Thread drift alert!
The procedures for OJT should be included into the Exposition Manual of the approved maintenance organisation (Chapter 3.15, as indicated in AMC 145.A.70(a)).
One of the several reasons why the practice in certain UK Colleges of not providing OJT as an integral part of a Basic Training course, and telling their students simply to push off and arrange it where they can at their own expense (see various threads!) is completely wrong. Any "OJT" conducted in such a way cannot be used to support a Basic Training certificate.
And yet, this is exactly what happens. In one case the poor b****y students finished up in a wheels and tyres workshop to carry out their "Fully Approved Basic Training OJT", presumably with the Surveyor's knowledge and agreement.
The UK CAA's Part 147 and Part 145 Surveyors appear willingly to condone this practice,
unless things have recently changed.. Can anyone explain how this is arranged? Does EASA never audit them in depth?
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