OJT should be included in the Exposition Manual of the approved maintenance organisation.

Under certain circumstances, a (theoretical and/or practical) type training can be approved beforehand by the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate when you want to participate in an organisation not authorised for Part-147. The procedure for applying for this approval can be found on the website of ILT.

If your module certificates have been expired (10 years) you can apply for new credits. The application has be to send to the CAA which has approved the Part-147 certificate of recognition.