We certainly were sold short on Part 66. The selling point rammed home was that if you could do it before you would be able to do it in future. Absolute bull**** from the CASA spin doctors.
https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-pag...stions-answers
Q. As a B1 LAME (on an VFR aircraft) what are my avionics and electrical privileges?
Licence maintenance certification privileges are those established by paragraph 66.A.20 and Table 1 of the Part 66 MOS. The transitional privileges mentioned in section 66.A.21 of the Part 66 MOS are only available to those LAME's converted from or qualifying under the previous regulation 31 of the CAR 1988 system. The transitional privileges do not include the avionics repairs and nor does 66.A.20 and Table 1 of the Part 66 MOS. For a B1 licence holder the transitional privileges are:
Rating held or qualified for was an engine category Group 1 or 2 rating, or an airframe category Group 1, 2 or 19 rating. Maintenance certifications and issue of certificates of release to service in relation to any of the following kinds of maintenance to which that licence or rating applied or would have applied: on aircraft approved only for V.F.R. operations: for aircraft general instruments (excluding RMI, inertial navigation and multi-axis autopilots), all instrument system maintenance; and for aircraft radio systems, periodic inspections;
Licence held or qualified for was an engine or airframe category rated licence. Maintenance certifications and issue certificates of release to service in relation to daily or manufacturers’ equivalent inspection; and check of the condition of security of attachment of wiring, plumbing, parts and appliances; and maintenance of instrument, or electrical, parts and appliances forming part of the powerplant, mechanical or structural systems, where the maintenance is limited to external mechanical adjustments to facilitate correct operation of powerplant or mechanical or structural systems; or is limited to replacement of instrument, or electrical, parts and appliances, connected by simple twist or terminal connectors. Excludes instrument or electrical parts and appliances, where maintenance involves functional tests and adjustments requiring the use of external specialised test equipment.