Airworthiness Accountable Manager

This course provides participants with a greater understanding of the applicable regulations and their own personal responsibility for ensuring compliance within their own organisation and will enable them to be better prepared for the NAA interview. The course is based on ICAO, EU, EASA & UK CAA documentation and requirements. 

Participants should be familiar with the requirements and issues that are relevant to their area of responsibility. Also, they should have an understanding of their organisations in respect to the approvals they hold, and an awareness of EASA and its regulations. Participants should also be prepared to share their own experiences. 

By the end of this course, participants will have been introduced to the requirements of the appropriate regulations that apply to Approved Organisation holders.

Venue:
To be advised

AAIS Member: S$1,253.50/pax w/GST
Public: S$1,417/pax w/GST

Fees reflected are inclusive of 9% GST (in 2024).

• Accountable Managers, or for those seeking to hold such a post
• NAA Inspecting staff may also find this course beneficial

• Responsibilities
• Legal Implications
• Regulation development
• Management & Structures
• Communication
• Safety Management
• Quality Assurance
• Human Factors

The course is delivered by experienced Inspectors from the UK CAA based on ICAO, EU, EASA & UK CAA documentation and requirements. It makes use of effective presentations on a broad range of subjects with delegate interaction when appropriate.

Mr. Devan Ramasamy, Airworthiness Surveyor

Devan is an Airworthiness Surveyor working with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), Safety Regulation Group. He has been with the UK CAA for fifteen years and has been based in regional offices in the UK where he provided avionics support in addition to his role as an Airworthiness Surveyor. His duties have included the survey of aircraft for issuing Certificate of Airworthiness / Airworthiness Release Certificates and regulatory oversight of Part 145/Part 21/Part M subpart G organisations.

Devan was selected to be an EASA Inspector to carry out standardisation audits of Competent Authorities within Europe. He worked for the General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates from Nov 2009 to March 2012 where he was involved in the introduction of CAR M (similar to EASA Part M) and the training of GCAA Inspectors in CAR 145/CAR M and other ICAO regulatory functions. As result of his experience, he was tasked with the oversight of a major airline and a highly prestigious air operator within the region.

Prior to joining the UK CAA in 1998, Devan was a Licensed Engineer (Avionics) with airlines/MROs based in the UK and overseas before becoming a Quality Engineer in 1989. His last position before joining the CAA was as a Quality Manager for a major airline. He currently holds an EASA Part 66 Licence (categories B1/B2/C).

Devan is a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and an Incorporated Engineer with the Engineering Council of the United Kingdom.

AAIS reserves the right to adjust the course pricing and to re-schedule or cancel any course due to unforeseen circumstances, course commencement is subject to minimum class size requirements.