Thursday, December 29, 2011

External Audit Second Day

As I had mentioned yesterday, our training school is subjected to an external audit. It is a normal procedure to be audited. It is one of the way to maintain the standard and quality in the aviation sector.

Today is the second day of the audit. We are continuing from what we had left yesterday. Yesterday the auditors were working on the documentations, and today, they are physically checking on the facilities and the implementation of the procedures and processes.

The followings are the areas of audit...

a. Technical Library
The technical library are the place where the reference documents are kept. It is necessary to maintain a suitable and functional library in view of the needs of the documents for training.

... the notice from our local civil aviation authority says... i) A library shall be provided containing all technical material appropriate to the scope and level of training undertaken...

The audit revealed many problems. The water leak at the windows left the room stuffy and smelly. I think the leak problem was known well in advance, but the solution may not be satisfactory. A raised wooden floor with carpet was installed, now they are showing sign of rotting. The other issue is the control, books appeared to be borrowed and not returned.

After the library, the auditors moved to workshop. The engines, the electrical workshops and the hanger is covered. Overall, the auditors are happy, there were some comments and some tools not available, for example, the t-bat for the sockets, the easy-out tools to removed the damaged screws.

Then we moved to the examination strong rooms. There were some comments too. The no entry sign was put, but we need to put another sign to show who are approved to enter the room.

The audit completed at arounf 1700 hours. The they spent some time to write the findings and we were set to close at at about 1830hrs







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