C-003: Fuel Tank Safety (Level 1 and 2)

26.06.2012: Berne
20.11.2012: Berne

Part-145

Personnel carrying out maintenance tasks on aircraft or components classified as Fuel Tank Safety items, support staff and certifying staff, staff involved in developing procedures, Management, Quality Personnel and Auditors, personnel in charge of stores.

Part-M

Personnel required by M.A.706 and M.A 707 such as Postholder Continuing Airworthiness, Airworthiness Management Staff of the continuing airworthiness management organisation, Airworthiness review staff, Quality Personnel and Auditors.

Upon completion of the training, the attendants shall:

• Know the history and the theoretical and practical elements of the subject.
• Have detailed information on how the above items affect the aircraft in the scope of the activity of the organisation or in the fleet.
• Be able to define fuel characteristics and know how to reduce the risk of a fuel tank explosion.
• Be familiar with the basic elements of the fuel tank safety issues.
• Be able to give a detailed description of the concept of Critical Design Configuration Control Limitations CDCCL, Airworthiness Limitations Items (ALI) and using theoretical fundamentals and specific examples.
• Have the capacity to combine and apply the separate elements of knowledge in a logical and comprehensive manner.

• History on Fuel Tank incidents.
• Description of theoretical and practical background of elements involved, which lead to these incidents.
• Overview of Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 88 of the FAA, JAA TGL 47 and of EASA Decision 2007/001R-/002R-/003R and 2009/006R-/007R-/008R.
• Detailed description of the concept of the Fuel Tank Safety Limitation and Critical Design Configuration Control Limitations.