PART-66 /JAR-66.A.20 Privileges

 

(a)         Subject to compliance with paragraph (b), the following privileges shall apply:

1.            A category A PART-66 /JAR-66 Aircraft Maintenance License permits the holder to issue certificates of release to service following minor scheduled line maintenance and simple defect rectification within the limits of tasks specifically endorsed on the authorization. The certification privileges shall be restricted to work that the Licence holder has personally performed in a Part-145 organization.

2.            A category B1 PART-66 /JAR-66 Aircraft Maintenance License shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following maintenance, including aircraft structure, powerplant and mechanical and electrical systems. Replacement of avionic line replaceable units, requiring simple tests to prove their serviceability, shall also be included in the privileges. Category B1 shall automatically include the appropriate A subcategory.

3.            A category B2 PART-66 /JAR-66 Aircraft Maintenance License shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following maintenance on avionic and electrical systems.

4.           A category C PART-66 /JAR-66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following base maintenance on aircraft. The privileges apply to the aircraft in its entirety in a Part-145 organization.

     (b) The holder of an PART-66 /JAR-66 Aircraft Maintenance License may not exercise certification privileges unless:

1.            in compliance with the applicable requirements of Part-M and/or Part-145.

2.            in the preceding two-year period he/she has, either had six months of maintenance experience in accordance with the privileges granted by the PART-66 /JAR-66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence or, met the provision for the issue of the appropriate privileges.

4.            he/she is able to read, write and communicate to an understandable level in the language(s) in which the technical documentation and procedures necessary to support the issue of the certificate of release to service are written.