Ausbildungsbetriebe für technisches Personal Genehmigung

If you want to train aviation personnel as a company, you need a permit from the Federal Aviation Office.

Initial approval and recognition of management personnel

As an individual company or organization, you can apply for the following services:

• Approval as a training organization for maintenance personnel (for national scope or for EASA scope)
• Recognition of management personnel:
  • Operations managers
  • Quality managers
  • Training managers
  • Examination supervisors

Approval of changes

If you already have an approval as a training company, you can also apply for the following approvals:

• Changes to an existing approval, for example
  • Change of courses
  • Change of location
  • Changes to the management staff
  • Change of name of the company
  • Other changes
• Deviations from the national standard
• Reporting training at non-approved locations

If your organization is not approved as a training company and does not intend to be, you can use the form to apply for individual approval for training.

• Application

Initial approval:

• Proof of verification of the company, e.g. extract from the commercial register, extract from the register of associations, extract from the trade register
• Manual
• Training documents

Approval of changes:

• Documents affected by the change, for example amended manual or training documents

Recognition of management personnel:

• EASA Form 4
• Curriculum vitae
• Proof of qualifications
• Proof of professional experience
• Employment contract

Deviation National Standard:

• Documents supporting the justification for the derogation

Individual approval:

• Documents relating to the project
  • for theoretical training
    • training procedure
    • theoretical syllabus
    • teaching material
    • Theoretical examination questions
  • for practical training
    • Practical Training Record (PTR)
    • Assessment questions
• Documents on participating persons
  • List of training or examining persons with first and last names, role(s) and, if available, the Aircraft Maintenance License number of the respective person
  • Evidence of the general requirements for the person
  • Evidence of the task-related requirements of the respective person
  • List of trainees with first and last names and date of birth of all trainees
  • If a private individual is not applying for himself, a declaration of consent from each trainee authorizing the applicant to apply for the individual measure on his behalf.

Your company must provide a manual describing the operation and procedures. The following information must be included in the manual:

• A confirmation from your management that the manual
• documents compliance for maintenance personnel, that it is consistent with all related manuals in your organization, and that the requirements in the manuals are met at all times,
• Titles and names of responsible persons,
• the duties and areas of responsibility of the persons, including the matters that these persons
• for maintenance personnel may deal directly with the competent authority,
• an organization chart of your maintenance personnel organization showing the respective responsibilities,
• a list of trainers and examiners for theoretical and practical examinations,
• a general description of the classrooms and examination rooms at each address listed in your organization's approval certificate and at any other location if applicable,
• a list of the training courses to be approved,
• the procedure for amending your organization's manual,
• the procedures of your organisation in accordance with point 147.A.130(a),
• the supervision procedures within your organisation when training and theoretical and practical examinations take place off the premises,
• a list of the premises,
• a list of your establishments, if applicable.

For approval as a training organization, you must meet the requirements for your organization specified in Annex IV (Part-147) Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2014, in particular

• 147.A.100 Requirements for the establishment
• 147.A.105 Requirements for the personnel
• 147.A.110 Records of trainers and examiners for theoretical and practical examinations
• 147.A.115 Teaching aids
• 147.A.120 Teaching materials
• 147.A.125 Records
• 147.A.130 Training methods and quality assurance system
• 147.A.135 Examinations
• 147.A.140 Maintenance training organization exposition
• 147.A.145 Rights of the maintenance training organization
• 147.A.150 Changes to the maintenance training organization
• 147.A.155 Extension
• 147.A.160 Complaints

You can submit the application online via the federal portal or by post or fax.

Online application:

• Go to the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de and complete the online form. The online form will guide you step by step through the information and documents required.
• You can either upload the required documents directly or collect them in a download archive on a trustworthy server (e.g. BSCW).
• Submit the application online.
• The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) will contact you if anything is unclear or if any information is missing.
• After checking the documents and any necessary iterations, the LBA will carry out an audit.
• If all requirements are met, the LBA will send you the result documents.
• You pay the fees.

Application by post or fax:

• Go to the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de and complete the online form. The online form will guide you step by step through the information and documents required.
• Print out the application and send it to the LBA by post or fax together with the required documents.
• If anything is unclear or information is missing, the LBA will contact you.
• After checking the documents and any necessary iterations, the LBA will carry out an audit.
• If all requirements are met, the LBA will send you the result documents.
• You pay the fees.

Training at non-approved operating sites must only be reported for information purposes.

There are no indications or special features.

• Objection
  You will find further information on how to lodge an objection in the notification of your application.

• Training companies for technical personnel Approval
• Approval from the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) is required for the training of technical aviation personnel
• The following approvals can be applied for:
  • Initial approval
  • Approval of changes
  • Individual approval
  • Approval of management personnel
  • Deviation from national standard
• Approvals are subject to a fee
• Costs per item applied for: EUR 200.00 to EUR 2,200.00
• Processing time:
  • Approval or amendment and individual approval: 1 to 6 months
  • Deviation from national standard and approval of management personnel: 2 to 4 weeks
• Approval can be applied for online or by post or fax
• Responsible: Luftfahrt-Bundesamt